Pioneering virtual production since 2007
The Production Studios for
One Scene or a Full Series Unreal Engine TV & Film Studio Rental in Burbank & Albuquerque
Talk shows, game shows, features and commercials at two turnkey studios in Burbank and Albuquerque. Change the whole location between takes, and watch the finished shot on the monitor as you film.
818-934-3775 · Burbank
818-861-7317 · Albuquerque
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What's made at our studios
Every kind of production, two incredible studios
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Awards shows, reunion specials and true-crime recreations shoot here too. See everything else produced at our studios →
Two Locations
Burbank and Albuquerque. The same patented technology, with a 30% film credit in New Mexico.
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L.A. Castle Studios: Burbank
154 S. Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502
The Media Capital of the World.
Our flagship studio, where we've been pioneering virtual production services in Los Angeles since 2007. Everything you'll need is here and ready: a multi-camera Unreal Engine pipeline, 250+ virtual sets, an optional crew with 25+ years of network TV experience, and a giant LED video village where your whole team watches the finished shot as you film. We're across from Nickelodeon and minutes from Warner Bros., Disney and Burbank airport. No construction, no waiting. This is film studio rental in Los Angeles with your set already standing.
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ABQ Castle Studios: Albuquerque
8610 President Pl NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113
Our film studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico runs the same CastleVision method, covered by two U.S. patents, and adds New Mexico's 30% refundable film tax credit. It is one of the largest virtual production stages in the world, with the full set library and NM-based crew and local department heads on call. KOAT featured the studio in its Oscars-night coverage.
Productions That Have Trusted Us
The networks shoot here. The streamers shoot here. The studios shoot here.
Featured in:
- Aquaman 2 (Warner Bros.)
- Greenland (HBO)
- The Mummy (Universal, Tom Cruise)
- Bosch (Amazon)
- Inventing Anna (Netflix #1 series)
- Deadliest Catch (Discovery)
- BET Awards (BET/CBS)
- American Valor Awards (ABC)
- American Humane Hero Dog Awards (Hallmark)
- Bookmarks (Netflix): produced on stage
- Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove
- Discontinued with Bruce Campbell
- Graduate Together: America Honors the Class of 2020
Plus national commercial credits including T-Mobile, Amazon, Sonic, 7-Eleven, Domino's, NBA 2K (Shaq).
Shot on our stages
Music, film and national brands, all made here.
Real productions, real clients. Hover or tap any tile to play it with sound.
Why producers choose us
The finished shot is on the monitor while you film.
Your location is a photoreal virtual set that appears around your talent, live and in camera, on our virtual production stages in Burbank and Albuquerque. Nothing is added in post, and you can swap locations between takes.
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Pioneered in 2007, now patented.
The first virtual production studio in Los Angeles. Two U.S. patents cover the method and the CastleVision system that runs it.
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The operator is included.
A virtual system operator runs the pipeline on every booking. You never hire a systems team.
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Two studios, one method.
Burbank, in the Media Capital of the World. Albuquerque, one of the largest virtual production stages in the world, with a 30% refundable film credit.
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250+ sets, ready the day you arrive.
Pick the rooms and they load in seconds. Need one that is not there yet? We build it. Browse the Set Library →
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Founder-led. We answer the phone.
Independent and family-operated. Tours and live CastleVision demos by appointment at either studio. Book a tour →
Patented · CastleVision
Real locations. Real movement. Total control.
CastleVision is our U.S.-patented method for filming a real place and bringing it onto our stage. It is one of our two U.S. patents; the other covers filming with a video game engine. Instead of building a digital copy of a location, we capture the real one, with its real light and movement, and actors perform inside it while the camera sees the finished shot live. Our studios shoot on green screen, not in front of an LED volume, and every camera gets its own render. That makes them an LED volume alternative for multi-camera work: cameras moving in different directions can all show the same space, which an LED wall cannot do.
Leading the Future of Virtual Production
Five technologies. Two studios.
We lead the field in every virtual production technology that matters. And we run it in production on our Burbank and Albuquerque stages, not in a lab.
Unreal Engine
The video game engine that draws our virtual sets in real time. We have run it on a live stage since 2007, with a U.S.-patented method.
Inside the Unreal Engine studio
Virtual Sets
250+ ready-made locations, from newsrooms to city streets, that load on the stage in seconds.
Browse the library
CastleVision
Our patented way to film a real place and bring it onto the stage with its real light and movement.
How CastleVision works
CastleVision 3D
Real places scanned into photoreal 3D sets the camera can move through, using a technique called Gaussian Splatting.
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AI Integration
Optional, never required. AI can help build the world; people still tell the story.
Where AI fitsAny location, already built
Every scene your script needs, ready at both studios.
A courtroom, an airport, the Oval Office, a talk show desk: 250+ photoreal virtual sets load in seconds at either studio, so one shoot day can hold every scene. We add new ones every week.
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Christmas Cabin
Shoot any location without leaving the studio
Any location. Real or imagined.
Our studios use virtual sets, photoreal locations that appear around your talent live, in camera, on a virtual production stage. 250+ are ready to load, from newsrooms and courtrooms to restaurants and hotel lobbies. If your scene needs a place that is not among them, our artists build it. If it needs a real place, we capture it with CastleVision, our patented method, and bring it onto the stage with its real light and movement. Your crew never leaves the stage.
For example, a restaurant
A commercial needs a restaurant, and the real one would have to close for the day. Instead we rebuild it as a virtual set, working from photographs or a visit, and shoot it on our stage. Walls that block the camera come out, the window faces the light, and the restaurant stays open.
The same goes for a bank, a store, a showroom or an office. Send us photographs or an address and we take it from there.
New Mexico Film Incentives
Film in New Mexico. Save hundreds of thousands, even millions.
Take advantage of generous incentives by filming in New Mexico. Our Albuquerque studio is a Qualified Production Facility, so qualified spend like cast, crew and post earns the state's 30% refundable credit, and investor-backed financing is available for select productions. Between them, a production can save hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars.
Production financing is available for a limited number of qualifying productions. We co-invest selectively, in projects we choose to back after reviewing the script, budget, and team, so it is offered at our sole discretion and is not guaranteed. Any scenario we describe is illustrative, not an offer, a commitment, or financial advice. Bring your script and we'll see whether your production qualifies.
Also for rent · Limited availability
Production offices for rent in Burbank.
Private, furnished production offices on flexible month-to-month terms at our Burbank facility on S. Victory Blvd. Across from Nickelodeon, minutes from Warner Bros., Disney, and Universal. Built for production teams, not insurance brokers.
From the Stage
Studio News.
What we're building, what's shooting here, and what we're learning. Notes from the people doing virtual production every day.
Ready to see it in action?
Schedule a studio tour and CastleVision demo. We'll walk you through the technology, the workflow, and what your production would look like on our stage. By appointment, any time.
Or call 818-934-3775 (Burbank) · 818-861-7317 (Albuquerque)