HBO television series takes over parts of Edmonton
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A major HBO television series is not only transforming some areas of Edmonton to look post-apocalyptic but it's also bringing in some big opportunities.
A major HBO television series is taking over some Edmonton streets.
The production is not only transforming some areas of the city to look post-apocalyptic but it’s also bringing in some big opportunities.
Downtown, Rice Howard Way looks like the end of the world, but Edmontonians walking by say the apocalypse never looked so good.
“I think that’s really cool this is happening in our city right now. The kids are really interested in it. They think that this is exciting,” passerby Amber Wenzel said.
“Pretty cool, I’d say. You don’t always get to see something like it,” passerby Haven Wenzel said.
HBO is filming a new series based on a popular video game called The Last of Us, and the multi-million-dollar TV production is filming its first season all over Alberta.
“We’ve got thousands of people working on this project, from small communities to large communities, and right now, they are in Edmonton. They’ve got the legislature that they are filming in,” Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation Doug Schweitzer said.
The show stars Game of Thrones actor Pedro Pascal, who plays a character who escorts a teenage girl across a post-apocalyptic world filled with dangers.