![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-live-by-top-film-studio/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/warner-bros-studios-planned-expansion-848228667.jpg&description=Exclusive HORROR MOVIE Morgan Johnson Malcolm Tattersall Published : 7:24, 30 Sep 2023 Updated : 7:26, 30 Sep 2023 LOCALS living by a major film studio where Harry Potter and Barbie were filmed say it's like being in the middle of a "WAR ZONE". Homeowners in Leavesden, near Watford , have been subjected to "machine gun fire" and "huge explosions at all times of the day" thanks to the blockbusters being made just down the road. 7 Locals living by a major film studio say it's like living in a 'war zone' Credit: Dan Charity 7 Harry Potter scenes in the Great Hall were shot at Leavesden Credit: Warner Bros 7 The smash hit film Barbie was recently filmed there Credit: Alamy 7 Duncan Bain said he gets woken up by 'machine gun fire' at all hours Credit: Dan Charity Warner Brothers Studios, in Herts, has produced classics over the years and most recently the smash hit Barbie film. And now they want to invest a further £400m into the studios to have 10 new sound stages. Warner Bros said the plans, which are expected be completed by 2027, will create 4,000 jobs and boost the economy by "more than £200m". But residents living just yards away from the film sets say the plans are "ludicrous" and will create more disruption. Duncan Bain, 58, who lives minutes from the studios, told The Sun Online: "When they're filming war movies we get the rat-a-tat-tat crack of machine gun fire in the middle of the night. "Then one night there was a huge bang and my TV aerial fell off as cracks appeared in the ceiling. "It's ludicrous. They have absolutely no regard for their neighbours . "We get guns firing and huge explosions at all times of the day and night. It's like living in the middle of a war zone. "One night they hosted a huge marquee in the air and used it to light up a set where they were filming. "Imagine the affect that light pollution had on local wildlife . 'Another time I heard a lot of beeping from huge earth-moving machines and looked out my window in the morning to see a hug){kind=link}
LOCALS living by a major film studio where Harry Potter and Barbie were filmed say it’s like being in the middle of a “WAR ZONE”.
Homeowners in Leavesden, near Watford, have been subjected to “machine gun fire” and “huge explosions at all times of the day” thanks to the blockbusters being made just down the road.
Warner Brothers Studios, in Herts, has produced classics over the years and most recently the smash hit Barbie film.
And now they want to invest a further £400m into the studios to have 10 new sound stages.
Warner Bros said the plans, which are expected be completed by 2027, will create 4,000 jobs and boost the economy by “more than £200m”.