Carwardine Studios

Carwardine Studios is an indoor/outdoor filming studio using for filming live-action commercials for both Carwardine properties and other companies, as well as being used for various TV shows & movies filmed in the Newport News area as well as music videos & commercials for other clients. The studios opened March of 1990. It was expanded with 2 more studios in 1997, another 2 studios in 2001, and another 2 studios in 2005. An effects stage and backlot were added in 2003, the first production to use the effects stage was Kids for Character TV, which also filmed in Studio 4. The most iconic film shot at the studios was the critical & commercial success The Defects (nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Visual Effects), the second most popular was Mickey Mouse, while that film was mostly filmed at Carwardine Studios, with location shoots also occurring in other locations in the Hampton Roads area. The facility is equipped with high-end HDTV facilities, equipment, and a backlot. This is considered the biggest studio in "Virginiawood".

History
The studios started in the consideration process in 1987 after Disney-MGM Studios was announced, with Carwardine, realizing the potential of movie studios near theme parks, approved right off the bat.

Studio 1 (Indoor, 200ft high)

 * Super Mario World ride ad (1990)
 * TMS America Offices (1991-present)
 * The Ride Op (1997, for the dorm scenes)

Studio 2 (Outdoor)

 * Donkey Kong Country ad (1994)
 * Mickey Mouse (1995, movie - )

Studio 3 (Hybrid, indoor section 100ft high)

 * Storage area (1990-present)
 * The Defects (1992, movie - Universal Pictures)
 * Nitro Rush ad (1993)
 * Waterpark Expansion announcement trailer (2006)

Studio 4 (Indoor, 150ft high) [ADDED 1997]

 * Kids for Character TV (2003 TV special)

Studio 6 (Indoor, 125ft high) [ADDED 2001]
CAMERAS: RED Dragon 5K
 * Toon Jukebox videos for "Star Trekkin'", "CAN CAN WORLD", "Girl U Want (Devo)", "Happy Children", "Whirly Girl", "Watch Us Work It", "Danger Zone (VERSION II)", "S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)", "Shake It Up (VERSION II)", "Zoolook", "That Greasy Kids Stuff", and "Butterfly" (filmed 2019; released 2020)

Effects Stage (Indoor, 188ft high) [ADDED 2003]

 * Kids for Character TV (2003 TV special)
 * Toon Jukebox videos for "Star Trekkin'", "CAN CAN WORLD", "Girl U Want (Devo)", "Happy Children", "Whirly Girl", "Watch Us Work It", "Danger Zone (VERSION II)", "S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)", "Shake It Up (VERSION II)", "Zoolook", "That Greasy Kids Stuff", and "Butterfly" (filmed 2019; released 2020)