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Later, they shot the sitcoms "Empty Nest" and "Golden Girls" here, as well as the popular fantasy drama "Beauty & the Beast" (the subterranean caverns where 'Vicent' lived were sets at this studio). The first four episodes of "Seinfeld" were filmed at Ren-Mar, before they moved the production to CBS Studio center. And episodes of "Monk" were also shot at this studio. They shot scenes from some classic movies here as well, from 1931's "The Champ" (with Wallace Beery) to 1952's "High Noon" (with Gary Cooper). And the Toontown trolley scenes from Disney's "Who Shot Roger Rabbit?" were filmed in front of the studio.
Disney filmed the TV series "Lizzie McGuire" (with Hilary Duff) here. Unlike the big studios (such as Warner Bros. or Disney) Ren-Mar doesn't produce films under its own banner; Ren-Mar is a rental studio, leasing out their lot and sound stages to other studios, indie filmmakers, TV shows, commercials and even video games.
They don't offer a tour, but they do tape an occasional
sit-com here (past ones included "NewsRadio"), so contact Audiences
Unlimited to see if anything's taping there right now. If it is, you
may be able to get free tickets to the taping, and you can visit the studio
long enough to watch the show being made. Update:
In 2010, Rem-Mar Studios was bought by RED Digital Cinema Camera
Company, which makes one of the most popular brands of professional
digital movie cameras used in Hollywood. They have renamed it "RED Studios". For
the moment, it seems unclear exactly what they plan to do with the
studio, although they currently offer a "Camp Red", in which young
people (9 to 16) can work with RED cameras under studio
conditions. According to their website, "True Blood" and "Weeds" have filmed there recently, so it looks like they are going to keep it as a working studio. Time will tell...
[You can access the studio's
official website at http://www.renmarstudios.com.]
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