section_path: Production/Filming
section_name: Filming
paragraph_text: Filming
  
  Ksenia Sereda is the lead director of photography, working with multiple directors on the series. The first season filmed for 218 days,: 37:32 with around 18–19 days per episode, amounting to 2–3 pages of script per day. Filming began in Calgary, Alberta, on July 12, 2021. It moved to High River and Fort Macleod in July, and Calgary in August. Around CA$372,000 was spent for a four-day shoot in Downtown Edmonton in October. Filming moved to Calgary in October and November, and Canmore in November. Production took place in Okotoks and Waterton Lakes National Park in February 2022, Calgary from March to May, Olds in May and June, and High River in June. Production concluded on June 11, followed by additional photography in Kansas City in October.
  
  The second season was filmed in British Columbia under the working title Mega Sword, using around 60–70 locations. Delayed by the writers' and actors' strikes, production began on February 12, 2024, with filming taking place in Kamloops, Mission, Fort Langley, and Langley. Production returned to Calgary in March, including in Exshaw and along Highway 1A, and moved to Britannia Beach in April, June, and July, Downtown Eastside and Nanaimo in May, Chinatown, Downtown Vancouver, and New Westminster in July, and Gastown in August. Production concluded on August 23, followed by additional photography in Downtown Vancouver in September.
  
  According to Production Bulletin, the third season is expected to begin filming in Vancouver in mid-2025. As of May, Merced expects filming to begin in 2026.
  
  Ksenia Sereda is the lead director of photography, working with multiple directors on the series. The first season filmed for 218 days,: 37:32 with around 18–19 days per episode, amounting to 2–3 pages of script per day. Filming began in Calgary, Alberta, on July 12, 2021. It moved to High River and Fort Macleod in July, and Calgary in August. Around CA$372,000 was spent for a four-day shoot in Downtown Edmonton in October. Filming moved to Calgary in October and November, and Canmore in November. Production took place in Okotoks and Waterton Lakes National Park in February 2022, Calgary from March to May, Olds in May and June, and High River in June. Production concluded on June 11, followed by additional photography in Kansas City in October.
  
  The second season was filmed in British Columbia under the working title Mega Sword, using around 60–70 locations. Delayed by the writers' and actors' strikes, production began on February 12, 2024, with filming taking place in Kamloops, Mission, Fort Langley, and Langley. Production returned to Calgary in March, including in Exshaw and along Highway 1A, and moved to Britannia Beach in April, June, and July, Downtown Eastside and Nanaimo in May, Chinatown, Downtown Vancouver, and New Westminster in July, and Gastown in August. Production concluded on August 23, followed by additional photography in Downtown Vancouver in September.
  
  According to Production Bulletin, the third season is expected to begin filming in Vancouver in mid-2025. As of May, Merced expects filming to begin in 2026.