Lionsgate And Great Point Execs Size Up Progress Of Their New Studio Facility In Yonkers, A New York City Suburb Billing Itself As “Hollywood On The Hudson”

It isnt just the proximity to New Yorks top-shelfproductioncommunity.

Its also the scale.

(The looming WGA strike deadline got only a passing mention during the 30-minute conversation.)

Kevin L. Beggs and Robert Halmi at Lionsgate Studios / Great Point Studios in Yonkers, NYEugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Great Point Studios / Lionsgate Studios

There is a shortage of big, purpose-built stages, particularly in the Northeast, Halmi said.

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Two of the stages in Yonkers are 20,000 square feet.

Lionsgate became anchor tenant in Yonkers when the facility opened, occupying seven of its 11 soundstages.

In a new world, you would only do that in New York.