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Assembly Atlanta has 135 acres with indoor studios, plus outdoor streets to simulate New Orleans, New York, Tribeca, and "Europe". It's under construction, but close to completion.

It's fascinating that something like that is being built at a time when most blockbusters are essentially animation films.

A lot of viewer time — and thus money — is coming from serial shows these days.

There are a tonne of mid and high-budget shows that are set in grounded settings which can utilize sets like this.

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Growing up in LA, we had a few of these around. The most famous of course was Universal Studios, where you could pay for a tour. But my favorite was Paramount Ranch.

A bunch of stuff was filmed there in the 50s-70s, and it was open the public. I actually used it to make a movie with my friends in high school. It was pretty cool to have a prebuilt town around that was basically empty.

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I understand the need but it bother me so much to recognise a studio when watching a tv show (or cheap movie). It's like the Wilhelm scream, it immediately reminds me I'm watching a something.

Especially the paramount studio https://www.paramountstudios.com/new-york-backlot.html

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Even crazier, there's a company that built a fake town right in the middle of a real town! https://www.universalstudioslot.com/backlot

Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam has four "metropolitan" (Berlin/Paris/New York/London) streets: https://www.studiobabelsberg.com/en/backlots/metropolitan-ba...

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I was triggered by the off-center "Police Department" sign, but then realized that it is off center so you can put the town name in front of it. Like "$TOWNNAME Police Department"

Agree -- I would have biased toward a two-line arrangement, with space for the town name on the upper line, centered independent of length, and "Police Department" on the lower.
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