| Village Roadshow Studios | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Film and television studios |
| Location | Gold Coast, Australia, Entertainment Road |
| Coordinates | 27°54′40″S153°18′40″E / 27.9110274°S 153.3112476°E /-27.9110274; 153.3112476 |
| Inaugurated | 1991; 32 years ago |
| Owner | Village Roadshow |
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Village Roadshow Studios are a set offilm studios located inOxenford,Gold Coast,Queensland,Australia. The studios are owned byVillage Roadshow and consist of nine sound stages as well as a range of other production facilities. The studio commenced in June 1991 and is one of three film studios in Australia, the others beingDisney Studios Australia in Sydney andDocklands Studios Melbourne.
The studios have been home to many feature films, telemovies, TV series and miniseries. Some feature film productions includeAquaman,San Andreas,The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,Scooby-Doo,House of Wax,Ghost Ship, andThor: Ragnarok. TV productions have includedH2O: Just Add Water,Terra Nova,BeastMaster and theLost World series.
Village Roadshow Studios opened in 1986 and was commissioned byDino De Laurentiis forDe Laurentiis Entertainment Limited (DEL). Village Roadshow purchased DEL and took over the facility in 1988. From July 1988, the studios were occupied producing television shows forParamount Television:Mission: Impossible for theAmerican Broadcasting Company andDolphin Bay forCBS.[1] In November 1988,Warner Bros. acquired a 50% share of the studio and jointly proposed with Village Roadshow to buildWarner Bros. Movie Worldtheme park, which opened adjacent to the studio in 1991.[1] Despite their physical proximity and operational links, the studios and theme park are separate entities. The studio was renamed Warner/Village Roadshow Studio.[1]
The theme park, and the studios' management have no involvement with productions and, as such, do not recommend cast, crew or extras. This is done independently by the production. However, experienced Warner Bros. Movie World staff are often involved in productions filmed at the studios. The studios are not open to the general public and as the productions are independently owned, permission to go on-set can only be obtained from the production itself.
In June 2004, a fire in Sound Stage 8, during the production ofHouse of Wax, destroyed the sound stage.[2][3]
The facility consists of nine sound stages,[4] three water tanks (two outdoor and one indoor; one of which is the largest purpose built film water tank in Australia),[5] 10 production areas,[6] five construction workshops,[7] onsite support facilities,[8] two wardrobe and laundry facilities,[9] accounting services,[10] lock ups,[11] screening and editing,[12] preview theatrette, visual effects studio, film processing, post production, travel and freight services, and much more.
In addition to producing a variety of television shows and films, the studios have also been used by the adjacent Warner Bros. Movie World theme park. When the two facilities opened in 1991, a Studio Tour was run from Warner Bros. Movie World throughout the production areas of the Village Roadshow Studios before returning to theMovie Magic Special Effects Show.[13][14] In 2011, both Sound Stage 1 and 2 were utilised for the theme park's annualhalloween event,Fright Nights. The Saw and Zombie Apocalypse mazes were housed in these studios throughout October.[15]
In 2018, some sound stages were used for the2018 Commonwealth Games and played host to sports such asboxing andtable tennis. Temporary spectator seating was installed for a total of 6,200 people for the two sports.[16]
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