Hollywood's On Fire!
Filed under: Etc.
Universal Studios is ablaze!
A big fire broke out early Sunday morning in the backlot and destroyed the iconic courthouse square set from Back to the Future, the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels.
Almost 300 fire fighters worked to extinguish the flames.
A commercial shoot was going on in the backlot when the fire broke out.
The fire is under investigation.
Thankfully, no one was seriously injured!
[Photo via Getty Images.]
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OMG that's fucked!!… i love back to the future!!
… lets hope it was electrical and not some crazy pissed ex-employee!!
first!
dam not first, o well! thats fucked like elisa said… hope the sets and videos didnt ruin!!
holy pollution.
I love that place!! love u too Perezito!!
Wow
Holy shit
Wow!
The worst part is that it absolutely reeks all throughout the valley from the burning plastic and film. I can't believe how strong the smell is, and I'm about 20 minutes down the freeway from the actual studios. Sad
I'M REALLY SAD!!!
OMG tHATS HORRIBLE
Wow that SUCKS. The 'Back to the Future' set especially.
that's so crazy!
Karma, Sharon Stone????? lol
Perez, I love you. But if you're going to report on something, do it sooner, because this has been all over the internet all day.
when stunts go wrong …
oh my godd
noooo
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NO! Not Hill Valley! Someone: Save The Clock Tower! I'm glad to know that no one was hurt.
I bet Sharon Stone sayd that this fire is "Karma" for closing down the Back to the Future ride!
(from a massive bttf fan!)
oh shit.
that suckssss.
how sad
Maybe Heidi from the hills will head over and check it out and get fried up as well. Actually most of those pricks in Hollywood
but read this already on TMZ
besides that i hope no one is injured!
I live in Sherman Oaks, close to this.. I had no idea what the smell was when I walked to my car this morning- the smell of sparklers mixed with a horrrrrible stentch of burning plastic. until I read this.
This is really sad…
Let it all burn down!!!!!!!!!!!
oh oh, run for the grassy knoll
Maybe they should outsource to China, like the rest of the country! It doesn't matter whether you make sucky movies in US or somewhere else
as of 12.45 pm..
a friend of ours works t universal studios and said they brought in a bomb squad thinking it might be a bomb that was placed.. interesting since the vmas were tonight at universal studios.
any connections ya think!?
makes me sad.
that's basically history burning down : [
hey retard hollywood is not in flordia.
Well, Perez/Mario, I give in. And I give up. You've blocked five of my posts (pro-Lydia, con-Paris), so it's clear you've had either a lawsuit of some sort, or you are carefully censoring for other reasons.
This site used to be a release, and fun. But advertising "get your avatar" and then censoring them, approval time 48 hours plus, registering, the misspelled "Loggin In", and logging out shit, profiles, email, following links, six letter-maximum…is just way too much trouble. The spell and passion is over, by the time one gets through all the fucking red tape.
Hope your number of "hits" will rebound to what were previous records. But I seriously doubt it. This site, your cash cow, has been critically wounded.
no! back to the future is my favorite movie! and i don't remember the set from when i visited it when i was, like, 7. boooo.
Didn't this same thing happen about 18 years ago?
How sad…
Um, Universal isn't in Hollywood idiot.
OH NO PEREZ!!! WE WERE JUST
ABOUT TO GO ON MONDAY
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN MY
PLANS OUR Ruined FOR REALZ
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Universal Studios is in Universal City - not Hollywood.
i am so heartbroken at the idea of no more king kong =( best part. he's so cute and fuzzy. tear. ='(
yeah and 400,000 movie and tv reels were lost as well, but there were copies elsewhere on the lot thankfully.
oh no
btw your whole little log in shiz is gay as f*ck
thats weird. peninsula high school from palos verdes had their prom there last night
this is just devistating, a lot of movie history is now lost
( hopefully they can rebuid some how.
wow that sucks really bad
I always figured that if they were going to keep film locked up together, they'd be in a fire proof vault that insured it's safety. That's a lot of film! I'm hoping nothing was lost forever! Hopefully these are films that were digitally stored somewhere or maybe made onto DVD already. Guess we'll find out more soon. That's really unfortunate.
SHIT! thats where gost whisperer is set. They use the street of back to the future on ghost whisperer…. J.love is gonna be pissed.
xxx
Ang Lee did it! He's pissed that they did not hire him back for the new Hulk movie.
i am really sad about that BTTF is like one of my fave movies ever.
I know.. I saw it from my house at 6am this morning when I walked my dog. I can't stand to be outside for one second because it's horribly stinky outside right now.. it's killing me!
I figured this was going to happen. Universal has plans to tear down the backlot and build CONDOS. So the breeders can keep overpopulating Los Angeles and have a place to live and L.A. as USUAL forgets all about it's history and what put it on the map. Universal was fighting the city and zoning and also the neighbors around the backlot. A would've fixed all that wouldn't it?? How pathetic Universal.. just like the rest of L.A…. throwing away it's history all for a measly BUCK. Maybe people should clamp their legs shut and STOP having kid after kid, so they wouldn't need endless housing. Although I am sure these condos will go to the snotty rich of L.A.
Re: lila – hey idiot… there is a hollywood florida… but in case you didn't know there are two universal studios. and the one where they shoot the movies is in cali. you're stupid!
Re: Nuni – Fuck you hater.
JEWISH LIGHTNING !!!
… just sayin.
