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"The James Bond franchise could be forced to leave the UK after more than 50 years at Pinewood Studios. Production may have to move elsewhere if Pinewood&amp;#039;s latest proposal for further development is rejected, The Guardian reports.  The studios will hear on Wednesday (May 15) whether the South Buckinghamshire District Council has given planning permission for a \u00C2\u00A3200m development of 100 acres of greenbelt land it owns. If given the green light, the Pinewood complex would double in size during the next ten years. Studio bosses have insisted that the development is essential if the UK wishes to compete with Hollywood. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re at capacity, the UK is at capacity, something has to give,&amp;quot; said Pinewood chief executive Ivan Dunleavy. &amp;quot;If we as a sector don&amp;#039;t respond to the growing demand then someone else will. [The producers of the Bond films] have to be financially responsible.  &amp;quot;If they get a better proposal elsewhere than the UK can mount then they have to look after their business as well.&amp;quot;  The studios are also the third largest provider of facilities for TV production in the country. Dunleavy added that the council&amp;#039;s decision is of vital importance to the production of both TV and film in the UK.  &amp;quot;The kind of TV they are talking about is Band of Brothers and Game of Thrones and those are made in an almost identical way to a feature film,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;In that sense it is another reason why the UK needs to think quite a lot about capacity, both in terms of physical infrastructure and skills.&amp;quot; The development of greenbelt land has been met with opposition from local residents. However, Dunleavy insisted that the positives of the development far outweigh the negatives.  He forecasted financial benefits for the UK including the creation of 3,000 jobs and a \u00C2\u00A3150m-a-year boost to the economy.  Sam Mendes, who directed the latest Bond outing Skyfall, said that &amp;quot;Pinewood is the spiritual home of James Bond&amp;quot; but that tradition is not enough to keep the franchise at the studios.  &amp;quot;I am convinced of the need for Pinewood to keep on expanding to offer filmmakers the best facilities possible,&amp;quot; he said. All but two of the 23 James Bond films have been filmed at Pinewood Studios, the exceptions being Moonraker and License to Kill. Photo gallery - the evolution of James Bond through the last six decades:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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