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Former RAF airfield is new home for Middle Earth Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios Rings of Power is considered one of the most expensive TV shows in history A film studio based on a former RAF airfield has said it is proud to be used by the production team of Rings of Power after it left New Zealand. The second series of the Lord of the Rings prequel used Bovingdon Airfield Studios in Hertfordshire after Amazon Studios relocated to the UK as part of a plan to consolidate its footprint in the UK. The fantasy franchise, based on books by J.
R. R. Tolkien, has been mainly filmed in New Zealand since Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning film trilogy began in 2001.
Bovingdon's managing director Harvey Mash said: "We were very proud to secure that deal. It's great to work with the production." Bovingdon Airfield Studios Harvey Mash said he had ambitious plans for Bovingdon Airfield Studios In a post on social media, the studio said the show used 120 sets, most of which were brand new and built to scale.
It has previously been reported that the series is the most expensive show ever made. Bovingdon Airfield Studios said it was estimated the second series cost $700m (£533m), with three film units working independently around the country. It added some sets were shipped from their old home in New Zealand to the UK in 70 shipping containers.
Dacorum Borough Council, the local authority, recently described the area as the UK's answer to Hollywood. Rothstein/Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios Sets were shipped from New Zealand to the UK for production on Rings of Power Bovingdon Airfield Studios is no stranger to..
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