Fox Studios Australia

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Fox Studios Australia is a major movie studio located in Sydney, Australia, occupying the site of the former Sydney Showground at Moore Park. Since opening in May 1998, the studio has been involved in the production of a number of blockbusters, including The Matrix, Moulin Rouge!, Mission Impossible II, Star Wars Episode II, Star Wars Episode III and Superman Returns.

1 Features
2 Ownership
3 Films
4 Security
5 External links

[edit] Features

Located ten minutes from the Sydney city centre, the 132,000 square metre (32 acre) site includes eight stages, production offices and heavy industrial workshops, and a community of over 60 independent businesses. These businesses provide services such as equipment hire, travel and freight, casting, postproduction, and explosives/pyrotechnic factory, adjoining residential properties.

An adjacent precinct provides restaurants and cafes, a retail complex, parklands, entertainment venues, and sporting facilities. The adjacent precinct was previously known as simply The Fox Studios Entertainment Precinct, however has since been renamed The Entertainment Quarter.

[edit] Ownership

Fox Studios Australia is owned by the media conglomerate News Corporation, under the terms of a 99-year lease from the New South Wales State Government.

[edit] Films

The studio has been involved in a number of movies including:

Dark City - 1996-1997
Babe: Pig in the City - 1998
The Matrix - 1998
Farscape – Series 1 - 1999 (TV)
Mission: Impossible II - 1999
Holy Smoke - 1999
Moulin Rouge! - 1999-2000
La Spagnola - 2000
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - 2000
Kangaroo Jack - 2001
The Quiet American - 2001
The Matrix Reloaded - 2001-2002
The Matrix Revolutions - 2001-2002
The Night We Called It a Day - 2002
The Mystery of Natalie Wood aka (Looking for Natalie Wood) - 2003
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - 2003-2005
Son of the Mask - 2004
Stealth - 2004
Superman Returns - 2005

[edit] Security

Security in fox studios and the entertainment quarter is run by ACES, who do concerts and various other sites across sydney. No public access is allowed within the Fox studios site unless pre-approved by security at the gatehouse.