Pinewood Studios submit £200m film set plan

An application for a new 100-acre film set representing streets in New York, Paris and Venice has been submitted by Pinewood studios in Buckinghamshire - reports the BBC.

Pinewood Shepperton has submitted the application to South Buckinghamshire District Council for Project Pinewood.

The £200m plans would include up to 1,500 homes - a mix of apartments, town and detached houses, a school, theatre, cinema and sports facilities.

Pinewood became famous in the 1950s and 1960s for the Bond and Carry On films.

Recent films coming from the studio include Bond's Quantum of Solace, Brideshead Revisited and the Dark Knight.

The studio said: "Project Pinewood is the most innovative and forward looking strategic initiative in the UK screen and related industries, designed to achieve economic efficiencies in filming and reduction in carbon emissions."

The development would feature backdrops, including a Venetian canal, a Roman amphitheatre, a Tudor marketplace for period dramas and street scenes from downtown New York, French Quarter New Orleans, and a Chicago suburb.

Pinewood said the project would offer directors and production designers a range of streetscapes reproducing the architectural style and atmosphere of the original locations abroad.

The studios said every aspect of the plans would take into account the importance of sustainability, from greener building design to the provision of alternative transport choices.

"Production companies will be able to reduce costs by not having to travel abroad and therefore reduce carbon emissions," it said.

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