In the Movies: Popular Film Destinations
| June 2, 2017
4. Toronto, Canada
Toronto is another Canadian city that has benefitted from the Canadian dollar’s downturn. Many American film studios are opting to film there and sneakily turn shots of the Canadian city into similar looking East Coast cities, like Chicago or New York, with some clever editing.
In order for Toronto to appear as New York, production companies import the characteristic yellow cabs and New York City subway signage. To check out a few Toronto landmarks that made the final cut, watch movies like X-Men, and Cinderella Man.
Most recently, the Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale filmed in Toronto in order to create the dystopian city of Gilead.
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