{"id":514643,"date":"2026-03-04T22:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514643\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T22:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:35:19","slug":"the-last-of-us-returns-to-vancouver-for-season-3-of-apocalyptic-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514643\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Last of Us&#8217; returns to Vancouver for season 3 of apocalyptic series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood North is bustling as TV and movie productions come to Vancouver this spring, and that includes the new season of The Last of Us.<\/p>\n<p>Season 3 of the hit HBO Max series is scheduled to begin filming in Metro Vancouver from the first week of March until the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>That means for the next nine months, you may get to see the streets of Vancouver turned into a post-apocalyptic version of Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"tariffs film industry\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"821\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2137945\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-Last-of-Us-filming-e1749849940404-1024x821.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2137945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Season 2 filming in Vancouver in 2024 (Ed Chee @cheechoo98\/X)<\/p>\n<p>With Vancouver playing a central role as the primary filming location for the second season, the city has doubled as numerous post-outbreak locales in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Season 2 of this series was one of the most expensive productions ever filmed in British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>The Last of Us became a global hit after debuting in early 2023, praised for its emotional storytelling, world-building, and faithful adaptation of the popular video game series. Season 2 delved deeper into the storylines, with Vancouver\u2019s urban core, back alleys, and forested outskirts serving as the perfect canvas for the dystopian narrative.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Last of Us\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2037741\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-Last-of-Us-1-1024x577.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2037741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Season 2 filming in Vancouver in 2024 (Mykayla @mstakespictures\/X)<\/p>\n<p>Filming locations for last season included <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/the-last-of-us-season-2-skytrain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SkyTrain cars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/last-of-us-filming-military-convoy-vancouver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">downtown streets<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/the-last-of-us-bc-museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Britannia Mine Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Season 3 will pick up the story after the chaotic ending of the last season, with Ellie searching for revenge against Abby.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/creativebc.com\/bc-film-commission\/in-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Creative BC<\/a>, the show will film until Nov. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUrHG06EhBz\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The show is casting for background actors<\/a>, including blacksmiths, ferriers, archers, potters, and chandlers.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/the-rookie-north-vancouver-filming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Rookie<\/a> should keep an eye out for the latest spinoff of the Nathan Fillion hit series, filming around Metro Vancouver this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Rookie: North\u00a0tells the tale of Alex Holland (Ellis), who joins the Pierce County Police Department as its oldest rookie after experiencing a violent home invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver and B.C. will be standing in for Washington State, which is the setting of the ABC pilot.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood North is bustling as TV and movie productions come to Vancouver this spring, and that includes the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-514643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}