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When was the last time you felt inspired?

Maybe it was a beautiful sunset, or an inspiring film. Maybe you can’t remember the last time you were inspired... 

On our tour, you will interact with enrichment opportunities for your life. You see, we didn’t just build a studio. We didn’t just build a town. We purpose built places for inspiration and enrichment and we want you to experience it all.

You'll experience Trilith Studios - the primary filming location of some of the highest grossing films of all time such as Spider Man: No Way Home and Avengers: Endgame. You’ll be inspired as you peek behind the scenes to see creativity and collaboration at work.

You’ll also experience the intricately designed new urbanist community of The Town @ Trilith. You’ll be inspired by community, diversity and an invitation to living an enriched life.  

If you want to be inspired, experience Trilith.

INSPIRED GROUPS, INSPIRE THE WORLD.

The Trilith Experience can inspire your company, team or group. We have worked with brands for off-site days, creative brainstorms or simple needed moments of shared inspiration. If you’d like to create a customized Trilith Experience or a tour for more than 18 guests, email [email protected] . Interested in expanding on your tour experience? Ask about Bonus Features from the Trilith Institute to get a deeper understanding of the Film and Television industry!

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What does the Trilith Experience include?

The Trilith Experience is a one-hour, enrichment focused, guided trolley tour of the exteriors of Trilith Studios and the Town @ Trilith.

How long does the Trilith Experience last?

The typical Trilith Experience is about an hour long with some time for questions at the end.

Can we stay longer than our scheduled Trilith Experience?

There is so much to do in the Town @ Trilith. Before or after your Trilith Experience you are welcome to explore the town and check out all of the dining, shops and inspiring spaces.

When should I arrive for my Trilith Experience?

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your booked Trilith Experience start time.

Is the Trilith Experience accessible for those with mobility disabilities?

The Trilith Experience trolley requires a transfer from wheelchair/ECV to ride vehicle. Foldable wheelchairs may be stored in the trolley for the duration of the tour. If you have questions about accessibility and how we can make your Trilith Experience remarkable, please email [email protected] .

Is videography or photography on the studio lot permitted?

Your knowledgeable guide will advise which areas of the Trilith Experience are approved for photography.

Tour guests may carry their cell phones, but phones should remain stored away unless in use in designated photo areas. No photography is allowed in, near or around any active stages, exterior sets, workshops, backlots, or set materials on the studio lot. Photos of props, costumes, production signs, RVs or photos that invade people’s personal privacy are not permitted. Photos posted to social media must not mention current productions names (official or code name), talent, or reference any productions at Trilith Studios.

Are children allowed on the Trilith Experience?

Absolutely! Children of all ages are welcome, but the content is geared towards ages 7+.

What should I wear?

The Trilith Experience primarily takes place outside so please dress accordingly to the weather.

How large can groups be?

We have been able to get creative with groups of all sizes! Email [email protected] to get started.

Will I see famous actors or sets?

Probably not, but you never know... ;)

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Formerly called Pinewood Atlanta Studios , Trilith is a major film production center in the heart of Georgia . The massive 700-acre facility has hosted the filming of a number of hit Marvel productions including Ant-Man (2015) , Captain America: Civil War (2016) , Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) , Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) , Avengers: Infinity War (2018) , Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) ,   Avengers: Endgame (2019) , and the 2021 Disney+ series WandaVision .

The soundstages and backdrops are not generally open to the public for tours.

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Restaurants and retailers, studio vendors, portfolio companies, see the town.

The sky has no limit. So we built the sky.

This is the future of filmmaking and content producing where some of the world’s best talent live and work side by side.

Set across nearly 1,000 acres of studios, workshops, offices and backlots, you can find anything and everything you need, all within a stone’s throw.

Our Studio Lot

Perfectly situated near Atlanta's international airport, our sound stages , workshops , offices , backlots and studio vendors provide everything you need to make the next great story.

Our stages were built to accommodate both your indie and your epic production, with state of the art equipment, flexible spaces and endless possibilities.

The Live Stages

With every resource under one roof, the live stages are designed to host a wide variety of live-audience productions and immersive experiences.

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Designed with you in mind, the Lux Stage immerses filmmakers in large-scale, real-time digital environments, allowing you to fluidly create and iterate on your vision.

