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Re:The Matrix (1999) Filming Locations – Shot-for-Shot – Syd... by wkat4242 on Monday June 16, 2025 @03:02PM (#44292436)
That's why Sydney was so popular. The CBD has a really American feel but prices and wages are Australian. Fox studios had a huge campus there. Not sure if they still do.
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Re:The Matrix (1999) Filming Locations – Shot-for-Shot – Syd... by tim-- on Thursday June 19, 2025 @12:11AM (#44315357)
It's now Disney Studios (https://disneystudiosaustralia.com/) after Disney's acquisition of Fox. There's 9 large sound stages. A large amount of movies are filmed there.

The lease of the land at the time was controversial.

> The rental was $2 million, payable over 40 years. However, the payment date was not specified, and the deal proceeded with an initial $1 per annum peppercorn rental, in return for which the government was obliged to spend $75-80 million on site works for the benefit of Fox

https://archive.cpa.org.au/guardian/2004/1201fox.html

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Re:The Matrix (1999) Filming Locations – Shot-for-Shot – Syd... by wiether on Thursday June 19, 2025 @05:29AM (#44316912)
IIRC that topic was discussed in an episode of Utopia

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3163562/

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Re:The Matrix (1999) Filming Locations – Shot-for-Shot – Syd... by dehrmann on Thursday June 19, 2025 @02:13AM (#44315931)
Paramount also used to have a presence there.
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