Village Roadshow Studios


Village Roadshow Studios are a set of film studios located in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The studios are owned by Village 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 being Disney Studios Australia 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 Aquaman, San Andreas, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Scooby-Doo, House of Wax, Ghost Ship, and Thor: Ragnarok. TV productions have included H2O: Just Add Water,''Terra Nova, BeastMaster and the Lost World'' series.
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History

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. The Studios were built before WB Movie World in 1991 and they are adjacent to the Warner Bros. Movie World theme park. 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, 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 halloween 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 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.

Productions

Films

Hurricane Smith Fortress Street Fighter No Escape Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie The Phantom Komodo Pitch Black Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Scooby-Doo Ghost Ship Darkness Falls Tempted Peter Pan House of Wax The Great Raid See No Evil Aquamarine Superman Returns The Marine The Condemned The Ruins Fool's Gold Nim's Island Beauty and the Beast Triangle Daybreakers The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Sanctum Bait 3D Bad Karma The Railway Man Return to Nim's Island My Mistress The Inbetweeners 2 Unbroken The Fear Of Darkness San Andreas StalkHer The Shallows Kong: Skull Island Jungle Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Thor: Ragnarok Guardians of the Tomb Aquaman Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Dora and the Lost City of Gold Godzilla vs. Kong Black Site Spiderhead Elvis Thirteen Lives Ticket to Paradise True Spirit Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire How to Make Gravy Eden Anaconda The Bluff Mortal Kombat II Spa Weekend Godzilla x Kong: Supernova Balls Up Subversion The Mark The Mosquito Bowl

TV series

20,000 Leagues Under the SeaAnimaliaApples Never FallBeastmasterDumb Bunnies FlipperSpace: Above and BeyondThe Lost WorldMako: Island of SecretsMission: ImpossibleNautilusParadise BeachReef BreakRock Island MysteriesH2O: Just Add WaterIrreverentSea Patrol 2Terra NovaThe Wilds