Move over Wellywood, 'Westywood' has new studio
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A $7 million film sound studio is being opened today in Henderson, reports The New Zealand Herald. A Korean-United States fantasty action movie called Laundry Warrior is already using the facility, which has a soundstage big enough to fit a double-storey house or helicopter hanging from the rafters. Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey, a former deputy chairman of the Film Commission, says he wanted to turn Henderson Valley into the "Hollywood of the South Pacific." A $7 million film sound studio is being opened today in Henderson, reports The New Zealand Herald. A Korean-United States fantasty action movie called Laundry Warrior is already using the facility, which has a soundstage big enough to fit a double-storey house or helicopter hanging from the rafters. Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey, a former deputy chairman of the Film Commission, says he wanted to turn Henderson Valley into the "Hollywood of the South Pacific."