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Home Digital News. Feb 19, am PT. By Todd Spangler Plus Icon. See All. More From Our Brands. Expand the sub menu Film. Expand the sub menu TV. Expand the sub menu What To Watch. Construction is scheduled to take a little over a year, with early as the targeted completion date. Your email address will not be published. Exact matches only. Search in title. Search in content. Myers rarely consents to interviews and grants tours of the studio even less infrequently. 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.

We need a lot more film studios. Toronto in recent years has lagged behind Vancouver and Montreal in attracting big-budget Hollywood movie shoots, in part, because of a chronic shortage of quality soundstages. Stuart Kemp in London contributed to this report.