Supergirl flies into Vancouver to shoot season 2

It seems the provincial government's recent move to slash the film industry tax credit has not hindered interest in B.C.,as another major American TVseries comes to Vancouver.

Comic bookseries Supergirl is moving its production from Los Angeles to Vancouver for its second season.

The information was confirmed by The CW'svice president of publicity, Suzanne Gomez, who also noted her network had picked up the show from its network partner, CBS.

David Harewood, who plays J'onn theMartian in the show, tweeted a thumbs up to the news.

B.C.'s provincial government recently announced it would be cutting thefilm industry tax creditfrom 33 per cent, to 28 per cent.The change is to take effect October 1.

Finance Minister MikeDeJong said at the time, it was prompted by the province'smajor boom in the film industrydriven primarilybya low Canadian dollar.

The number of film and TV productions in Vancouver increased by 40 per cent from 2014 to 2015.

That trend has continued this year January was already 30 per cent busier than the previous"record breaking" year, according toSandiSwanigan, the city'ssenior manager for film and special events.

Supergirl joins a roster of other CW shows being filmed here in Hollywood North including The Flash, Arrow and Supernatural.