film founded 3 june 1991 ; 25 years ago 1991 06 03 headquarters gold coast queensland australia parent village roadshow website www.movieworldstudios.com.au 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 fox studios and docklands studios melbourne . the studios have been home to countless feature films telemovies tv series and miniseries . recent productions include san andreas the chronicles of narnia the voyage of the dawn treader scooby doo and house of wax and ghost ship . tv productions have included terra nova beastmaster and the lost world series . contents 1 history 2 facility 3 productions 3.1 films 3.2 tv series 4 clients 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit village roadshow studios opened in 1986 and was originally built by del dino delaurentis . village roadshow purchased the company del and took over the facility in 1988 . the studios were built before 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 and resulting in the loss of millions of dollars worth of film equipment . 1 2 facility edit the facility consists of 9 sound stages 3 three water tanks two outdoor and one indoor ; one of which is the largest purpose built film water tank in australia 4 10 production areas 5 5 construction workshops 6 onsite support facilities 7 2 wardrobe and laundry facilities 8 accounting services 9 lock ups 10 screening and editing 11 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 . 12 13 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 . 14 in 2018 some sound stages will be used for the 2018 commonwealth games and play host to sports such as boxing and table tennis . temporary spectator seating will be installed for a total of 6 200 people for the two sports . 15 productions edit this list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . films edit thor ragnarok 2017 pirates of the caribbean dead men tell no tales 2017 the shallows 2016 san andreas 2015 unbroken 2014 the railway man 2011 the chronicles of narnia the voyage of the dawn treader 2010 16 the condemned 2007 crocodile dundee in la 17 daybreakers 2009 18 beauty and the beast 2009 fool s gold 2008 19 ghost ship 2002 the great raid 2005 house of wax 2005 1 the marine mighty morphin power rangers the movie 1995 nim s island 20 peter pan 21 pitch black the ruins sanctum 22 scooby doo 23 scooby doo 2 monsters unleashed tv series edit mako island of secrets series 1 2013 and 2 2014 20 000 leagues under the sea animalia beastmaster the dumb bunnies co production with ytv and nelvana flipper lost world mission impossible 24 paradise beach sea patrol 2 terra nova 25 clients edit 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. television warner independent pictures wilshire court productions wwe films marvel films see also edit queensland portal sports on the gold coast queensland references edit a b aap 27 june 2004 . candle blamed for movie world fire . the age . retrieved 17 november 2011 . house of wax melts at movie world . new zealand herald . 28 june 2004 . retrieved 17 november 2011 . sound stage facilities . village roadshow studios . retrieved 17 november 2011 . tank facilities . village roadshow studios . retrieved 17 november 2011 . production office facilities . village roadshow studios . retrieved 17 november 2011 . construction workshops . village roadshow studios . retrieved 17 november 2011 . support facilities . village roadshow studios . retrieved 17 november 2011 . wardrobe & laundry facilities . village roadshow studios . retrieved 17 november 2011 . production services . village roadshow studios . retrieved 17 november 2011 . lock ups . village roadshow studios . retrieved 17 november 2011 . 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 . lewis maria 30 july 2009 . action for narnia shoot . gold coast bulletin . retrieved 17 november 2011 . hogan will revive crocodile dundee . the deseret news . 19 june 2000 . retrieved 17 november 2011 . aap 12 july 2007 . ethan hawke s gold coast shoot . the courier mail . retrieved 17 november 2011 . fool s gold gets thumbs up . gold coast bulletin . 1 february 2008 . retrieved 17 november 2011 . feeney katherine 20 march 2008 . jodie foster lights up gold coast . brisbane times . retrieved 17 november 2011 . aap 5 february 2003 . movie world explosion injures three . the age . retrieved 17 november 2011 . hall loretta 3 february 2011 . richard roxburgh s underwater adventure . news limited . retrieved 17 november 2011 . paget dale 18 june 2002 . stars snub scooby premiere . the age . retrieved 17 november 2011 . warner bros. opening australian theme park . the daily union . 26 may 1991 . retrieved 17 november 2011 . pierce jeremy ; shearer geoff 25 september 2010 . spielberg puts tiny town of bonogin on new ground in dinosaur sci fi . the courier mail . retrieved 17 november 2011 . external links edit official website v t e warner bros. movie world current attractions former attractions rides arkham asylum shock therapy batwing spaceshot bumper cars green lantern coaster justice league alien invasion 3d kids wb fun zone road runner rollercoaster scooby doo spooky coaster superman escape wild west falls adventure ride shows all star parade batman shadows of gotham hollywood stunt driver roxy theatre ice age dawn of the dinosaurs the 4d experience looney tunes what s up rock marilyn tribute scooby doo disco detectives western town show down events dc comics 75th anniversary heroes vs. villains parade fright nights sci fi fantasy night white christmas former attractions batman adventure the ride batman adventure the ride 2 harry potter movie magic experience journey to the center of the earth 4 d adventure lethal weapon the ride looney tunes musical revue looney tunes river ride marvin the martian in the third dimension the maverick grand illusion show movie magic special effects show the official matrix exhibit police academy stunt show shrek 4d adventure warner bros. classics & great gremlins adventure western action show young einstein gravity homestead related cash bonanza toasted tv village roadshow studios village roadshow theme parks retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title village roadshow studios & oldid 743317157 categories warner bros. movie world2018 commonwealth games venuesaustralian film studiosboxing venues in australiatable tennis venuesbuildings and structures on the gold coast queenslandcompanies based on the gold coast queenslandhidden categories incomplete lists from november 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 02 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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