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Crews filming in Oliver

A new movie series has begun filming in the South Okanagan this week.

Hallmark’s Autumn in the Vineyard, an original movie series, started filming in Oliver on Sunday, adding to two films in the works in Vernon.

Production on Autumn in the Vineyard started in Vancouver on Aug. 14 and was set to continue in an Oliver vineyard on Sunday. Filming is scheduled to continue until Sept. 3. 

The series will be airing on Saturday nights in October, premiering on Oct. 15, at 9 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel in the U.S.

The cast includes Rachael Leigh Cook from Robot Chicken and Perception, who also spent time in B.C. during the summer working on Hallmark's Summer Love movie series.

After just finishing filming Hallmark’s Summer Love movie series in mid-July in B.C., Rachael Leigh Cook (Robot Chicken, Perception) is back to B.C. to star in Autumn in the Vineyard.

The story is based on the 2013 book of the same name written by Marina Adair.

Autumn in the Vineyard follows Frankie Baudouin, an aspiring winemaker who wants to turn her ranch into an award-winning winery.

Nate DeLuca has the same plans. The two have to put their differences and distrust aside in order to make their dreams come true, and somewhere along the way they begin to fall in love.

“The Okanagan is often compared to California’s Napa Valley where the story is set," Okanagan film commissioner Jon Summerland said in a release. "Once again, our beautiful Okanagan locations are bringing more and more  productions to the region.”

In an interview, Summerland added that the film is expected to bring $100,000-125,000 per day to the area.

"They'll leave that money in the economy which is great for British Columbia," he said. 

He noted that the addition of the film to the Okanagan's resumé could add to a snowballing of a burgeoning film industry in the region.

"There's going to be at least three, four producers here. Each one of them in the next movie will be working on four different movies," he said. "It will help sell the region in the future – the more eyes on us the better it will be in the future for future films."

For more information on the Okanagan Film Commission and all of the current productions visit the Okanagan Boundary Similkameen Film Commission's website.



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