Following the closure of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger on October 6, 2026, Skydance announced plans to specialize the two historic studio lots. The merged company will dedicate one lot primarily to film production and the other to television and streaming content operations. This restructuring follows a settlement with state attorneys general requiring Skydance to maintain both the Paramount and Warner Bros. studio facilities for at least five years. The decision reflects strategic operational planning to optimize the use of the two major studio complexes and their distinct infrastructure capabilities.

Hollywood River Studios officially broke ground on a new 110-acre production campus in Wood River, Illinois, approximately 15.5 miles north of St. Louis. The facility will feature six large modular soundstages totaling about 144,000 square feet of production space, production offices, warehousing, and parking for over 1,000 vehicles. The soundstages will be constructed using Spantech International's modular Grand I-Novation system, featuring column-free interiors of approximately 130 by 160 feet with 42 feet of height. A secondary 55,000 square foot equipment warehouse and base camp will be located at America's Central Port in nearby Granite City, Illinois. The campus's location on the Mississippi River allows productions to work across both Illinois and Missouri, potentially accessing both states' film incentives. The company expects the stages to be operational within approximately 12 months.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the redeveloped Kalinga Studio in Bhubaneswar on October 5, 2026, following a comprehensive modernization project that cost Rs 164 crore. The revamped facility features state-of-the-art production infrastructure including indoor shooting floors, a snow house, chroma floor, sound recording and dubbing facilities, and post-production editing studios. Additionally, a dedicated archive and museum were inaugurated to preserve Odisha's cinematic heritage. The upgraded complex aims to enable local filmmakers to complete productions in-state without external technical facility dependencies.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker broke ground on Hollywood River Studios on October 5, 2026, a new 110-acre film and television production campus in Wood River. The development is projected to feature six soundstages designed with advanced acoustics, lighting and production infrastructure. Expected to create over 1,000 jobs, the project represents a $95 million investment in the Metro East region. The facility will offer scalable production spaces and demonstrates Illinois' continued investment in studio infrastructure following $703 million in film production spending in 2025.

Mill Street/Movie Garden Studios, a half-billion-dollar film production project, is advancing through pre-development phases in historic Jackson, Mississippi's Farish Street District. The project encompasses approximately 25 acres across multiple parcels, including a former pallet company site and two additional properties totaling 20 acres designated for entertainment facilities. Renderings show plans for production lots and soundstages. Despite community challenges with property maintenance and illegal dumping, developer Charlotte Reeves continues planning the phased development to transform blighted properties into a functioning film production facility.

According to the Washington Times, New York has ranked as the top preferred filming hub for 2026 in ProdPro's annual survey, a significant shift after no U.S. state made the top five the year before. The state's film and television infrastructure is expanding, with Sunset Pier 94 Studios opening in Manhattan in January as the borough's first purpose-built studio campus featuring six soundstages. The expansion reflects recent changes to the state's incentive framework, with Wildflower and Borden also joining the roster of studios in New York City, signaling strong investment in production facility infrastructure.

Echelon Studios Hollywood, a $450 million vertical movie studio developed by Bardas Investment Group and led by developer David Simon, is under construction on the former Sears department store site at Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The facility will feature five soundstages, set design spaces, offices, base camp for production equipment and trailers, screening rooms, and a café. The five-story vertical design stacks standard studio features into a single building rather than spreading them across a traditional lot. The project is scheduled to open in early 2027, representing a major investment in Los Angeles studio infrastructure during a challenging period for the film and television production industry.

Construction is far along on Echelon Studios Hollywood, a $450 million development featuring a distinctive vertical studio design that stacks soundstages, parking, offices and living quarters in a single building rather than spreading facilities across sprawling lots. The studio incorporates soundstages with specialized soundproofing and vibration isolation to accommodate underground parking, and includes bungalow-style residential spaces for production crews. The project represents a rare large-scale studio investment amid challenging conditions for the entertainment industry, with innovative infrastructure solutions for managing soundstage acoustics in an urban environment.

SuperCinema, a new independent production company, is establishing a studio campus in Burbank featuring three soundstages on a 30,000-square-foot property on Glenwood Avenue. The facility, designed by NG+P Architects, will share space with brand agency Concrete and is being developed by a team with backgrounds in social media and marketing. Construction is financed by City National Bank and private investors, with completion expected by early 2027. The property was previously an industrial lot in the Burbank Media District's Audio Alley.

