Village Roadshow Studios are a set of

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s located in Oxenford, Gold Coast,

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. The studios are owned by

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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 being Fox Studios in Sydney and Docklands Studios Melbourne. The studios have been home to many feature films, telemovies, TV series and miniseries. Some feature film productions include ''

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'', '' San Andreas'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', ''

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'', '' House of Wax'', '' Ghost Ship'', and '' Thor: Ragnarok''. TV productions have included H₂O: Just Add Water,'' Terra Nova'', '' BeastMaster'' and the ''Lost World'' series.

History

Village Roadshow Studios opened in 1986 and was commissioned by

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for De Laurentiis Entertainment Limited (DEL). Village Roadshow purchased DEL and took over the facility in 1988. The Studios were built before WB Movie World in 1991 and they are adjacent to the Warner Bros. Movie World

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. Despite their physical proximity and operational links, the studios and theme park are separate entities. 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.

Facility

The facility consists of nine sound stages, three water tanks (two outdoor and one indoor; one of which is the largest purpose built film water tank in Australia), 10 production areas, five construction workshops, onsite support facilities, two wardrobe and laundry facilities, accounting services, lock ups, screening and editing, 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. In 2011, both Sound Stage 1 and 2 were utilised for the theme park's annual

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event, Fright Nights. The Saw and Zombie Apocalypse mazes were housed in these studios throughout October. In 2018, some sound stages were used for the

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and played host to sports such as

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and

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. Temporary spectator seating was installed for a total of 6,200 people for the two sports.

Productions

Films

* '' Untitled Godzilla vs. Kong sequel'' (2024) * '' Elvis'' (2022) * '' Godzilla vs Kong'' (2021) * '' Dora and the Lost City of Gold'' (2019) * ''

'' (2018) * ''

Guardians of the Tomb ''Guardians of the Tomb'' is a 2018 Australian-Chinese science fiction horror thriller film directed and written by Kimble Rendall, starring Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz, Kelsey Grammer and Wu Chun. It is the largest co-production to date between Ch ...

'' (2018) * '' Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017) * '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' The Shallows'' (2016) * '' Kong: Skull Island'' (2016) * '' San Andreas'' (2015) * '' Unbroken'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

My Mistress ''My Mistress'' is a 2014 Australian film. Plot A sixteen-year-old boy discovers his father's suicide. Distraught, he goes searching for ways to numb the pain. He then meets a mysterious woman who turns out to be a dominatrix and finds solace in ...

'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' The Railway Man'' (2013) * '' Bad Karma'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2012) * '' Sanctum'' (2011) * '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' (2010) * '' Daybreakers'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' (''The Young American and Marine ...

'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Fool's Gold'' (2008) * '' The Ruins'' (2008) * '' The Condemned'' (2007) * '' The Marine'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Aquamarine'' (2006) * '' See No Evil'' (2006) * '' The Great Raid'' (2005) * '' House of Wax'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''Tempted'' (2003) * '' Ghost Ship'' (2002) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles'' (2001) * '' Pitch Black'' (2000) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1996) * '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1992) *'' Hurricane Smith'' (1992)

TV series

* "Mako Island of Secrets" – series 1 (2013) and 2 (2014) *

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (french: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-J ...

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* Beastmaster *

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(co-production with YTV and

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) * Flipper * Lost World * Mission: Impossible *

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* H₂O: Just Add Water * Sea Patrol 2 * Terra Nova

Clients

References

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