What is Sony Pictures Studios?
{{unreferenced|date=September 2021}} [[File:Sony_Pictures_Entertainment_entrance_1.jpg|thumb|right|The Sony Pictures Studios complex.]] The '''Sony Pictures Studios''' is a [[television]] and [[movie]] [[Movie studio|studio complex]]. It is in [[Culver City]], [[California]]. The studio is owned by [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]]. Many movies and [[Television program|television programs]] are taped there. They include the television [[game show]]s ''[[Wheel of Fortune (US game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' and ''[[Jeopardy!]]''. It is the home of the movie companies [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[TriStar Pictures]]. == History == The complex started in 1915 as the '''Triangle Studios''' (1915-1918). It was '''Paramount Culver Studios''' from 1918 until 1921. Iy became '''Goldwyn Studios''' in 1921. The studio was bought by [[United States|American]] movie and television company [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) in 1924. It was renamed as '''MGM Studios'''. Many well known MGM movies such as ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 movie)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' and ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' were made there. Between 1927 and 1963, 52 movies were made there each year. In 1986, [[MGM]] sold the studio lot to [[Lorimar-Telepictures|Lorimar]]. [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] bought the studio in 1989. They renamed it as the Sony Pictures Studios. In 2016, it was bought by [[Pinewood Group]], They changed the name to the '''Pinewood Studios Hollywood.''' At this time, all Sony and Columbia titles are later named after TriStar, == Daily about Sony Pictures Studios == The complex is open for daily studio tours. It has sixteen different sound stages. These are where the movies and television programs are filmed. ==Other websites== * [http://www.sonypicturesstudios.com/ Sony Pictures Studios website] * [http://www.sonypicturesmuseum.com/studio/lothistory Studio Lot History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205172234/http://www.sonypicturesmuseum.com/studio/lothistory |date=2015-02-05 }} {{US-stub}} [[Category:1915 estab