Production complex will create 1,200 jobs and contribute £35m a year to east
London economy
A US property developer that owns studios where films including Gone with the Wind and TV shows such as The Sopranos were filmed is investing £300m to build a Hollywood-style production complex in Dagenham, east London.
Hackman Capital Partners, the owner of sites including Culver Studios in
Los Angeles and Silvercup Studios in
New York, has agreed to invest £300m over the next three years to develop the site with the first productions due to start filming by mid-2022.