Pinewood Studios News

Film studio group Pinewood Shepperton has revealed that the government's decision not to award it planning permission for a substantial expansion has cost the company A 7.1m. It had hoped to build a 100-acre set on green-belt land next to its current main Pinewood base in Buckinghamshire, but this was rejected in January.

Pinewood Shepperton PLC , a provider of services to the global film and television industry, said Tuesday it has renewed its banking facilities and that it looks forward to the future with confidence.

James Bond film Skyfall's studios hit by loss of almost A 3m in the 15 months to the end of March Pinewood Shepperton studios has been pushed into a loss of almost A 3m in the 15 months to the end of March after its "Hollywood" expansion project was blocked, despite reporting strong growth in revenues to almost A 63m.

For the fifteen months ended March 31, the company recorded a loss before taxes, but after special items of 1.9 million .

There, Universal Studios had taken over the ancient Arundel Castle for TV, radio and print interviews with the cast of Snow White and the Huntsman.

U.K. studio complex operator Pinewood Shepperton said Wednesday that it is evaluating the future development of Pinewood Studios with local and national politicians and partners, as well as content producers, saying that "without major investment, Pinewood Studios cannot remain globally competitive." It cited the need to respond to "the changing ... (more)

Pinewood Studios wants to build one of the biggest film centres in the world for the production of everything from Hollywood blockbusters to video games.

Deloitte, auditors of the film studio's new owner Peel Group, have replaced its fellow Big Four firm in the role.

Los Angeles, May 10: Actress Charlize Theron loved being in her 'own spaceship' during the shooting of Ridley Scott's new "Alien" movie.

With the release this week of director Tim Burton's film version of the classic daytime soap opera, Dark Shadows , we thought it fitting to catch up with Lara Parker, a Memphis native who starred as the witch Angelique in the original show.

Reading universities will take their place alongside the Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology and the Singaporean private university Raffles.

The 36-year-old actress took her and fiance Brad Pitt's three oldest children - Maddox, 10, Pax, nine, and seven-year-old Zahara - to see the Australian actor film his role as police inspector Javert in the musical movie, which is being shot at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, South East England.