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Movie Studios: The New Gold Rush

5/29/2022, 3:08:14 PM


DECRYPTION - The demand for filming explodes. Investment funds spend billions to build studios.

The English county of Hertfordshire is being transformed into verdant Hollywood.

30 kilometers from London, the small town of Broxbourne and its 15,000 souls will soon find themselves in the spotlight.

On the edge of meadows, over nearly 37 hectares, the Sunset Studios will soon house 21 film sets, outdoor sets, around ten workshops, production offices, post-production services, staff facilities, etc. what is known in the jargon as a "one-stop-shop", integrating a maximum of services.

The location aims to become one of the largest film and television studio complexes in the UK.

The American fund Blackstone and Hudson Pacific Properties, whose Hollywood studios hosted the filming of

La La Land

, plan to invest $1 billion in it.

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