History

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Village Roadshow Studios opened in 1986 and was commissioned by Dino De Laurentiis for De 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 for Paramount Television: Mission: Impossible for the American Broadcasting Company and Dolphin Bay for CBS.^[1] In November 1988, Warner Bros. acquired a 50% share of the studio and jointly proposed with Village Roadshow to build Warner Bros. Movie World theme 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 of House of Wax, destroyed the sound stage.^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c "WB Takes Half-Stake In New Oz Studio; Theme Park Planned". Variety. 23 November 1988. p. 5.
^ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "'House of Wax' melts at Movie World". New Zealand Herald. 28 June 2004. Retrieved 17 November 2011.

Facility

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The facility consists of nine sound stages,^[1] three water tanks (two outdoor and one indoor; one of which is the largest purpose built film water tank in Australia),^[2] 10 production areas,^[3] five construction workshops,^[4] onsite support facilities,^[5] two wardrobe and laundry facilities,^[6] accounting services,^[7] lock ups,^[8] screening and editing,^[9] 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 the Movie Magic Special Effects Show.^[10]^[11] In 2011, both Sound Stage 1 and 2 were utilised for the theme park's annual halloween event, Fright Nights. The Saw and Zombie Apocalypse mazes were housed in these studios throughout October.^[12]

In 2018, some sound stages were used for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and played host to sports such as boxing and table tennis. Temporary spectator seating was installed for a total of 6,200 people for the two sports.^[13]

^ "Stages". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
^ "Tanks". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
^ "Production Office". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
^ "Construction Workshops". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ "Support". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
^ "Wardrobe & Laundry". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
^ "Production Services". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ "Lock Ups". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
^ "Screening & Editing Facilities". Village Roadshow Studios. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ "Movie Magic Special Effects Show (Warner Bros. Movie World)". Parkz. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ Hong, Tang Bee (26 January 1992). "Australia's Hollywood". New Straits Times. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ Warner Bros. Movie World (17 August 2011). "This year, a new..." Facebook. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ "Games bid vital to Gold Coast's health". Gold Coast Bulletin. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.^{[dead link]}

Clients

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ABC Productions
Alliance Atlantis
Blue Sky Pictures
Cappadocia Co Ltd
Carlton America
CBS Productions
Disney Channel
DreamWorks
Fox Television
Hartbreak Films
HBO
Konigsberg Smith Company
London Weekend Television
MGM Television
Miramax Films
NBC Productions
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Network Television
Pearson Television
Phoenix Film
Revolution Studios
RTL Television
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Telecine
Viacom
Von Zerneck/Sertner Productions
Walden Media
Walt Disney Features
Walt Disney Television
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Television Studios
Warner Independent Pictures
Wilshire Court Productions
WWE Films
Marvel Films

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