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I guess the plans to expand it is still in the works.
Behind the Scenes of Pinewood Toronto Studios
http://torontoist.com/2011/04/behind-the-scenes_of_pinewood_toronto_studios.php?gallery0Pic=2
Just as extraordinary as Pinewood Toronto's sheer square-footage is its plan to build an inhabited movie set on the stretch of waterfront land on its property. As announced by the Star last November, Pinewood is planning to develop the parcel of land into waterfront condos, business complexes, a hotel, a shopping promenade, and a few square blocks designed to resemble a handful of cities from around the world, useful for shooting exterior scenes. All in an area now defined by its proximity to a bunch of cement plants and its access to the mostly deserted Lower Don Rec Trail.
If all goes according to plan, you could purchase a condo in fake-London, walk a few blocks to get a coffee in fake-Chicago, and then turn the corner into fake–New York, just for a little culture, and be home in time for cornflakes. Imagine going on a mini-globetrot, just by strolling around part of the Port Lands. It's kind of like that sci-fi movie where the company can implant memories of fake vacations you never went on directly into your brain. What was that one called again?
The development is just another one of Pinewood’s multi-prong strategies to not just charm the chequebooks of major Hollywood studios, but to create jobs and stimulate the local economy. "Should a $180-million picture come to Toronto, it means about $100 million of that stays in the city," says Myers. "Every project is different, but it’s an enormous number of jobs...People are seeing Ontario as a fantastic place to shoot. And I think we're going to have a couple of very large feature films shooting here in Ontario, which we haven't had in a very long time. It builds on itself. The more people we can get to come to Toronto, the more people appreciate what a wonderful city it is, and how fantastic it is to shoot here."
Behind the Scenes of Pinewood Toronto Studios
http://torontoist.com/2011/04/behind-the-scenes_of_pinewood_toronto_studios.php?gallery0Pic=2
Just as extraordinary as Pinewood Toronto's sheer square-footage is its plan to build an inhabited movie set on the stretch of waterfront land on its property. As announced by the Star last November, Pinewood is planning to develop the parcel of land into waterfront condos, business complexes, a hotel, a shopping promenade, and a few square blocks designed to resemble a handful of cities from around the world, useful for shooting exterior scenes. All in an area now defined by its proximity to a bunch of cement plants and its access to the mostly deserted Lower Don Rec Trail.
If all goes according to plan, you could purchase a condo in fake-London, walk a few blocks to get a coffee in fake-Chicago, and then turn the corner into fake–New York, just for a little culture, and be home in time for cornflakes. Imagine going on a mini-globetrot, just by strolling around part of the Port Lands. It's kind of like that sci-fi movie where the company can implant memories of fake vacations you never went on directly into your brain. What was that one called again?
The development is just another one of Pinewood’s multi-prong strategies to not just charm the chequebooks of major Hollywood studios, but to create jobs and stimulate the local economy. "Should a $180-million picture come to Toronto, it means about $100 million of that stays in the city," says Myers. "Every project is different, but it’s an enormous number of jobs...People are seeing Ontario as a fantastic place to shoot. And I think we're going to have a couple of very large feature films shooting here in Ontario, which we haven't had in a very long time. It builds on itself. The more people we can get to come to Toronto, the more people appreciate what a wonderful city it is, and how fantastic it is to shoot here."
