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Lights, Camera, Action in Newark: Construction Starts on Transformative Lionsgate Studio Project

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$800 Million Impact! Lionsgate Newark Breaks Ground on NJ’s First Purpose-Built Studio—600+ New Jobs Coming to the South Ward!

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Newark NJ, a New Era for New Jersey Film: Lionsgate Newark is Underway. The future of film and television production in New Jersey officially began today, December 11, 2025, as construction commenced on the highly anticipated Lionsgate Newark studio complex. This marks a major turning point for the city’s South Ward, transforming the 12-acre site of the former Seth Boyden Housing complex into New Jersey’s first purpose-built, full-service production facility.

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Great Point Studios and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Partner with Lionsgate to Open 12 Acre TV and Film Complex in Newark

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Newark NJ, Great Point Studios, a studio investment/management business specializing in film and television infrastructure, and The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Newark’s anchor cultural and civic institution, today announced a partnership with global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) to build a major new production facility in Newark. The facility will be owned and operated by Great Point Studios. As the facility’s long-term anchor tenant, Lionsgate will receive naming rights to the studio. NJPAC will manage public affairs and community relations for the studio and create educational programs and internships for Newark high school and college students.

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