Now Filming in Toronto: September 2026
Updated September 2026.
Toronto has earned the “Hollywood North” nickname, and September 2026 shows why: fourteen productions are shooting across the city and the Greater Toronto Area this month, from Amazon’s Reacher and HBO-adjacent prestige series to the twentieth season of a Canadian institution. Soundstages, location work, and a handful of productions just getting underway — if you’re Toronto-based talent, this is one of the strongest slates of the year.
Here’s what’s filming in Toronto in September 2026 — verified productions with studios, locations, and cast.
Reacher — Season 5
Studio: Paramount / Skydance (Amazon MGM+)
Location: Toronto
Filming: July 20 – December 4, 2026
Cast: Alan Ritchson, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, Amanda Ip, Ciara Bravo
One of the biggest shows shooting in Toronto this fall, Reacher season five is deep into a five-month shoot. Alan Ritchson returns as Jack Reacher, joined this season by Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, Amanda Ip, and Ciara Bravo. A production of this scale — streaming’s biggest action franchise filming for nearly half a year — hires hundreds of background performers and day players across the shoot. Watch [toronto casting calls] for late-season calls as the schedule runs through December.
Sheriff Country — Season 2
Studio: CBS Studios
Location: Toronto
Filming: June 3, 2026 – February 2027
Cast: Morena Baccarin, Matt Lauria, W. Earl Brown, Christopher Gorham, Michele Weaver, Amanda Arcuri
The Fire Country spinoff is shooting a long second season in Toronto, running well into 2027. Morena Baccarin leads the cast with Matt Lauria, W. Earl Brown, and Christopher Gorham. A nine-month shoot means steady, recurring background work — the kind of gig that keeps Toronto actors booked through the winter.
Boston Blue — Season 2
Studio: CBS
Location: Toronto
Filming: July 8, 2026 – February 26, 2027
Cast: Donnie Wahlberg, Sonequa Martin-Green, Ernie Hudson, Maggie Lawson, Gloria Reuben, Marcus Scribner
The Blue Bloods spinoff starring Donnie Wahlberg is on a nearly eight-month Toronto shoot. With Sonequa Martin-Green, Ernie Hudson, Maggie Lawson, and Gloria Reuben in the ensemble, this is a full network-scale production living in Toronto through the winter — strong recurring background and stand-in work for local talent.
The Testaments — Season 2
Studio: Amazon MGM
Location: Toronto
Filming: August 20, 2026 – January 15, 2027
Cast: Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Ann Dowd, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Mabel Li
The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series continues its Toronto production with season two. Ann Dowd returns alongside Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, and Rowan Blanchard. Prestige streaming dramas like this one maintain high background standards and often reuse the same background performers across episodes — getting in early on the season pays off.
Memory of a Killer — Season 2
Studio: Warner Bros. / Silverstrand
Location: Toronto
Filming: July 28 – December 16, 2026
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Michael Imperioli, Richard Harmon, Odeya Rush, Peter Gadiot
Patrick Dempsey leads this crime drama’s second season with Michael Imperioli, Richard Harmon, and Odeya Rush. Shooting through mid-December in Toronto, the production is a solid mid-budget drama slot with ongoing background needs.
Murdoch Mysteries — Season 20
Studio: Shaftesbury
Location: Toronto
Filming: May 19 – December 18, 2026
Cast: Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris, Daniel Maslany, Shanice Banton
Twenty seasons. Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian television institution, and its milestone twentieth season is shooting in Toronto through December. Yannick Bisson and Hélène Joy lead the ensemble. Period productions are a particular opportunity: they need background performers comfortable in period wardrobe and often cast specialty background — coach drivers, musicians, dancers — alongside general extras. If you have period skills, list them on your profile on the [actor sign-up page].
Doc — Season 3
Studio: Sony / Idaho Productions
Location: Oakville soundstages
Filming: June 29, 2026 – April 2027
Cast: Molly Parker, Blair Underwood, Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon-Michael Ecker, Anya Banerjee
The medical drama is shooting season three on soundstages in Oakville, just outside Toronto, on a ten-month schedule running into spring 2027. Molly Parker and Blair Underwood lead. Medical shows are background machines — patients, visitors, and hospital staff needed every shooting day — and Oakville-based productions draw from the full GTA talent pool.
Heated Rivalry — Season 2
Studio: (production at Toronto soundstages)
Location: Toronto
Filming: August 17 – December 2, 2026
Cast: Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie, François Arnaud, Christina Chang, Charlie Gillespie, Justice Smith
Season two of the hit series is filming on Toronto soundstages through early December, with Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie returning alongside François Arnaud, Christina Chang, Charlie Gillespie, and Justice Smith.
