Lord of the Rings Amazon exit fallout: Auckland Film Studios rebuild going ahead

by Ben Leahy

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/7af99ac7-2333-416b-b4d2-748ea1b1060

A $35 million rebuild of one of the country’s biggest film studios will go ahead despite the glamour Lord of the Rings TV series moving production away from New Zealand.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff on August 3 touted Auckland Film Studios’ taxpayer funded expansion a “momentous milestone” for the local industry.

It would bring in tens of millions of investment dollars and up to 300 production-related jobs to West Auckland, he said.

But just 10 days later, Amazon Studios threw the project into doubt by abruptly moving its $1 billion-plus LOTR show to the UK after just one season of filming.

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