Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that it is investing £400 million in an expansion of its Leavesden Studios complex in Hertfordshire that will include 400,000 square feet of new production and support space. Work is expected to begin in Q2 2024. When completed in 2027, the studios will have 29 stages and 1.78 million square feet of production space. Overall, it is expected that 4,000 new jobs will be created.
Source: The Guardian
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