Hollywood stars might be filming in Liverpool after one in all London's main film and TV studios introduced plans to open a main new complicated in the town.
Twickenham Studios in south-west London has been home to productions starting from Black Mirror to War Horse.
It will increase with a new base on the 1930s artwork deco former Littlewoods headquarters in Liverpool, which was as soon as home to the soccer swimming pools.
Twickenham Studios' Maria Walker stated it was "a good fit" for main US films.
TV reveals may even be made on the Littlewoods constructing's two new sound levels, and the transfer comes amid a growth in TV and movie manufacturing in the UK.
Foreign studios spent £1.7bn in the UK in 2017virtually double the quantity spent 4 years beforehand.
Many current films and revealstogether with Peaky Blinders and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Themhave used out of doors areas in Liverpool.
Ms Walker, who's chief working officer of Twickenham Studios, stated the Littlewoods constructing was paying homage to Los Angeles' landmark studios.
"It actually looks like a Hollywood studio," she advised BBC News. "It has that proper vibe.
"I don't know if you've ever seen the studios in Hollywood, studios like the Paramount buildingthey are not dissimilar. They are white stucco buildings from that period."
In future, films like Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant's Oscar-nominated Florence Foster Jenkinswhich was partly shot in Twickenham however filmed exterior scenes in Liverpoolmight be based mostly solely in the town.
"It's a good fit for those large American films," Ms Walker stated. "We haven't got the capacity to build bigger stages [in Twickenham]. What Liverpool has is space. We're restricted in that area."
She stated the quantity of movie work in the UK had grown "exponentially" in the final 10 years. But Twickenham Studios, which was based in 1913, has no house to develop.
"There are houses all around so we can't expand," she stated. "It's simply not possible, and property in London is at a premium. A stage wants a lot of house and there is solely a certain quantity you may cost.
"So areas such as Liverpool, where you have got the space and the flexibility to expand, it just seems like a natural thing."
Twickenham Studios will take over 85,000 sq ft of the 300,000 sq ft on the Littlewoods constructing, with different movie and TV firms anticipated to observe.
Tim Heatley, co-founder of the constructing's builders Capital & Centric, stated: "Twickenham Studios could not be a higher match.
"They'll bring a century's worth of film-making heritage and help to write a new chapter for the creative industries in and around Liverpool."