It’s been a bumper year for Docklands Studios – with productions lining up to use our sound stages and a major expansion on the horizon.
Here are our Top Ten highlights from 2019.
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#1 (above) Victoria’s Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley toured our workshop in February to see sets being made for US TV Series Preacher.
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#2 (above) March saw Preacher building a made-to-measure water facility.
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#3 (above) In April, Preacher star Dominic Cooper got a taste for heights.
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#4 (above) In May, TV quiz show The Chase took over Stage 3 for its celebrity series.
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#5 June 6 was one of our busiest-ever days with various productions on the lot at once (above).
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#6 (below) Preacher wrapped filming with an all-night shoot In June.
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#7 In June (above) Preacher showrunner Sam Catlin bid farewell to our stages, declaring his stint in Melbourne ‘one of the best times of (his) life’.
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#8 (above) In August, news that Paramount TV would film a TV series of best-selling novel Shantaram at Docklands (sharing the lot with another TV series, Clickbait).
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#9 In October (above) the Victorian government unveiled plans for our new super stage.
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#10 (above) Hollywood veteran Dick Cook visited in October to announce plans to set up his Asia-Pacific headquarters here.