Wilmington Studios

the Wilmington Studios is a studio facility owned by EUE/Screen Gems, a subsidiary of Entertainment One.

History
construction of the Wilmington Studios began in 1930, with 20 stages and New York Backlot. in 1937, it was complete and the studio was first named Gate Studios. in 1942, it when RKO Radio Pictures purchased the studio, it was renamed the RKO Wilmington Studios. all RKO-Wilmington films are credited as "RKO presnts a Huge Wilmington Studio".

in 1960, it was renamed Embassy Wilmington Studios as Embassy's founder created the first studio with a studio facility outside of Hollywood. However, Embassy has many major movies filmed in Wilmington. this name will remain until The Coca-Cola Company, Columbia Pictures' 1980's parent company, purchased Embassy.

in 1985, Dino De Laurentiis demolished all Backlot and 11 Stages, leaving Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. De Laurentiis also renamed the studio the Dino De Laurentiis Studios. all DEG films failed at the Box Office, causing the studio to get sold to Carolco Pictures. the studio was renamed Carolco Studios in 1990 to film Carolco's last titles at this Wilmington Studio.

after Carolco went Bankrupt in 1995, the studio was purchased by EUE/Screen Gems and was renamed EUE/Screen Gems Studios. In May 2009 EUE/Screen Gems Studios opened a 10th "Dream Stage" in Wilmington. The studio is a 37,500-square-foot (3,480 m2) columnless structure with a 50x50x6 foot 90,000 gallon special effects water tank. this is the Rebuilt stage 10.

in 2017, Entertainment One purchased Sony, EUE/Screen Gems became a subsidy of eOne, witch renamed the studio the Wilmington Studios were it has any movies filmed at this studio facility and it became a home to Republic Pictures future movies, including Terrier Group.