Pinewood Toronto Studios


Pinewood Toronto Studios is a major film and television studio complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is the largest of its kind in Canada. It is the first in Toronto capable of accommodating the production of large-scale films.
The studio is named for UK-based The Pinewood Studios Group. In March 2018, it was announced that Bell Media would be buying a controlling stake in the studio.
It is located across the shipping channel from Hearn Generating Station along Commissioners Street.

History

Construction

The project covers of land in the Port Lands area of Toronto, a former industrial area, that is already home to a number of smaller studios. The Port Lands site was originally a brownfield site owned by Imperial Oil, and required considerable cleanup prior to reuse.
Initial work on the complex began in August 2006

From Filmport to Pinewood Toronto Studios

In June 2009, the studio entered into a comprehensive sales and marketing agreement with The Pinewood Studios Group, resulting in the facility being renamed Pinewood Toronto Studios.
Pinewood Toronto Studios was constructed to be a “green” facility with a number of environmental considerations.

Bell Media

In March 2018, Bell Media reached a deal with the UK-based Pinewood studios group, the City of Toronto government, and several holdings companies to purchase a controlling stake in the studio. As part of the deal, Bell Media announced that an additional 170,000 square feet of sound stages would be built at Pinewood Toronto to ease scarcity of production space in Toronto.

Stages and facilities

The 11-hectare lot features seven purpose-built soundstages and one converted warehouse, ranging from to. The largest soundstage, called the Mega Stage, is more than and until 2016, was the largest purpose-built soundstage in North America. The facilities are designed to accommodate the production of five simultaneous mid-sized feature films, or two massive projects.

Filmography