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The Dragon International Film Studios is a complex of film and television studios currently being constructed at Llanilid in Wales, near the capital, Cardiff. The project is being developed by the consortium Dragon International Studios, chaired by Richard Attenborough.^[1]

The studios have an estimated budget of £330m, which along with private investment, has received taxpayers' funding from the Welsh Assembly and European Union.^[2] It aims to attract film production through the lower costs of working in Wales compared to London. It also hopes to exploit the profile of Welsh actors in Hollywood, such as Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Ioan Gruffudd.

The completed complex will have 12 sound stages, and will also include a new road junction to provide access from the M4 motorway.

The studios are also being developed in conjunction with Screen Academy Wales, an educational venture by The Film Academy at University of Glamorgan and International Film School Wales at University of Wales, Newport.^[3]^[4]

The project has been nicknamed "Valleywood" as an homage to Hollywood, in the manner of other Hollywood-inspired names such as Tollywood, Dollywood or Bollywood.

Six years after the project was first proposed and nearly four years after planning permission was granted, construction work started on the first phase of the scheme in August 2007.^[5] In March 2008, due to a dispute with a creditor, Administrators were called in to resolve the financial situation, with liabilities of £15 million.^[6]

Filming for the first film, Ironclad, started in October 2009, starring Paul Giamatti focusing on the great siege of Rochester Castle when, following the signing of the Magna Carta, King John gathered an army to reclaim his power and exert bloody revenge on those who defied him.^[7]

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BBC News - "Delays hit Valleywood film start" (28 January 2006)

[1] Film studios complex plans released

[2] Valleywood work to start

[3] Building work at the so-called "Valleywood" film studios near Bridgend has begun

[4] Director promises 'Valleywood' jobs

[5] 'Valleywood' building work begins

[6] BBC NEWS | Wales | Valleywood studios worries mount

[7] ttp://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/10/24/medieval-battle-scenes-in-the-valleywood-mud-91466-25002618/

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 Six years after the project was first proposed and nearly four years after planning permission was granted, construction work started on the first phase of the scheme in August 2007.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6939444.stm 'Valleywood' building work begins]</ref> In March 2008, due to a dispute with a creditor, [[Administration Order|Administrators]] were called in to resolve the financial situation, with liabilities of £15 million.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7301880.stm BBC NEWS | Wales | Valleywood studios worries mount<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-Filming for the first film, ''Ironclad'', started in October 2009, starring [[Paul Giamatti]] focusing on the great siege of Rochester Castle when, following the signing of the [[Magna Carta]], King John gathered an army to reclaim his power and exert bloody revenge on those who defied him.<ref>http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/10/24/medieval-battle-scenes-in-the-valleywood-mud-91466-25002618/</ref>
+Filming for the first film, [[Ironclad (film)|''Ironclad'']], started in October 2009, starring [[Paul Giamatti]] focusing on the great siege of Rochester Castle when, following the signing of the [[Magna Carta]], King John gathered an army to reclaim his power and exert bloody revenge on those who defied him.<ref>http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/10/24/medieval-battle-scenes-in-the-valleywood-mud-91466-25002618/</ref>
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