September 16, 2011: "Man of Steel" Crews to Recreate Alaskan village on Vancouver Island

The Vancouver Sun reports that "Man of Steel" film crews will be transforming the Vancouver Island resort of Ucluelet into an Alaskan fishing village during upcoming filming of the Zack Snyder Superman reboot. Here's an excerpt from the article:

According to the movie's location manager, scenes will be filmed in various locations, including Helen Road and Main Street. Crew will be prepping Helen Road from Sept. 26 onwards, dressing the site with signage and props, and filming will likely take place the week of Oct. 3.

"Autumn Frost will film in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island from early September through to the end of January 2012," Rino Pace, locations manager for production company Third Act Productions Inc., wrote in a letter to Ucluelet council.

"We have been preparing the film since early spring, which includes building 'sets' in the various 'stages' in and around the Vancouver area..."

Casting calls have already taken place in Ucluelet and Nanaimo.

Read the complete article at VancouverSun.com.

"Man of Steel" flies into theaters on Friday, June 14, 2013.