RED Studios Hollywood

[Curran Giddens]

Is that Mike Curtis in the lower right?

 

[Michael Schmitt]

Aw, man! I was gonna buy it!

Surprising and excellent news! I look forward to learning more!

(!) just felt there needed to be one more exclamation point.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Jim is awesome in many ways. But what's most awesome about him, IMO, is that he is a genius visionary.... but one who has the resources to MOVE MOUNTAINS in service of his vision. And that is very rare.

 

[Dylan Macleod CSC]

Drew just posted this pic on Twitter!

That is pretty f-ing cool!
Is that a sh*t eating grin on Jim's face?

 

[Florian Stadler]

I thought they just rented the stage for the event. If it is in fact a new support center great, I sure like a 10 minute drive over a 50min drive for support.

 

[jonnycom]

Yea they own it... it is now Red Studios

 

[Phil Holland]

Brilliant move Jim. Paving the way for future in my opinion.

 

[Graeme Nattress]

Is that Mike Curtis in the lower right?

Perhaps sitting next to a certain well known REDuser forum contributor???

Graeme

 

[Joseph Hutson]

Is that Mike Curtis in the lower right?

Is that Graeme Nattress beside him?

 

[Andrew Walker]

Is that Graeme Nattress beside him?

Yep that's the back of Graeme's head.

So as we were all told at the event tonight, they are keeping the OC location open and are still going to build the RED Ranch in Las Vegas. But having a location like this in the heart of Hollywood will be invaluable to RED. Plus beats driving all the way down to Lake Forest to get service done on the camera or to pickup some gear. I'm very excited for the future of RED.

 

[Steve Johnson]

Congrats from the UK - look forward to visiting next time I am in LA!

 

[Jeff Coatney]

You know that's the MAROON CARTOON studios from Roger Rabbit. Any word on when the Ranch is going up in Vegas? A couple of weekends ago I drove past and as far as I could tell they hadn't even started site work yet. As my ancestors would say (if you could find any): It will be hard to kill a camera system that's set up a fort in hostile territory.

 

[Jay A. Kelley]

If anyone has tried to RENT let alone purchase space in LA.. You can imagine what an undertaking this is. Have you envisioned what the sound stage will look like with a massive RED LOGO on the wall outside.

This is a huge thing in a lot of ways.

For those of you outside of LA that do not realize how big this purchase is... check out:

http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/?F...70db6e7f374a897e012428c985e#/2js3nv6209f57ozn

Jim,

To say "congradulations" simply does not seem enough.

Jay

 

[Tony Lorentzen]

That link doesn't work...

 

[Miltos Pilalitos]

For those of you outside of LA that do not realize how big this purchase is... check out:

http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/?F...70db6e7f374a897e012428c985e#/2js3nv6209f57ozn

It took me to a map of Europe...(?)

 

[Adrian T.]

Here you go:
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=ppdxxp545chd&scene=33357964&lvl=1&sty=o

 

[Jay A. Kelley]

Thanks Adrian.. Don't know why mine did not work...

 

[Zach Nelson]

Now we just need Red Studios Philadelphia and we'll be set - think about it - perfect proximity to NYC and DC

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

One more congrats to Jim on RED Studios Hollywood!!!

Former Ren-Mar Studios >>>

"Ren-Mar Studios began its Hollywood life as Metro Pictures Back Lot #3.
The year was 1915. Metro had sent a troupe of filmmakers to Hollywood to establish a West Coast studio.
Along with the legendary light of Los Angeles, these pioneers found a small studio in the heart of Hollywood,
surrounded by bungalows and orange groves. Over the years at this site, the company expanded with success
eventually moving most of its film production to Hollywood.

The story of the Cahuenga Lot reads like the script of a Hollywood epic. Ramon Navarro, in 1923, swashbuckled through
the palace of Louis XVI and a country French village in the silent “Scaramouche”, and in 1924, young Jackie Coogan floated
on the South Sea lagoon created for “Little Robinson Crusoe”. A few years later, in 1931, another young Jackie (Cooper) along
with the great Wallace Beery, broke our hearts in “The Champ”. Marlon Brando marched around Stage #9 in “The Men”
and Gary Cooper walked alone at “High Noon” in 1952.

We’ve had diva’s, from Grace Kelley to Gwen Stefani and Barbara Streisand to Brittany Spears. The padded walls have rocked
with Motown and Mozart, the Rat Pack and Linkin Park, Yanni and Jane’s Addiction. We’ve had good guys and bad guys too.
Robin Williams, Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Bob Dylan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Roger Rabbit have all felt right
at home here in the shadow of the Hollywood Sign.

For anyone who has stayed up past their bedtime to watch TV Land Television, you have been amused and delighted by the many
“Golden Age of Television” shows that broke the rules and paved the way for the “Friends” and “Bachelors” of today. As Desilu Cahuenga Studios
from 1953 through 1967 when Paramount Studios acquired all Desilu holdings, the studio buzzed with the birth of a new and exciting art form.
“I Love Lucy”, “Our Miss Brooks”, “Danny Thomas Show”, “The Jack Benny Show”, “The Real McCoys”, “I Spy”, “Hogan’s Heroes”, “That Girl”,
“Make Room for Daddy”, “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and many other classic television shows were created here.

In recent years, the studio, owned and operated independently since 1974, has been home to television, film, music video and special
event producers of a new generation. From “The Golden Age of Television” to “The Golden Girls”, from MTV to the WB, from
“Ally McBeal” to “Lizzie McGuire”, Ren-Mar Studios continues to provide a Home in the Heart of Hollywood for today’s future classics."

LINK>>>

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Definitely an other great move on RED's part with this new location, great event last night and a true pleasure seen all fellow REDUSERS again, while playing with the new toys and discovering new frontiers.

Congrats RED!!