HBO series, The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal of Narcos and The Mandalorian fame, will begin filming in Canmore this week! The production arrived in Canmore at the beginning of November to start work on transforming the 800 block of Main Street, Canmore’s historic engine bridge, and the Miner’s Hall parking lot, into a post-apocalyptic world. Filming will take place at these locations from November 15th to the 20th. For further information on road and street parking closures, access details for Main Street, and location impacts, visit the Town of Canmore’s website.
With Canmore standing in for a post-apocalyptic Jackson, Wyoming for this massive HBO production, it got us thinking that our beautiful mountain town has been a part of many Hollywood movies and series. Here are just a few of the many movies and television episodes that have been filmed in or near Canmore.
The Last of Us (2022)
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Murray Bartlett
The Revenant (2015)
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
Interstellar (2014)
A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Robert Ford, who’s idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker
John Q (2002)
John Quincy Archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won’t cover his son’s heart transplant.
Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, Gabriela Oltean, Kimberly Elise
Snow Dogs (2002)
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he’s got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Sisqó, Nichelle Nichols
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
This comedy is about the residents of a small town who get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Russell Crowe, Burt Reynolds, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack
The Edge (1997)
An intellectual billionaire and two other men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau
Death Hunt (1981)
In 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers
Movies Wild America, Last of the Dogmen, and Night Breed, as well as television episodes of Everwood, Due South, The Week the Women Went, Klondike and many more productions have filmed in and around our picturesque mountain town.