21 May 2023

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, but good intentions

With Hollywood on strike, foreign shows enjoy the limelight

The strike spells disruption—and perhaps opportunity

2GKG87X Cast and crew on Location film set at Holywell Bay Cornwall, set of House of Dragon exclusive
 | PINEWOOD STUDIOS

Indiana jones has fought his way through jungles, snakepits and booby-trapped temples. But his latest cinematic adventure, due from Disney next month, took place just off the m25 motorway near Slough. Pinewood Studios, where “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” was shot, is not the only place in Britain to star at the movies. Barbieland, the bright pink setting for the forthcoming “Barbie” movie, was created on the outskirts of Watford, where Warner Bros has its giant Leavesden Studios. “Andor”, the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga, was shot in locations around England and Scotland.

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