Author: Jon Fu
Forum member JDK was nice enough to take some photos of The Special Effects Stages during its employee preview.
On June 1, 2008, a three alarm fire broke out at Universal Studios Hollywood, destroying New York Street, the King Kong theme park attraction and a video vault. In response, the entertainment community rallied together and assembled a world-renowned creative team to rebuild what had been lost. Jim Watters, President & General Manager of NBC Universal Operations Group, and Dave Beanes, Senior Vice-President of NBC Universal Production Services were joined by esteemed film legend Steven Spielberg, production designers, and Rick Carter (Academy Award winner for Avatar) to be a part of the design process. The team quickly expanded to a…
See how Universal Studios Hollywood recreated sets lost from the infamous backlot fire on June 1, 2008.
Catastrophe stuck at Dodger stadium early yesterday morning, when giant ape footprints were found lining the baseball field, tracking from home plate through to center field. Further investigations revealed that the footprints belonged to none other than King Kong, who had decided to monkey around in the famous stadium on his way to headlining a new attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, King Kong 360 3-D. Kong will be making his way through various parts of Los Angeles in the next few weeks as he makes his way back to his new home at the theme park. The ape will star…
On Thursday, May 27th, the grand re-opening of New York Street on the Back Lot will open to the public. It’s been almost 2 years since this famous location has been undergoing construction since the fire. Now guests will have the opportunity of experiencing New York on the Back Lot while taking the Studio Tour.
Universal City, California– Hundreds of prospective job seekers are expected to line up at Universal Studios Hollywood on Monday, April 19 as The Entertainment Capital of L.A. auditions Studio Tour Guides in preparation for the most dramatic transformation of the historic studio backlot in decades: the opening of “King Kong 360 3-D” Created by Peter Jackson, the world’s largest, most intense 3-D experience, and the unveiling of four acres of movie sets and filming locations, newly rebuilt over two years since the June 2008 fire.