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producing the majority of western tv
shows in cinema
los angeles is synonymous with all
things celebrity
and arguably the entertainment capital
of the world
but after captaining the film industry
for more than a century la became a
victim of its own success
and allowed a new production hub to rise
across the atlantic
with studios spending billions to
establish what could be
the new hollywood
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becoming established in the new york new
jersey area the early u.s film industry
was controlled by thomas edison and his
motion picture patents company
which owned most of the major us patents
relating to motion picture cameras
having struggled for years under
monopolistic practices
large numbers of filmmakers and
independent studios began moving west
putting distance between themselves and
edison and making it near impossible for
him to enforce his patents
with an abundance of cheap land in the
early 20th century
studios began constructing vast lots in
the la area
taking advantage of california's varying
topography and the state's great number
of sunny days
to usher in a golden age of cinema
with better filming conditions and wages
25 to 50 percent
lower than on the east coast filmmakers
and studios began
flocking to the city and by 1923
la had cemented itself as the home of
entertainment
crowned with the hollywood sign
with its global influence on film la and
in particular the hollywood neighborhood
became a major contributor to the
economic success of california
but by the turn of the millennium the
region was becoming a victim of its own
success
with so much wealth pouring in during
the 20th century california became one
of the most developed areas in the us
and one of the most expensive places to
shoot a movie or tv show
with hollywood no longer the most
financially attractive base for filming
studios began looking for new hubs to
keep costs down
despite toronto or vancouver being
logical choices given their proximity to
the us
well-established industries of their own
and having stood in for american cities
for years
it's london that secured the lion's
share of blockbusters over the past
decade
with hit franchises like bond harry
potter and downton
abbey the uk has always been a popular
filming location
but the local industry was mostly made
up of small production houses and
mid-sized television studios
with a handful of larger facilities near
the capital
this all began to change in 2007 the
british government sought to expand the
local creative industries
and lured big budget productions with
tax incentives which allowed studios to
claim back
20 to 25 of the money spent in the uk
additionally if an actor was awarded a
percentage of a film's box office
grosses
studios would be reimbursed a percentage
of the money paid to the actor
from the uk proving to be
exactly what hollywood studios were
looking for more than a thousand films
took advantage of the scheme in its
first five years
and over 1.2 billion us dollars was paid
out
as more movies filmed in and around
london studios began scheduling world
premieres for their uk based productions
in london itself
while it's rare for a film to debut
outside its home market
2013 saw a flood of blockbusters
premiere in the british capital
with fast and furious guardians of the
galaxy and world war z
all drawing significant attention
this led a number of studios to book
sound stages years in advance for their
upcoming work
while at the same time netflix was
starting a whole new chapter for the
industry
with the release of its first in-house
production receiving widespread critical
and commercial success
the advent of streaming saw the likes of
amazon disney plus and apple tv
all launching their own platforms and
pushing the demand for studio space to
new heights
while streaming had been growing since
the mid-2010s
2020 would bring about the largest
studio spending spree since the birth of
hollywood
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seeing incredible growth netflix amazon
and disney plus
expect to spend 19 billion 6 billion and
1 billion us dollars respectively
on exclusive content for their platforms
in 2021
with so much in the works streaming
giants are negotiating long-term
leases with the city's existing studios
at pinewood disney has signed a
long-term lease for 14
000 square meters of production space
while netflix has signed a similar deal
with shepparton studios
for more than 40 000 square meters
but while these leases will allow
productions to start as soon as possible
streaming giants are looking beyond 2021
and building on what london has already
achieved in the last decade
with the rush on traditional productions
likely to return and with london studios
approaching capacity before the pandemic
over a billion u.s dollars in new studio
and production facilities are in the
pipeline
and set to begin producing content in
2022
sky will spend 300 million us dollars on
a new complex in elstree including
14 sound stages and 1 800 square meters
of production space
amazon and netflix will share 14 000
square meters of production space at the
340 million us dollar
ashford international film studios in
kent
407 million u.s dollars will be spent
transforming a former industrial site in
dagenham
into eastbrook studios a 12 soundstage
46
000 square meter state-of-the-art studio
complex
and in reading 92 000 square meters of
production space is now under
construction
following a 200 million us dollar
investment from u.s film company
black hall studios
while there's some way to go before
london matches hollywood's output volume
such investment from the world's largest
content producers and distributors
shows just how quickly the city has
become a production powerhouse
already holding its own and perhaps
likely to overtake hollywood
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