Nicolas Cage is still making movies? Yes, and his latest is being shot in the South Okanagan

Denise Gray of Osoyoos had her photo taken with actor Nicolas Cage while at at the local Buy Low Foods store where she works, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. Image Credit: Facebook

November 30, 2016 - 12:40 PM

OKANAGAN - If you see someone who looks like Nicholas Cage in the Okanagan, take a closer look because it might be him.

The Hollywood icon is in the region to shoot a movie. Principal photography begins this week in the South Okanagan.

The film, currently titled The Humanity Bureau, will also star Sarah Lind of cult film Wolfcop, child actor Jakob Davies from If I Stay and Canadian star Hugh Dillon, who’s known for work on TV in Flash Point, in film in Hard Core Logo and as lead singer of the Headstones, according to an Okanagan Film Commission media release.

While plot details are sparse, it's a science fiction action film with the tagline “in the near future our government will decide who is expendable."

The entire film will be shot in the Okanagan.

"We are not just a location for a segment of the film and this will promote to other producers to see the Okanagan as a full production centre, not just a partial location, for their feature films," commissior Jon Summerland says in the release.

Cage was spotted in Osoyoos on the weekend at a local grocery store stocking up on supplies.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Brendan Kergin or call 250-819-6089 or email the editor. You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.

We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above.