Tom Cruise film to be shot at Leavesden Studios (From Watford Observer)
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New Tom Cruise Film All You Need is Kill to be shot at Leavesden Studios
12:55pm Friday 3rd August 2012 in News By Amie Mulderrig, Features Writer
A new Tom Cruise film is set to be shot at Leavesden Studios , creating 500 new jobs.
Chancellor George Osbourne made the announcement while speaking at a series of business summits in London, appealing to technology businesses to invest in the UK.
Science fiction thriller All You Need Is Kill, which also stars Emily Blunt, will be made at Warner Brothers' £100m Leavesden Studios, home to the popular Harry Potter attraction.
All You Need Is Kill only received the green light from Warner Brothers last month and is described as a sci-fi version of Groundhog Day.
Mr Cruise will star as a futuristic soldier who becomes caught in a time loop of his last day in battle as he fights a group of invading aliens.
Leavesden Studios has been home to some of the biggest film franchises ever created, including James Bond, Star Wars and Harry Potter.
Warner Bros. representatives are yet to respond.
Comments(9)
gasguzzler
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2:02pm Fri 3 Aug 12
watfordjc
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2:14pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Warner buys Leavesden Studios in 2010.
In November 2010 Warner announces it will invest £100m to fully refurbish the studios, completion estimated in 2012.
Warner Bros. starts studio tours in March 2012.
Cameron and Osbourne wait for the slightest rumour about filming that might be true and announce to the media it is one of their great breakthroughs of their discussions with businesses and proof the Olympics brings in investments.
George Osbourne? I could have predicted this from an unused tea bag. It's like saying Tesco have spent £100 million on a new store and I persuaded them to stock bananas and toilet roll.
@SeamusTweeting
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3:42pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Come on WB invest in local collages and local graduates
pepsiman
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5:13pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Sara
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7:55pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Seamus don't be so mean-minded and parochial. Five hundred skilled jobs will be here in Hertfordshire. Some of those jobs will be for people with experience, others will not and local residents will need to compete for those jobs and prove their worth.
I am sure that many local residents, both young and old, will have the skills and determination to secure jobs on the film, The studio tour is already employing local people and bringing other benefits to the area.
Our community is enriched by the presence of the WB studios and we should celebrate it, rather than moan.
Hornets number 12 fan
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9:35am Sat 4 Aug 12
Sara wrote:BUT they could start a training section there for people starting out in the film industry coudn't they? that would be a very good thing to do.
Officers and councillors from Three Rivers have been working with Warner Bros for well over a decade to ensure continued investment into the studios and then the tour.
Seamus don't be so mean-minded and parochial. Five hundred skilled jobs will be here in Hertfordshire. Some of those jobs will be for people with experience, others will not and local residents will need to compete for those jobs and prove their worth.
I am sure that many local residents, both young and old, will have the skills and determination to secure jobs on the film, The studio tour is already employing local people and bringing other benefits to the area.
Our community is enriched by the presence of the WB studios and we should celebrate it, rather than moan.
leavesdenorn
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12:59pm Sat 4 Aug 12
pepsiman wrote:So you are the face of the Ben Dover films...............
I've done a bit of acting in my time, giz a job.
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abbotshornet
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10:49pm Sat 4 Aug 12
G_Whiz says...
1:46pm Fri 3 Aug 12
- although one look at me and they might want me for an alien!