This Summer Will Be Different — Season 1
Studio: Sphere Summer Productions
Location: Toronto
Filming: August 31 – October 16, 2026
Cast: Sophie Nélisse, Roby Attal, Francesca Reale, Jordan Rodrigues, Natalie Brown, James Tupper
A new first-season series filming in Toronto from late August through mid-October. Sophie Nélisse leads with Roby Attal, Francesca Reale, and Jordan Rodrigues. First seasons are worth extra attention: new productions build their background rosters from scratch and often need larger location crowds for establishing sequences.
You’re Killing Me — Season 2
Studio: (Toronto production)
Location: Toronto
Filming: September 14 – November 12, 2026
Cast: Brooke Shields, Amanda Williamson, Tom Cavanagh
Starting mid-September with Brooke Shields, Amanda Williamson, and Tom Cavanagh. A production launching this month will be staffing its background and day-player roster right now — early-season calls are the easiest to land.
Rules of Prey — Season 1
Studio: (working title: B.C.A.; showrunner Bruce Terris)
Location: Toronto
Filming: September 14 – December 16, 2026
Cast: Not yet published
A new first season starting September 14 under showrunner Bruce Terris, filming through mid-December. No cast has been published yet, which can mean principal roles are still being cast. If your profile matches the likely demographics for a crime series, make sure it’s complete and searchable on [toronto casting calls].
The Office Movers — Season 3
Studio: Shazam Office Moving III
Location: Toronto
Filming: Through September 11, 2026
Cast: Jermaine Richards, Trevaunn Richards
Season three is wrapping its Toronto shoot in early September, so this one is at the tail end of production. Wrapping productions occasionally need last-minute background and pickups — and the crew relationships you build on a short-notice call carry into the next season.
Journalism 101
Studio: Rhombus Media; directed by Matt Johnson
Location: Toronto
Filming: August 12 – September 25, 2026
Cast: Not yet published
Rhombus Media’s feature directed by Matt Johnson shoots in Toronto through late September. Cast hasn’t been published, which often signals an indie-style production casting closer to its needs. Matt Johnson’s projects have a track record of pulling from the local Toronto talent pool, so this is one for the city’s indie-film actors to track.
Barton Vet — Season 1, Block B
Studio: (Toronto production)
Location: Toronto
Filming: Through September 3, 2026
Cast: Not published
The first season’s Block B wrapped its Toronto shoot in early September. Like The Office Movers, this is a finishing production — worth knowing for pickup work and for the crew network, since Toronto’s production community hires in circles.
Why Toronto’s September slate runs so deep
Toronto’s production volume isn’t an accident — it’s infrastructure. The city’s soundstage capacity, experienced crews, and provincial support keep major US streamers and networks shooting here for months at a time. Ontario Creates’ July 2026 media list and the Hollywood North production listings both show the same pattern: productions don’t come to Toronto for a week; they come for half a year. Reacher, Sheriff Country, Boston Blue, Doc, and Murdoch Mysteries are all on shoots running five to ten months.
That duration changes the talent math. Short shoots hire fast and move on. Long shoots build standing background pools, reuse reliable performers across episodes, and generate the kind of recurring work that sustains a full-time background career. September is when several of those pools are being built or refreshed — which is exactly why it pays to submit early in the season rather than waiting for a specific call.
How to get booked on what’s filming in Toronto
Toronto’s September slate is dominated by long-running series on multi-month schedules. That changes the strategy:
- Get in early on new seasons. You’re Killing Me and Rules of Prey both start mid-September. Productions staff their background rosters at the start of a shoot — early submissions get first looks.
- Play the long game on the big shows. Reacher, Sheriff Country, Boston Blue, and Doc all shoot into 2027. Background offices on long productions build reliable pools; once you’re in and reliable, you get called back.
- Keep availability honest. Toronto productions plan in blocks. If your profile says you’re available and you’re not, you won’t get a second call.
Find Toronto casting calls now
Fourteen productions are shooting in Toronto this September — streaming tentpoles, network dramas, a twentieth-season institution, and new series just getting underway. The GTA talent pool is deep, so the difference between booked and overlooked is usually a complete profile and a fast submission.
Browse Toronto casting calls on Project Casting and submit to the productions filming this month. Background and day-player notices post daily — [toronto casting calls] is where they land.
