Spotlight: Warner Bros. Studios Brings Creative Expertise to Events

The world's busiest motion picture and television studio can double as your own private event venue. Picture this, your group surrounded by the hustle and bustle of a working studio. With three screening rooms, 13 historic backlot sets, a fine dining room, museums and a premier theater, they have the capacity for an intimate retreat for 20 guests or an extravaganza for 3,000.

Warner Bros. Studios Special Events is a full service event venue providing support for corporate meetings, trade shows, product launches, teambuilding activities, holiday parties, social and charity galas. The Special Events Department is your point team for coordinating all of the resources the studio has to offer. Regardless of how complex your event may be, from concept to cleanup they handle everything, keeping you in control every step of the way. With your personal event lead, you’ll enjoy unprecedented access to hundreds of professionals who call Warner Bros. Studios home. Let your event be their production!

Warner Bros. Studios is one of the most memorable motion picture and television production facilities in the world, dating back to the late 1920s. The headquarters is comprised of 110 acres in Burbank, CA, split between a 20-acre backlot and a front lot with 30 sound stages that have housed some of the iconic television series like The Big Bang Theory, Friends and ER.

With the birth of Looney Tunes in the 1930s, Warner Bros. cemented its legacy in the creative arts. For the past 100 years, they have developed into a television powerhouse and force at the box office that holds more records than any other studio. At the 2018 Academy Awards, Warner Bros. films were nominated 14 times, many for Dunkirk and Blade Runner 2049.

And now you can bring this success to your very own events.

Treat your guests with an outdoor event on one of the backlots which have been the exterior sets for classic films and TV shows such as Casablanca, Batman, Gilmore Girls, Friends and more. These street settings with facades can be perfect for a formal seated dinner or something more casual like a block party with food trucks.

Warner Bros. Studios offers three private screening rooms for your next event, with seating ranging from 49 to a state-of-the-art theater space that can hold up to 516. Each screening room can accommodate anything from a basic power point presentation to a high-tech, multi-media program or a full-scale Hollywood motion picture screening. All rooms feature a stage and podium, lighting and audio systems. The elegant Beaux Arts accents of Screening Room 5 also add a touch of history as this movie palace served as Jack L. Warner’s personal screening room.

The Archive Museum is currently showing DC Universe: The Exhibit, featuring the greatest Super Heroes and Super-Villains, and it’s one of the many stops on Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood. This interactive exhibit pays homage to the origins of DC Comics, including original comic booksfeaturing all seven Super Heroes of the Justice League. This space is perfect for a cocktail reception up to 200 guests.

The Picture Car Vault has been transformed into the BATCAVE. Now, you can see all the incredible Batmobiles used in the celebrated film series. This is a more intimate space to host dinner parties  of up to 100 people.

Stage 48: Script to Screen is an interactive soundstage that explores phases of the film and television production process. Entertain up to 300 guests and show them how Hollywood magic made.

From art direction and lighting to audio visual and special effects, Warner Bros. Studios can help you cultivate a unique branded environment. The studio is also home to one of Hollywood’s largest collections of props and set dressing. They can tap into these resources to complete any look or theme, all the while creating priceless photo ops.

The Studio Tour Hollywood is a great addition to bring your guests closer than ever to the legendary entertainment they know and love. View the real sets and soundstages where the greatest names in entertainment made history. Touch, tour and explore the iconic 110-acre backlot that brought Argo and Batman to the big screen. A lunch or dinner can be added to the three hour tour experience or you can add a modified tour to any event.

No matter which part of the lot you select for your event, Warner Bros.' talented chefs will come to you, an award-winning team that can create anything from sushi to shawarma. Add a seasonally-inspired cocktail to your reception or have the staff pair the perfect wine with your dinner to create an experience your guests will remember.

For more information or to book your next event at Warner Bros. Studios, visit their website.