Ben Goldsmith is a lecturer in the Centre for Screen Studies and Research at the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School in Sydney, Australia. Tom O'Regan is professor of media and cultural studies in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland.

The book's strategy—positioning the studio at the centre of current international production—permits a very persuasive and useful analysis of where the industry (in the largest sense) is now and how it got here.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1 International Production and GlobalizationChapter 4 2 Types of StudioChapter 5 3 Studios, the "Location Interest," and PolicyChapter 6 4 Studios, Stargates, and Urban ReimaginingChapter 7 5 Extreme Dreams in Satellite Locations: The Rise of the Greenfields StudioChapter 8 6 From National to International Film StudiosChapter 9 7 Still Exceptional? London's Film StudiosChapter 10 8 "The Same but Different!": Canadian Studios and International ProductionChapter 11 9 Still the Center: Studios and the United StatesChapter 12 BibliographyChapter 13 IndexChapter 14 About the Authors

Ben Goldsmith is a lecturer in the Centre for Screen Studies and Research at the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School in Sydney, Australia. Tom O'Regan is professor of media and cultural studies in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland.

The book's strategy—positioning the studio at the centre of current international production—permits a very persuasive and useful analysis of where the industry (in the largest sense) is now and how it got here.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1 International Production and GlobalizationChapter 4 2 Types of StudioChapter 5 3 Studios, the "Location Interest," and PolicyChapter 6 4 Studios, Stargates, and Urban ReimaginingChapter 7 5 Extreme Dreams in Satellite Locations: The Rise of the Greenfields StudioChapter 8 6 From National to International Film StudiosChapter 9 7 Still Exceptional? London's Film StudiosChapter 10 8 "The Same but Different!": Canadian Studios and International ProductionChapter 11 9 Still the Center: Studios and the United StatesChapter 12 BibliographyChapter 13 IndexChapter 14 About the Authors

Ben Goldsmith is a lecturer in the Centre for Screen Studies and Research at the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School in Sydney, Australia. Tom O'Regan is professor of media and cultural studies in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland.

The book's strategy—positioning the studio at the centre of current international production—permits a very persuasive and useful analysis of where the industry (in the largest sense) is now and how it got here.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1 International Production and GlobalizationChapter 4 2 Types of StudioChapter 5 3 Studios, the "Location Interest," and PolicyChapter 6 4 Studios, Stargates, and Urban ReimaginingChapter 7 5 Extreme Dreams in Satellite Locations: The Rise of the Greenfields StudioChapter 8 6 From National to International Film StudiosChapter 9 7 Still Exceptional? London's Film StudiosChapter 10 8 "The Same but Different!": Canadian Studios and International ProductionChapter 11 9 Still the Center: Studios and the United StatesChapter 12 BibliographyChapter 13 IndexChapter 14 About the Authors