Crews with Dinosaur Valley Studios are in the region to film the many fossils the area has to offer.
“We’re shooting with our film crew here for a film promoting paleo tourism in the Kootenay Rockies tourism region,” President Frank Hadfield said.
“We have two or three more trips out to the Crowsnest Pass region, Cranbrook, Fernie and Sparwood are all involved and possibly Kimberley as well.”
Dinosaur Valley Studios does skeletal reconstruction and fabrication world wide but has recently entered the film game.
“We started out as purely a exhibit fabrication company. We replicated fossils and mounted real skeletons as well,” added Hadfield.
“Currently we’re working on the real bones and skeleton of a blue whale for Oregan State University. We’ve expanded now into film production, mostly documentaries focusing on natural history.”
The documentary they are currently working on will focus on a number of prominent fossils around the area including the famous ammonite near Fernie.
“It’s a world class and world renown ammonite display the size of a dinner table. It’s one of the largest in the world that’s still in place,” Hadfield said.
“And Cranbrook has one of if not the greatest locations for trilobites in the world.”
They expect to wrap up the project in either the late winter or early spring of 2026.
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