Workshops and offices

With your craftspeople and operational staff right next door, you don’t have to leave the lot to get your sets designed and your paperwork completed.

From the woodlands that surround our property to the resort-like facilities in our development to the custom sets that take you to far away places, our campus provides abundant backlots prime for any production.

Trilith is an intentionally designed community that offers everything from locally curated restaurants to a state-of-the-art health center.

A Hub for Creatives

Whether you are looking to base your business here or use our facilities to bring your story to life, our campus provides the perfect backdrop for your next chapter.

studio Vendors

From equipment rentals to catering to props and fabrication, every service you need is on site to help you pull your production off without a hitch.

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With an abundance of streaming platforms at play, audiences are demanding better content, at a faster rate. That’s why Trilith is actively investing in several hand-selected media companies, helping take creativity to another level.

[Trilith Studios] provided us with wonderful facilities to design and build the starship for Passengers.

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Judge Steve Harvey (Season 1 and 2)

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Loki (Season 1)

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

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One of Georgia’s first film tours, the Southern Hollywood Film Tour is a star! This 2+ hour tour begins in Peachtree City and travels the backroads to Senoia and Haralson, visiting location sites for movies and television shows—including The Walking Dead, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Fried Green Tomatoes, Sweet Home Alabama, Lawless, The Conjuring (2021), and WandaVision. Bring your camera. There are photo ops galore!

Custom Tours

Customize your Southern Hollywood Film Tour! I’ll pick you up at your hotel. Add extra time for shopping in Senoia. Eat lunch in Senoia at places like Nic and Normans, which is operated by Greg Nicotero and Norman Reedus of The Walking Dead. Or head to Fayetteville for a buffet lunch at Hanna Brothers Studio Cafe across the road from Trilith Studios. I will work with you on options (charged at an hourly rate) that will make your tour one that’s scripted perfectly for you!

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The Southern Hollywood Film Tour leaves from Peachtree City. The original 2+ hour tour is available at 10:30am, Mondays through Fridays for private groups of 2-6 people. Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30am and 1:30pm are available for private groups of 3-6 people.

Step-on tour service is available for large groups and touring buses.

This is a driving tour with stops for photos. No visits to live working sets or inside studio gates are allowed by studios or film productions.

Lights! Camera! Action!

Let me take you on a Southern Hollywood Film Tour! I’m a semi-retired television and video producer and writer with two adult children who are working professionals in the film and television industry. I’ve loved movies all my life but mostly, I love movie making. This area hosts not only AMC’s popular “The Walking Dead,” but has also been a backdrop for iconic movies from “Fried Green Tomatoes” in 1991 to the Marvel blockbuster “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in 2017 and WandaVision in 2021. I’ll show you location sites and tell you some good behind-the-scenes stories about productions, movie stars, and how we got to be “The Hollywood of the South!” — Sherri

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Pinewood atlanta studios rebrands as trilith, builds out 235-acre neighboring town.

The top production facility is dropping its Pinewood moniker a year after the U.K.-based group sold its stake in the studio and expanding into a full-fledged industry-centered community.

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Pinewood Atlanta Studios is reinventing itself. The Georgia-based production facility, long home to blockbuster films like the Avengers movies, is ditching the Pinewood name and rebranding as Trilith. As part of the change, the production hub is also expanding into a new 935-acre master development that includes not only the studio but a newly built 235-acre, European-inspired town, complete with its own houses, restaurants and schools.

The idea for the expansion came years ago when executives at the studio saw potential beyond the filming facilities they offered. The Pinewood Group, which runs Pinewood Studios in the U.K., sold its stake in Pinewood Atlanta to local partners late last year, paving the way for the studio to move forward with its expansion plans.

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The name Trilith, which describes the three-stone structure of Stonehenge, was chosen because it represents the three pillars behind the new venture: storytelling, purpose-built places and emerging technology. “We’ve been in the facilities business and we needed to grow by adding two more pillars to our business,” says Frank Patterson, president and CEO of Trilith Studios, LLC. “This is a place where members of the film and creative industry feel like anything is possible.”

