Netflix is creating a production hub in Toronto, Canada and will be leasing studio space at Cinespace Studios and Pinewood Toronto Studios as the global video streaming service expands its production presence in Canada.
Netflix on Tuesday in a statement announced that it has chosen 2 studio spaces in Toronto. At Cinespace Studios, Netflix will lease four sound stages, along with office space and support space.
At Pinewood Toronto Studios, Netflix will also lease four sound stages and adjacent office space.
Both studios will be used to support upcoming Netflix series and films, including the horror anthology series Guillermo del Toro Presents Ten After Midnight, the film Let It Snow and others, which will provide production jobs for up to 1 850 Canadians per year, says Netflix.
Netflix is already leasing British Columbia's Martini Film Studios, as well as production sites that Netflix sets up across Canada on a production-by-production basis.
Since 2012 Netflix has produced many series and films in Canada, starting in 2012 with horror series Hemlock Grove (Toronto), A Series of Unfortunate Events (Vancouver), Lost in Space (Vancouver), The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Vancouver) and films 1922 (Vancouver), The Package (multiple locations in British Columbia), Game Over Man (Vancouver), Christmas Inheritance (Northern Ontario), Death Note (Vancouver), How It Ends (Winnipeg), Hold the Dark (Calgary and Kananaskis Country), The Holiday Calendar (Northern Ontario), In The Tall Grass (multiple locations in Ontario, and Calgary) and In the Shadow of the Moon (Toronto).
Netflix also used Canada to produce Polar (Toronto), Always Be My Maybe (Vancouver), Good Sam (Montreal), I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (Ottawa) and The Christmas Chronicles (Toronto).
Current series filming in Canada include V-Wars (Northern Ontario) and October Faction (Toronto), along with an untitled film starring Sam Worthington, and an untitled film to be directed by Patrice Laliberté in Quebec.
In 2017, Netflix committed to investing $500 million (R7 million) in content production in Canada over the next five years and will actually exceed that investment.
"With this commitment to Cinespace and Pinewood Toronto, we are proud to continue our investment in Canada and Canadian films and series," says Ty Warren, vice president, physical production for Netflix in the statement.
"These new leases will enable us to expand our presence in Canada and provide a wealth of production jobs for skilled Canadian workers."
"The Cinespace family welcomes them. We are especially gratified to be creating a new inventory of studio and support space for Netflix to fill with new production volumes and new jobs, while they capitalize on both Cinespace's 30-year track record of success and Toronto's longstanding position as a global leader in film and TV production," says Steve Mirkopoulos, CEO, Cinespace.
"Pinewood Toronto Studios is delighted to be welcoming Netflix to Toronto's largest purpose-built studio facilities," says Nanci MacLean, president, Pinewood Toronto Studios.
"Our world-class facilities have been home to iconic and award-winning productions like Star Trek: Discovery, Molly's Game, Room, Suicide Squad, and IT."
"With our 200 000 square foot expansion underway, Pinewood Toronto Studios is a hub of creativity and innovation, offering clients the ability to be efficient and flexible, as well as access to Toronto's stellar production community."
"These new leases will enable us to expand our presence in Canada and provide a wealth of production jobs for skilled Canadian workers."
"The Cinespace family welcomes them. We are especially gratified to be creating a new inventory of studio and support space for Netflix to fill with new production volumes and new jobs, while they capitalize on both Cinespace's 30-year track record of success and Toronto's longstanding position as a global leader in film and TV production," says Steve Mirkopoulos, CEO, Cinespace.
"Pinewood Toronto Studios is delighted to be welcoming Netflix to Toronto's largest purpose-built studio facilities," says Nanci MacLean, president, Pinewood Toronto Studios.
"Our world-class facilities have been home to iconic and award-winning productions like Star Trek: Discovery, Molly's Game, Room, Suicide Squad, and IT."
"With our 200 000 square foot expansion underway, Pinewood Toronto Studios is a hub of creativity and innovation, offering clients the ability to be efficient and flexible, as well as access to Toronto's stellar production community."
