Movie Town Haikou

Movie Town Haikou
海口电影公社

Formation	2013
Legal status	active
Purpose	Movie and television filming location and tourist attraction
Location	Haikou, Hainan Province, China
Website	Official website

Movie Town Haikou (海口电影公社) is an artificial town and movie studio approximately 8 km south of Haikou, Hainan, China. The town, located beside Mission Hills Haikou golf resort, was created as a movie and television filming location and tourist attraction in the style of Chongqing in 1942. The entire site is 1,400 acres containing 96 buildings along streets with such names as Socialism Street and Nanyang Street. Parts of the area were designed to resemble scenes from the film Back to 1942. Some of the buildings still under construction are the town buildings and the movie studios with accompanying filming facilities.

Studios located behind (south) of the artificial town

The town opened on December 29, 2013 and was expected to be completed in 2014. As of May 2015 construction continues. It is a joint venture between Feng Xiaogang and Huayi Brothers Media Group.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Town

The town while still under construction in 2014

References

1. 吴玉帛 (2014-01-08). "未完工竟成万人景区 海口电影公社魅力何在？__海南新闻网_南海网". Hinews.cn. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
2. 吴玉帛. "春节期间海口主推"冯小刚电影公社"等旅游产品__海南新闻网_南海网". Hinews.cn. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
3. "New Projects at Mission Hills Haikou". Asian Travel Media. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
4. "Home - Mission Hills Movie Town". Movietownhaikou.com. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
5. "冯小刚电影公社海口首秀 游客体验"民国范儿"-中新网". Chinanews.com. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
6. "冯小刚电影公社纳入海口特色旅游线路". Hi.chinanews.com. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
7. "1942 Street of FENG Xiaogang’s Movie Theme Town opens in Haikou - Hainan News-Website of Hainan International Tourism Island". En.visithainan.gov.cn. 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 19°55′18″N 110°20′37″E / 19.921723°N 110.343665°E