Patterson, along with his partner Rob Parker, set out to build a live-work concept that would serve as the development’s cultural center. Located in walking distance from the studio, the European-inspired town — on which they began construction two years ago — will have 1,400 homes designed for 5,000 residents by the time it’s complete. The housing options range from micro-homes to townhomes and custom-designed estate homes, all at various price points. (There’s a gated section of 10 high-end homes just for A-list stars, though one top actor is currently said to be living in a micro-house.) They already have more than 500 people living in the town and have sold more than 150 homes, with 20 to 30 new apartments opening up every week. “It’s all moving so fast,” says Parker, president of Trilith Development, LLC, who notes there’s a waiting list.

The residential neighborhoods have allotted 51 percent of the development dedicated to green space and more than 1,000 trees. Residents have access to 15 miles of nature trails, 54 acres of forest, 19 landscaped parks and a dog park. The area also recently launched a locally owned restaurant, Barleygarden Kitchen & Craft Bar, which is the first of a dozen food concepts that will be built in Town Centre, a 270,000-square-foot retail development that will also include shops. It’s expected to be built out over the next two years or so. “Everything we build is intended to endure and thrive, even 100 years from now,” adds Parker.

The town boasts a 60,000-square-foot fitness facility called the Piedmont Wellness Center and a K-12 micro school with a story arts focus and learner-driven technology called The Forest School. In addition, the area is home to the University of Georgia’s MFA screenwriting program and the Georgia Film Academy’s largest campus, which includes a soundstage, workshops, post facilities and classrooms. In 2021, Parker and his development partners plan to build a 180-room boutique hotel, a 120-room select service hotel, a nine-screen luxury cinema and an 18,000-square-foot soundstage to host industry and arts-related events in the town.

“We are excited about making a spectacular gathering place where professionals in the creative industries — and anyone who appreciates storytelling and innovation — will feel inspired and at home,” says Parker. “Typically creatives end up in leftover hand-me-down spaces, reclaimed warehouses and districts, that sort of thing. Part of our business is that they would get the best of and not the leftovers, so we built this town for them.”

To promote the growth of the ecosystem at Trilith Studios, Patterson is building more than 220,000 square feet of new innovative spaces on their 700-acre studio campus, including a Creative Office Centre designed to house content and technology companies and 60,000 square feet of smart stages with virtual production technologies designed to fit any budget. Trilith Studios already has more than 1 million square feet of production facilities, including 18 premium soundstages, construction workshops, costume shops, virtual production technologies and an extensive 400-acre backlot.

The hope, of course, is that the expansion of the studio and the growth of the nearby town will increase the value proposition for producers of major films and television shows. “We’ve been producing movies at this amazing Atlanta studio since the day it opened in 2014,” said David Grant, vp physical production of Marvel Studios. “We look forward to producing more great work at Trilith and expect to benefit from the new world-class facilities, technologies and expanding business ecosystem.” Trilith expects that it will create more than 7,000 jobs in total, including those related to the 60-plus businesses on site.

The town was designed to lure folks in entertainment, but it’s not only for them, notes Parker. “You don’t have to be a card-carrying professional in the industry to live here,” he says, adding in jest: “But you do have to be cool. We do have a cool test and if you’re not cool, you can’t live here.”

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Pinewood Studios to become Trilith Studios The new community will include 1,400 homes, 12 restaurants, an office center, a school, a fitness center, nine cinemas, two hotels, 19 parks and over 15 miles of nature trails. (Trilith Studios)

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — One of the biggest movie studio facilities in North America, located just south of Atlanta, is about to grow the community around it and get a new name.

The Atlanta-based Trilith Group, who recently purchased the Pinewood Atlanta Studios located near Fayetteville, announced on Wednesday they are re-naming the studio and expanding the “live, work, play” community popping up around it.

The new community will include 1,400 homes, 12 restaurants, an office center, a school, a fitness center, nine cinemas, two hotels, 19 parks and over 15 miles of nature trails.

The new community will employ over 7,000 people on the property once everything is finished.

Pinewood Studios to be renamed, will become a live, work, play community The new community will include 1,400 homes, 12 restaurants, an office center, a school, a fitness center, nine cinemas, two hotels, 19 parks and over 15 miles of nature trails. (Trilith Studios)

The new studio name will be “Trilith Studios,” and Trilith will be the name of the master development featuring custom homes and micro-villages, chef driven restaurants and schools targeted for those in the film and creative industries.

