The Downey Studios was a production studio in

Downey, California Downey is a city located in Southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities. The city is the birthplace of the Apollo space program. It is also the home of ...

. The studio featured of indoor and outdoor production space including a building and a building which was home of the largest indoor water tank in North America. A suburban residential street backlot built especially for '' Christmas with the Kranks'', with 5 complete homes and 11 facades, was also available at the studio. Downey Studio Backlot

The studios were created out of the former Rockwell International plant where the Space Shuttle orbiters as well as some vehicles for the Apollo space program were assembled. The studios occupied only a portion of the former plant with the Downey Landing shopping complex, a

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, a park, and

Columbia Memorial Space Center The Columbia Memorial Space Center (CMSC) is a science museum in the Los Angeles area, at 12400 Columbia Way, City of Downey, California, US. It is owned and operated by Downey, and open to the general public as a hands-on space museum and activi ...

museum taking up the remainder of the space. Downey Studio Demolition

In October 2012 demolition of Downey Studios had begun. The Promenade at Downey retail power center is located on the site today.

TV and film credits

* * '' Iron Man 2'' (2010) * '' Deep in the Valley'' (2009) * '' Couples Retreat'' (2009) * '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Pineapple Express'' (2008) * '' Cloverfield'' (2008) * '' Top Gear'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Zodiac'' (2007) * '' Charlie Wilson's War'' (2007) * '' Smash Lab'' (2007) * '' Yo Gabba Gabba!'', Season 1, 2007, Season 3, 2009 * '' The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'' (2006) * ''

The Prestige ''The Prestige'' is a 1995 fantasy novel by British writer Christopher Priest. It tells the story of a prolonged feud between two stage magicians in late 1800s England. It is epistolary in structure; that is, it purports to be a collection of ...

'' (2006) * '' Déjà Vu'' (2006) * ''

Smokin' Aces ''Smokin' Aces'' is a 2006 American action comedy film written and directed by Joe Carnahan. The film centers on the chase for Las Vegas magician turned mafia informant Robert 'Buddy Aces' Israel ( Jeremy Piven), on whom a one-million-dollar bo ...

'' (2006) * '' Free Ride'' (2006) * '' The Slaughterhouse Massacre'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' (2005) * '' Van Helsing'' (2004) * '' Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004) * '' Christmas with the Kranks'' (2004) * '' In Enemy Hands'' (2004) * '' The Italian Job'' (2003) * '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' Clockstoppers'' (2002) * '' Catch Me If You Can'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2002) * '' Space Cowboys'' (2000) * '' Life'' (1999) * '' Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998)

Music Videos

* " Alejandro" - Lady Gaga (2009) * "

White & Nerdy "White & Nerdy" is the second single from "Weird Al" Yankovic's album ''Straight Outta Lynwood'', which was released on September 26, 2006. It parodies the song "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone. The song both satirizes and celebrates n ...

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(2010) * “

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” - Kanye West (2011) * " Famous Last Words" - My Chemical Romance (2006) * " Welcome To The Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance (2006)

References

External links

Downey Studios website

IMDb ProfileColumbia Memorial Space Center
— ''near former site''. Mass media companies established in 1998 Mass media companies disestablished in 2012 Defunct American film studios Downey, California Buildings and structures demolished in 2012 Demolished buildings and structures in California {{film-studio-stub