The premiere of Fox’s new J.J. Abrams sci-fi television show Fringe was filmed in Toronto which led me to watch out for glimpses of my hometown hiding behind its supposed “Boston” location. Some items spotted:
- The pure white interior of the headquarters of Massive Dynamics is the Bloor Street lobby of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal expansion.
- The final car chase took place on Lake Shore Boulevard under the Gardiner Expressway.
- The university yard outside of the basement lab is at King’s College Circle at the University of Toronto.
- The actor playing the emergency physician is Peter Outerbridge who was the star of the Canadian tv series, ReGenesis which deal with the investigation into “questionable advances in biotechnology”. Think Fringe but with more science.
Fringe unfortunately has switched production to New York City but many television shows, movies and commercials are filmed in Toronto and we now have the largest soundstage in North America!