“The new Trilith Studios brand signals to the entertainment industry our expansion from a facilities business to an ecosystem intentionally built for the creative industries," said Frank Patterson, president and CEO of Trilith Studios.

Currently, the Pinewood Forest development occupies some 235 acres surrounding the studio, the Trilith concept will expand that footprint to 935 acres. The planned, walkable community was designed with plans to house 5,000 residents in 1,400 homes with 600 designed for multiple families.

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Barleygarden Kitchen and Craft bar recently opened, with developers saying its the first of 12 food concepts that will appear in the 270,000 square foot retail development.

In addition, the developers plan to build 220,000 square feet of space on the property including a Creative Office Centre for content and technology companies plus 60,000 square feet of smart stages with virtual production technologies built in.

“We are excited about making a spectacular gathering place where professionals in the creative industries – and anyone who appreciates storytelling and innovation – will feel inspired and at home,” said Rob Parker, president of Trilith Development.

Developers say the residential neighborhoods will comprise the largest geothermal community in the U.S. with 51% dedicated to greenspace and over 1,000 trees. They say the property will have 15 miles of nature trails, 54 acres of forest and 19 parks plus a dog park.

“Everything we build is intended to endure and thrive, even 100 years from now,” said Parker.

The community will also feature a Piedmont Wellness Center, 60,000 square foot fitness facility, a K-12 school focused on story arts and the University of Georgia’s MFA Screenwriting program.

The Georgia Film Academy’s largest campus is also located on the property and includes a soundstage, workshops, postproduction facilities and classrooms.

Developers say this coming year, they’ll add a 180-room boutique hotel, a 120-room service hotel, a nine screen cinema and an 18,000 square foot soundstage built to host industry and arts related events.

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Pinewood Atlanta Studios, which bought out its U.K. mothership last year, is officially going solo, announcing a new name for its expanded production facilities and the adjacent planned community, previously called Pinewood Forest.

The entire live-work campus will now be called Trilith — an architectural term referring to structures like the ones that compose Stonehenge (two large vertical stones supporting a third laid across the top). “It’s a portal, a pathway, a gateway. And a nod to our U.K. heritage,” studios CEO and part owner Frank Patterson told Deadline.

The rebranding announcement called the new name “emblematic of the three pillars of creativity behind it: storytelling, purpose-built places and emerging technology.”

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The studio opened in 2014 as joint venture between the Pinewood Group and River’s Rock, an independently managed trust of Atlanta’s Cathy family , the billionaire founders of fast-food chain Chick-fil-A.

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Pinewood Atlanta rode the wave of booming Georgia production including a host of Marvel movies, from the studio’s first feature Ant-Man to Ant-Man and the Wasp , Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 , Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame to name a few.

In August, 2019 the Cathy trust bought out its U.K. partner and began a year-long separation. Trilith developers think the expansion of the studios and growth of the town will increase the “value proposition” of the site for producers of big budget films and television shows.

The newly named Trilith Studios is part of a 935-acre master development with a slate of vendor businesses, content and tech companies, sound stages and 60,000 square feet of “smart stages” with virtual production technologies. Pinewood recently launched a first-of-its-kind virtual LED stage.

The studio began a series of strategic investments in content and technology companies in January including initial investments in Believe Entertainment Group ( Dear Basketball ) and Sutikki, a children’s entertainment company.

The rising New Urbanist town facing the studio complex has custom homes, restaurants and schools aimed at servicing the film and creative community.

Rob Parker, president of Pinewood Forest, now Trilith Development, said the idea started with 235 acres of wheat fields adjacent to the studio. “So we could build anything. We said let’s make it a company town for the industry.”

Parker said Trilith is modeled on European town and residents can “live, work and play” within a seven to ten minute walk. It’s 20 minutes from the Atlanta airport. Construction started two years ago and there are currently 400 people living there with 150 homes sold, Parker said. The goals is to house 5,000 residents in 1,400 homes of various sizes accommodating “the price sensitivities of creatives in all stages of their careers.”

