this is captain phillip with airworthy tours and we're on a live movie set and that is
because today's tour will be of the major film studios of sony paramount universal
warner brothers and disney we'll find out how some of your favorite movies came to life but
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we are clear for takeoff so grab your camera and enjoy the tour we begin our tour in culver
city california with sony picture studios the facility was the original backlot of mgm studios
from 1924 to 1986 and was the studio lot where the wizard of oz was filmed and produced in 1989 sony
bought columbia pictures and formed sony pictures entertainment that same year sony acquired the
studio complex from lorimar telepictures and poured hundreds of millions of dollars
into renovating the buildings and facilities eventually naming the complex sony picture studios
today the complex has 18 stages ranging in size from 7 500 to 30 000 square feet and houses
sony pictures entertainment and its film divisions of columbia pictures
tristar pictures and screen gems sony picture studios currently produces the
hit shows of will of fortune jeopardy the goldbergs and my favorite show shark tank
our next stop is paramount studios which is the only major studio actually based in hollywood
founded on may 8 1912 paramount is the second oldest film studio
in the united states and the fifth oldest in the world
paramount's iconic logo of the mountain and the stars were created by one of his founders
w.w hodkinson based on the mountain peak he remembered from his childhood in utah and the
22 stars represent the first 22 actors paramount had on contract today the studio is 65 acres and
has 30 stages some of cinema's most historical and iconic movies were produced by paramount pictures
including the 10 commandments psycho the godfather trilogy apocalypse now star trek the friday the
13th franchise the indiana jones franchise forrest gump braveheart saving private ryan and titanic
in 2014 paramount pictures became the first major hollywood studio to distribute all of its films
in digital form only angeles is also the leader of productions for the u.s television and mass media
industries below is television city where cbs is currently producing the shows of the late late
show with james corden the young and the restless the bold and the beautiful and the price is right
while most of the mass communication and television companies are headquartered in
new york city many of them have large studios in los angeles including nbc fox cbs and abc
our next stop is universal studios universal was founded on april 30th 1912 making it the
oldest studio in the united states with the universal backlot opening on march 15 1915
today the universal studios backlot is made up of 400 acres
which includes more than 30 sound stages and 165 separate structures
and it even has a full-fledged theme park with universal studios hollywood
which has over 20 attractions and a studio backlot tour
universal will make its name in the film industry in the 1930s by creating the
horror monster classics of frankenstein dracula the mummy and the invisible man
the 70s and 80s would see produce the pop culture classics of jaws e.t
the extraterrestrial and back to the future which are three very influential films for me
today universal is a blockbuster machine due to its high-grossing movie franchises of
jurassic park and jurassic world the fast and the furious and despicable me according to deadline in
2019 its movies sold 1.2 billion tickets and earned 3.7 billion dollars at the box office
heading out to burbank california which will be the area of the remainder of the tour
burbank is billed as the media capital of the world due to the large number of
studios headquartered in the city's limits a couple of studios based in burbank that
did not make the tour include nickelodeon animation cartoon network and new line cinema
ahead is warner brothers studios
the studio was founded on april 4th 1923 by brothers harry albert sam and jack warner
since its founding warner brothers has developed a vast library consisting of 10 000 feature films
and 2 400 television programs comprised of more than 120 000 individual episodes
some of the most profitable and legendary movies have been produced and distributed by warner
brothers including the harry potter film franchise gremlins the exorcist the matrix franchise
goodfellas unforgiven the departing i am legend and all the dc comic movies
such as batman the dark knight aquaman and joker the studio light is 62 acres with 36 sound stages
ranging in size from 6 000 to 32 000 square feet and a variety of exterior sets in december
of 2020 warner brothers completely shook the movie industry when the studio announced that
it would be releasing its 2021 slate of movies directly to the streaming service of hbo max
and our last stop is the walt disney studios open on october 16 1923 walt disney studios has become
a conglomeration of many prominent production companies these include walt disney pictures walt
disney animation pixar marvel studios lucasfilm 20th century studios and searchlight pictures
below is the disney animation building opened in 1940 this is where many of the company's legendary
animated films starting with dumbo in 1941 were crafted walt disney studios produces distributes
and markets the films for both theatrical releases and for the disney plus streaming services
walt disney studios is the undisputed box office champion at the time of this recording the studio
has produced and distributed six of the top 10 highest grossing films of all time with avengers
in-game being disney's highest grossing film at 2.7 billion dollars in addition the two highest
grossing film franchises of all time with the marvel cinematic universe and star wars
these two franchises have a total worldwide gross of over 32 billion dollars
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