Netflix's Vancouver Production Reveals Massive Expansion Plans

Netflix may be in a dwindling position in a couple of countries but it certainly is continuing to work on its expansion plans in other hubs. On that note, according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix's Vancouver production hub is planning a massive expansion, Martini Studios opened two years ago with Netflix being the exclusive anchor, and it is now planning to add a 600,000-square-foot facility to include 300,000 square feet of new soundstages and 300,000 square feet of production support space for wardrobe, workshops, and offices.

The expansion will see Martini Film Studios grow its footprint from 250,000 to 850,000 square feet, with at least 450,000 devoted solely to soundstages. "We are fortunate to have partnered with them [Netflix]," studio CEO Gemma Martini told THR.

Netflix this year launched a separate global production hub in Toronto, taking long-term leases on eight soundstages at separate studios to help produce its growing film and TV slate while tapping local incentives.

The Martini Film Studios complex has hosted shoots for Warner Bros./Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, TBS’ Snowpiercer and Netflix’s Another Life. The new studio facilities will be built in a business park in Langley, about 40 minutes from downtown Vancouver.

There are no details on when the studio expansion will start construction. Vancouver, like Toronto and other major production hubs for Hollywood, has faced a shortage of purpose-built studio space, leading to the construction of new facilities and the major studios and streaming giants taking long-term leases on existing soundstages.