The town recently opened its first restaurant, locally owned Barleygarden Kitchen & Craft Bar, the first of 12 planned eateries. A retail development with shops in the town center will follow.

“We are excited about making a spectacular gathering place where professionals in the creative industries – and anyone who appreciates storytelling and innovation – will feel inspired and at home,” said Parker.

The residential neighborhoods at Trilith will comprise the largest geothermal community in the U.S., with 51% of the development dedicated to green space. Residents have access to 15 miles of nature trails, 54 acres of forest and 19 landscaped parks — including a dog park.

The town also house a gym, a K-12 school and the University of Georgia’s MFA program in Screenwriting. The Georgia Film Academy, which was founded by the state’s University System and the Technical College System in 2014 to meet workforce needs for the film and creative industries, has its largest campus at Trilith that includes a soundstage, workshops, post facilities and classrooms.

In 2021, Parker and development partners plan to build two hotels, a cinema and an 18,000 square foot sound stage to host industry and arts-related events in the town.

The executives anticipate the entire Trilith project will create more than 7,000 jobs.

“We’ve been producing movies at this amazing Atlanta studio since the day it opened in 2014,” said David Grant, VP of Physical Production of Marvel Studios. “We look forward to producing more great work at Trilith and expect to benefit from the new world-class facilities, technologies and expanding business ecosystem.”

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Photos: How a new town tied to Georgia’s TV and film industry is rising south of Atlanta

Next door to Pinewood Studios, construction is well underway on 235 acres of former Fayetteville wheat fields

About 30 miles south of downtown Atlanta, a multidimensional town is rising from former wheat fields, but it’s hardly a rudimentary mixed-use venture or oversized subdivision.

Two-hundred and thirty-five acres of former farmland in Fayetteville are being transformed into what’s been christened Pinewood Forest, a development that promises an eventual 700 new homes, 600 apartments, 300 hotel rooms, and some 270,000 square feet of commercial space with restaurants and retail.

With Pinewood Forest neighboring the hulking Pinewood Atlanta Studios film production facility, the project is slated to feature a high-end movie cinema concept—with what project leaders believe will be the first covered rooftop theater.

The development is now in Phase 1, which is projected to bring 166 houses and 40,000 square feet of retail space, as Pinewood Forest president Rob Parker told Curbed Atlanta on a recent tour.

Developers are in year two of what’s expected to be a seven-year endeavor. Eventually, it could yield a mini-city (technically, it’s part of Fayetteville, the county seat of Fayette County) fit for about 5,000 residents—1,300 front doors, Parker said.

The community would also feature 15 miles of multi-use trails weaving through cozy subdivisions and, of course, a forest.

Already, it features the country’s first geothermal and solar energy-powered micro-home village, where six rental units serve as teasers for the 50 for-sale tiny homes planned later.

More than 100 people already live at Pinewood Forest, and more residents—including This is Us actress Wynn Everett—are on the way.

For this installment of Visual Journeys , take your own virtual tour of the massive under-construction community via the photos below.

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Pinewood Studios

Pinewood Road, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, SL0 0NH

Welcome to the beginnings of a fansite about the UK’s most famous movie studio – Pinewood. Opened in 1936, after a number of fact-finding missions to Hollywood, Pinewood Studios comprises a number of soundstages (including the recently re-built 007 Stage used for spectacular action sequences in hundreds of movies since The Spy Who Loved Me in 1964) as well as an extensive backlot, and a large mansion house and gardens. Although there’s no public access to Pinewood , you can find out more on the excellent  official website .

Links: 

• Richard Attenborough Stage
• Production Facilities at Pinewood (Stages and Backlot)

The Magic Of Pinewood Movie Studios – Jonathan Ross

Heatherden Hall and Gardens

Now known as the Pinewood Studios admin block and as a wedding venue, Heatherden Hall has featured in countless Pinewood Studios productions. Date of construction: Unknown (before 1883)

• Oak Ballroom, Pools Theatre, Boardrooms, Club Bar, Gardens

History of Pinewood Studios

??  Heatherden Hall, near the village of Iver in Buckinghamshire is built. Heatherden Hall is purchased by Lt. Col. Grant Morden, a Canadian financier, who transformed the mansion by adding a huge ballroom and Turkish bath.

