Z Nation films at Northern Quest
Syfy Channel’s “Z Nation” zombie apocalypse show films at Northern Quest Resort and Casino Aug. 5 and 6. In episode being filmed, the ragtag group of zombie survivors come across an Indian casino which is still operating in spite of the apocalypse.
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Video monitors show the action to crew members away from the set during filming of the TV series “”Z Nation”, Thursday, Aug. 6, 201, at Northern Quest Casino. At left is actress Kellita Smith and at right is Matt Cedeño.
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Spokane actor and past cast member Patrick Treadway holds prop weapons while serving as prop master while filming scenes of the television series “Z-Nation” at Northern Quest Casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. Treadway played a short lived character in the first season.
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Behind the scenes, crew members watch video monitors as others film a scene from the TV series “Z Nation” at Northern Quest Casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. The production is using the casino’s training room, which is set up like a casino gaming floor.
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Actors Anastasia Baranova, left, and Gene Tagaban, right, rehearse a scene in a casino gaming room, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, on the set of “Z Nation”, the popular Syfy series which is in its second year. In the background is actor Matt Cedeño. The crew used the mock casino room where Northern Quest trains its workers. The fictional casino also uses the name Northern Quest.
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Actor Keith Allan, who plays the half zombie-half human character “Murphy”, chats with the media while in makeup and costume between takes for the television series “Z-Nation” at Northern Quest Casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. In the episode being filmed, the zombie surivors find an Indian casino in the desert and warn them of the coming zombie hoards.
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Tom Taylor, sound mixer for the television series “Z-Nation”, monitors and records the audio for the production in a back room during shooting in a training room at Northern Quest Casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015.
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Actor Kellita Smith, center, who plays the character “Warren”, chats with the crew between takes for the television series “Z-Nation” at Northern Quest Casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015.
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Actors Gene Tagaban, left, and Kellita Smith, right, ponder their grim future with approaching zombie hoards in a scene for the television series “Z-Nation” at Northern Quest Casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015.
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Director Juan Mas, left, walks actor Gene Tagaban through a scene inside the mock casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, on the set of “Z Nation”, the popular Syfy series which is in its second year. The crew used the mock casino room where Northern Quest trains its workers.
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Director Juan Mas, second from left, watches as actors Gene Tagaban, second from right, and Kellita Smith, right, rehearse a scene inside the mock casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, on the set of “Z Nation”, the popular Syfy series which is in its second year. At left, actor Keith Allan, who plays “Murphy”, waits to rehearse his scene.
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Gaffer Kevin Cook, left, adjusts the height of lights while filming scenes of the television series “Z-Nation” at Northern Quest Casino, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015.
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