Camelback Productions founder Anita Verma-Lallian is spearheading an ambitious plan for a major studio campus in Arizona, though the project's scope extends beyond traditional soundstage development into comprehensive production infrastructure. According to multiple sources, the initiative involves a 1,400-acre development intended to establish an integrated production ecosystem. Rather than positioning this as a conventional soundstage project, stakeholders frame it as a new production operating system designed to attract major productions. The scale and vision reflect broader industry trends toward campus-based, vertically-integrated studio complexes offering comprehensive services beyond soundstages alone.

Shadowbox Studios has assumed management operations of the historic Kaufman Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens, a 500,000 square-foot campus featuring 11 soundstages and 325,000 square feet of office and production support space. The management transition follows financial difficulties at the facility, including a $340 million loan default by previous owner Hackman Capital Partners and a subsequent foreclosure action by Deutsche Bank. A court-appointed receiver selected Shadowbox as the new operator of the landmark studio, which originally opened in 1920 as the home of Paramount Pictures and has hosted numerous major productions including Goodfellas, Succession, and The Devil Wears Prada 2. Shadowbox brought its industry experience managing studio campuses across multiple locations including Atlanta and facilities in the United Kingdom.

Tyler Perry Studios announced a multi-year deal with Synapse Virtual Production to develop and operate a new virtual production-enabled soundstage on its 365-acre Atlanta campus. One existing stage is being converted to accommodate LED volume technology, real-time digital environments, and advanced camera tracking using Unreal Engine. The virtual production facility is expected to be operational by end of 2026 and will accommodate all production types from feature films to commercials, music videos, and digital media projects.

Occidental Studios, a historic Los Angeles studio lot, reduced its asking price from $45 million to $25 million, removing a 4,500-square-foot off-site mill building from the sale. The complex includes four soundstages totaling 31,489 square feet, eight office buildings, and bungalows across 2.75 acres. Real estate services firm CBRE markets the property as an ideal opportunity for studio operators or production companies seeking a fully operational legacy studio lot positioned to meet evolving production demand amid anticipated industry rebound.

TIS Studios opened Stage 7, an 18,300-square-foot soundstage at its Bogotá production complex in Colombia, described as Colombia's largest soundstage and among the biggest in Latin America. Standing 40 feet high, the facility is fully soundproofed with technical grid and climate-control systems. It integrates into TIS Studios' existing production lot featuring seven other stages, standing sets including a prison, restaurant and furnished house interior, and a three-level backlot with interchangeable façades. The expansion serves large-scale international film and television productions.

Hackman Capital Partners, the largest independent owner of soundstages in Los Angeles, faces forced sale of Television City, a historic studio lot on Fairfax Avenue. A lender consortium led by Deutsche Bank initiated the sales process after the company accumulated $357 million in debt. Simultaneously, Deutsche Bank is offloading Manhattan Beach Studios, a 22-acre complex with 15 soundstages, where an industrial company submitted an offer with plans for retrofitting. The situation reflects depressed production levels and financing challenges in the studio real estate market.

BoxCar Studios, a nearly four-acre production campus in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, is being marketed for sale or lease. The facility features three existing soundstages totaling 34,500 square feet. Following significant renovation upgrades valued at $18.6 million, the property is positioned as a plug-and-play facility for studios, production companies, or content creators. The campus is located at 3030 Andrita Street and offers proximity to over 60 production facilities within a 10-mile radius. Listing agent CBRE is highlighting the property's M1 industrial zoning flexibility and production-ready status during a period of anticipated production recovery driven by expanded California tax incentives.

The Echelon Studios Hollywood project, a joint venture between Bardas Investment Group and Bain Capital Real Estate, achieved its structural topping-off at 5601 West Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The placement of the final steel beam marked completion of the building skeleton for this approximately 500,000-square-foot studio campus. When finished in winter 2026, the complex will feature 110,000 square feet of production studios and support space, approximately 388,000 square feet of office space, over 12,300 square feet of ground-floor restaurant and retail space, and parking for 981 vehicles across two subterranean levels. The project represents the first major purpose-built urban studio development in Hollywood in over fifty years, featuring integrated soundstage facilities with creative office space designed to support modern content creation.

Hollywood River Studios opened a 55,000-square-foot warehouse facility in Granite City, Illinois, serving as a storage and equipment hub for the larger $60 million studio complex development planned in Wood River. The warehouse is housed in a former U.S. Army railcar repair facility within America's Central Port. Construction of the main Wood River studio campus is scheduled to begin at the end of summer 2026, with completion expected within approximately one year. The project is supported by Illinois film tax credits and represents a significant infrastructure investment in the St. Louis region's production capabilities.