1920s  Heatherden Hall became a retreat and private meeting place for politicians and diplomats.

1921  In November 1921 the Irish Free State Treaty was signed at the Hall (agreement to form the Irish Free State).

1931  British Pathe Newsreel about Heatherden Hall

1934  When Grant Morden died in 1934 the estate was purchased at auction by Charles Boot for £30,000 who had recently inherited a large construction firm from his father Henry Boot, who died in 1931. Within twelve months Charles Boot transformed Heatherden Hall into the office building for a new movie complex which occupied the grounds, a project Boot worked on with J.Arthur Rank. There are two main fronts to the mansion, one very formal 3 story entrance and another that is mostly seen in films. A conservatory has been added to this front where the door was. Along the side is the grand Ballroom. The house has extensive grounds with formal gardens and lakes, plants and features. There are many trees surrounding the manor which is where the name “Pinewood” originated from. The house has been featured in many British films, including The Amazing Mr Blunden, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, From Russia with Love (as the SPECTRE headquarters) and the Carry On films, and in such television series as One Foot in the Grave and Midsomer Murders.

1935  November – Construction starts on the Studios.

1936  30th September – The studios are officially opened.[2] The first production to take place at Pinewood was London Melody in 1936. The first complete production (from start to end) at Pinewood was Carol Reed’s Talk of the Devil. [2] There was a celebration to launch the studio on D Stage, where London Melody was starting shooting.

1947  A landmark year for the studio, with six major productionsat Pinewood, including Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean, and the £500,000 production of The Red Shoes.

1957  Pinewood celebrates it’s 21st birthday.

–  Link to Guardian article, September 30 1957

1962  The association of Pinewood Studios with James Bond began with the production of Dr. No.

1964  H Stage constructed specifically for the production of MCA TV shows.[1]

1969  J and K Stages built (both 110ft x 80ft) and L and M (105ft x 90ft),all four stages designed for the dual use of TV and film production. [1] Architect Michael Brown designed L & M stages.

1984  The 007 Stage is destroyed by fire during production on Ridley Scott’s epic fantasy Legend.

1985  The rebuilt 007 Stage is opened, and is renamed the “Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage”

1996  The sixtieth anniversary of the opening of PInewood Studios passes without much celebration as the studio is too busy.

–  Link to Guardian article, September 30 1996

2006  30 July: The 007 Stage is again destroyed by fire just after Casino Royale wrapped. The seventieth anniversary of the studios is marked by Pinewood merging with Shepperton Studios.

2007  3rd April – The 007 Stage is rebuilt and enlarged to 59,000 square feet. 2nd November – The Queen and Prince Phillip visit Pinewood to officially open the new entrance area, and are treated to stunt demonstrations and tours.

2007   Project Pinewood unveiled – a residential expansion plan

2010  9th May – A commemorative blue plaque for Sir John Mills (1908 – 2005) is unveiled at Pinewood.

2012  23 April – The Richard Attenborough Stage is officially opened

Productions shot at Pinewood Studios

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The world famous iconic studio

The heart of filmmaking in the uk.

Synonymous with some of the big and small screen’s most enduring productions over its 85-year history, Pinewood’s iconic UK studios are just 8 miles from Heathrow airport and 20 miles from central London.

Home to the legendary 007 Stage, a further 30 stages including the unique permanently-filled Underwater Stage, 3 TV studios, one of Europe’s largest exterior tanks, acres of backlot and thousands of square feet of production office and workshop space, Pinewood has everything you need all in one place.

Stages And Facilities

Post Production

Pinewood Cinema

Recent Credits

LOKI Season 2

The Marvels

A Haunting In Venice

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Secret Invasion

The Little Mermaid

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Disenchanted

Jurassic World: Dominion

No Time To Die

Filming in the uk.

The UK has some of the best acting talent and most experienced crews in the world. Together with a clear, firmly established system of tax incentives, diverse locations, state-of-the-art studios, post production, VFX and music facilities, it remains one of the most attractive global destinations to base your next production.

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Responsibility.

Pinewood remains committed to its staff and to the communities in which it operates. The Company is aware of the importance of this role and continues to invest in and support programmes that benefit the industry it operates in and the local community.

Over 1 million square feet, 66 stages in 4 locations across the globe

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