The fall of 2016 NK'Mip RV Resort
and Campground was the site of the editing office and storage place
for the props during the filming of The Humanity Bureau
starring Nicolas Cage.
On my
morning walks I passed this area and took a few pictures.
The Osoyoos community will get some
worldwide big-screen exposure this year after a movie starring
Nicolas Cage filmed in the community last fall was picked up
by distributors around the globe.
The Humanity Bureau has
sold to distribution companies in Europe, Latin America, South Korea,
Japan and the Middle east, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie describes a post-apocalyptic
world in a permanent state of economic recession. Through an
agency called the Humanity Bureau, the federal government exiles
members of society deemed unproductive.
Mr. Cage plays a bureau casework who
determines to save the lives of a mother and child banished through
the agency.
The film is said to be part of a
six-pack of science fiction, horror and action films produced in a
partnership involving Regina’s Mind’s Eye Entertainment and
U.S.-based Bridgegate Pictures that will bring even
more actors and film crews to the community.
Osoyoos is expected to host numerous
other actors and film crews over the next few months as no less than
nine productions take advantage of the South Okanagan’s scenic
beauty, climate and low costs.
Most recently, Casey Affleck
was in the community to film Light of My Life,
a survival drama about a father (Affleck) and his daughter
trapped and hunted in the woods in a post-pandemic world.
“Mind’s Eye has five other
productions coming to the area next year,” said a source close to
the productions. “And then there’s another production company
coming up and they’re doing four.
“We’ve got the setting for desert
seas, Iraq and we’ve got vineyards and we’re looking pretty good
here as a scenic venture for movie companies.”
