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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.
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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.
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.
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
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.
