Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden
The Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, Leavesden Film Studios formerly known as, is a film and media complex in England, which is located about 32 kilometers northwest from the center of London, near the town of Watford. The film studio was acquired by Warner Bros. in 2010.
History
Initially, only partially used as a film studio, was the former Rolls- Royce factory by the elaborate Setkonstruktionen the movie Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace fully established mid-1990s as a film studio. From the set up for this movie modeling area a separate department has developed and always better utilization helped that the studio steadily enlarged.
The facility is now one of the few in the UK, where large productions can be implemented. The studios include a 46,500 m² large area with stage sets, production offices, storage buildings and an additional 323 730 square-foot area for solid exterior sets, the latter allowing if necessary a panoramic view of 180 °. The Leavesden film studios are connected to the media network Sohonet.
Harry Potter Museum
All scenes that had to be built for the Harry Potter films, were built at Leavesden Film Studios. For example, originated the Gryffindor common room, the Great Hall or the Ministry of Magic in the studios.
After the filming of the last Harry Potter film in 2010 and the takeover of Warner Bros. was the part of the studio where the sets are the Harry Potter film series, rebuilt for about 100 million pounds and finally opened to the public. After the conversion, about 5000 visitors can visit the famous from the Harry Potter films sets a day. In this renovated area of the studio, some already torn locales have been re- erected. This museum was March 31, 2012 under the name Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter opened.