Just north of Hollywood North
With a focus on creative industries, Newmarket has become an in-demand destination for film and television productions. The Town is the perfect setting for both a quaint small-village (via historic Main Street) and a futuristic big city (seen through the lens of Southlake's iconic arch and walkway over Davis Drive). Hollywood movies and Canadian television productions have flocked to Newmarket for its beautiful scenery and reputation as an accommodating and affordable set location. Newmarket's Main Street been widely featured as romantic, small-town America and the perfect holiday retreat. Newmarket based Brain Power Studios, has filmed over thirty - holiday love stories locally.
The following are just a few of the big and small screen features filmed in Newmarket over the past ten years:
The Wedding Planners (2020) Kimberly-Sue Murray, Madeline Leon, Michael Seater
Love Alaska (2019) Sara Podemski, Victor Zinck Jr., Lannette Ware, Martin Roach
After the Storm (2019) Madeline Leon, Bo Yokely, Carlisle J. Williams, Diana Chrisman
Christmas Wedding Planner (2017) Jocelyn Hudon, Stephen Huszar, Kelly Rutherford, Rebecca Dalton
Christmas with a Prince (2018) Kaitlyn Leeb, Nick Hounslow, Josh Dean
Pony Sitters Club (2017) - Morgan Neundorf, Cailan Laine Punnewaert, Hugh Wilson
Full Out (2015) Ana Golja, Jennifer Beals, Sarah Fisher, Asha Bromfield
Regression (2015) starring Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson
My Dad is Scrooge (2104) Chrisian Laurian Kerr, Brian Cook, Charles Shaughnessy, Bonnie Wright
Carrie (2013) starring Julianne Moore and Chloë Grace Moretz
The Vow (2012) starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams
Dream House (2011) starring Daniel Craig and Naomi Watts
Repo Men (2010) starring Forest Whitaker and Jude Law
Flashpoint (2010) starring Amy Jo Johnson and Hugh Dillon
To learn more about Newmarket as a filming location, contact the Town's Economic Development Officer, Christopher Kallio or call 905-895-5193.
"(Newmarket) just looks so great through a lens," Mr. Hoddinott said when asked why he films in town. "It is just so picturesque." – Interview in the Newmarket Era
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