VIDEO: CHEK News Report On Local Gracepoint Filming




Vancouver Island-based TV channel CHEK have posted a news report on the new Fox event series Gracepoint which will be filming in the area early next year. David Tennant stars in the US adaptation of the original ITV drama Broadchurch which shoots in Greater Victoria, British Columbia from late January 2014. Locations include Oak Bay village and Island View Beach, under whose bluffs the body of young Danny Lassiter will be discovered.

Kathleen Gilbert of the Victoria Film Commission says that the area is perfect for the shoot and exactly what the producers were looking for. "The town is really, really important. There's a cliff that's very important," she explains. "There's locations in this series that are characters in the series."

The area, once popular as a filming location has noticed a drop off in productions recently, and it is hoped that this major series will focus attention on Victoria once again. Local traders are hoping that the production will lead to a boost in the tourist trade and they will enjoy the 'Broadchurch effect' experienced by West Bay in Dorset where visitors flock to see the locations that they recognise from their TV screens.

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Gracepoint stars David Tennant as Detective Emmett Carver, based on his original Broadchurch character of DI Alec Hardy, a newcomer to a sleepy coastal Californian town who has to join forces with local detective Ellie Miller (Anna Gunn) when the body of a boy is discovered on the beach. Other confirmed cast include Jacki Weaver (Susan Wright), Kevin Rankin (Paul Coates), Virginia Kull (Beth Lassiter) and Kevin Zegers (Owen Burke). The series is executive produced by Chris Chibnall, the creator of Broadchurch, who has also written the opening episode. Also signed on as executive producers are Dan Futterman and Anya Epstein, Shine America’s Carolyn Bernsteinand Kudos’ Jane Featherstone. Broadchurch director James Strong has joined the team to work on several episodes. 

Gracepoint will be shooting from January to May 2014 in various North American locations and is expected to be part of Fox's 2014-15 season. 

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