I seriously doubt that the fire was severe enough to call for 300 firefighters to extinguish it, they probably made it their top priority just because it was a movie set. What a waste of our taxpayers' dollars!
You can smell it all through the Valley.
Hopefully City Walk will burn down and I won't have to got work tomorrow.
=D
just kidding.
No way! I can't believe those things got destroyed, especially the 'Back to the Future' set. It's most definitely an iconic set. That's such a bummer.
It was a Pepsi commercial that was filming on the backlot. I saw them filming yesterday. It's quite possible some negligence from that set caused the fire.
THAT SUCKS! You can rebuild sets, but you can't replace old reels. i'm going to mourn a bit.
thankfully? thankfully no one was seriously injured? those movies in a few years could be close priceless. I smell something fishy and its not crotch. It's this "investigation". Some one would only want to ruin some classics. Better check out Disney incorporations i think their getting less sells. My only advice is to universal studios: better get some theme parks, if all your movies are getting set on fire!
To see this truly saddens me. I've been going to this theme park since I was a baby I love Universal Studios and It has always been a place my family have shared wonderful memories.
50 cents set this shit!
…Where's fiddy?
I saw the "Back to the Future" and "King Kong" parts of the studios when I was little…such a fun time…so sad this happened.
omg this so scary!
how could they let this happen!
It sucks, I pass by the general direction and there was a pile of smoke, it looked freaky.
Wait isn't the "Back To The Future" set the same set that the show "Ghost Whisper" films on????????
Does anyone know if the Psycho house & motel burned down? I heard it on a news report this morning but can't find anything about it on the news sites. I hope not.
Did the Pshycho house & motel really burn down? I heard a news report on TV this morning, but can't find the same info on any news sites. I hope not.
wow u r really full of ur self huh? and i really dont understand why some one as fat/ugly/stupid as u could be so full of themselves…
U need to realize, yeah every one loves perez (THE SITE) and ur just a retard who thinks ppl actually like you.. sooorrrry no one does…
stopp TRYING to diss other ppl, because ur Z-list buddy and way easier to make fun of. U should take a look in the mirror and write about that.. now THAT WOULD BE FUNNY cause ur damnnnn ugly..
honestly ur video reminds me of TINA! haha like u make fun of her and yet u r doing the same retarded shit but worse! there must be something wrong with u.. maybe u have tina disease (u think it's okay to make these kind of videos because u think ppl like it.. no ur retarded)
It really sucks
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Back to the Future set ruined! This is a sad, sad day.
There was NO video or commercial shoot taking place. It was arson. Why would they be shooting a commercial at five in the morning?
Also, it didn't destroy any reels, only videos, thankfully.
As well as the back to the future lot being destroyed, the "New York Street" is no more.
It's very sad. These sets, and streets were history. They were sets from many, many movies. We will never see them again.
Re: Barbie – stop posting stuff about Hillary shes basically lost any way shes to stubborn to just back down plus this is not a campaign site
I don't understand why people need to set fires…hopefully this wasn't intentional, but if it was I hope the arsonist gets what he deserves. People who set fires, so way more damage than they intended too
It's my fault. I tossed a joint in a pile of trash when the security guard walked towards me. I ran and hid near a film vault. When he left, I snagged several reels of old time porn. One shows Heddy Lemar flashing her beaver in the woods. Must be at least 80 years old.
OMG I AM HERE RIGHT NOW , AND WE WERE AT UNIVERSAL ON SUNDAY ..
IT WAS SCARY .
THERE WAS THIS HOT FIREFIGHTER THOUGH
You don't piss off the NY mob, you give them what they want or else this happens, just a warning this time.
The video vault burned down? Who were the stewards of these movies to place them in a structure that would burn up like that? I SMELL A BIG INSURANCE CLAIM A BREWIN'. Isn't this studio having some cash problems? If it is, than this fire is a nice convenience.
I'm so depressed…Back to the Future is my favorite movie….
THIS IS SOOO SAD…BACK TO THE FUTURE IS THE BEST!! THEY SAID THAT THE COURTYARD WAS DESTROYED BUT THE CLOCK TOWER WAS ONLY DAMAGED SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN SAVE OR RESTORE IT!!!
#1 BACK 2 THE FUTURE FAN!!!!
Yeah, loved it when I came out of target and my eyes started burning from the smoke
the real The 'Back to the Future' set burned down in 1990. google it. they rebuilt.
not that old chestnut maybe if they did decent movies they wouldn't have to resort to but your honour i was at a school reading to them your honour it wasn't me sorry that's the weeds oops the bushes line.
there's is oh goodie check for insurance.
back to the future sucked the story at the end completely pissed on time travel. & that last mission impossible what the fack was that. i'm still searching for that plot. was it ever there no. clearly.
new blood is needed in all top sections.
if anybody is stupid enough to even try & bring on that homo arnie in politics or movies i will shape shift & haunt. yes yes i will. see i even give my will to it.
for the last 5 years i've seen the same old tired faces rehashed. well if everything is so messy & banal why would i want to keep seeing their reptile faces. if i was bored 5 years ago well now i'm just too factual for the strongest of scales.
studios be careful. you are in lots of debts. why the fack should i give you my ten dollors you bored me yesteryear now i'd rather go on the internet.
oh yeah i have rang the science mob for over a year. daddy tomkat has been done look at when that best friend of him joined the church then you will pinpoint the change.
a yr & half tom a facking yr & a half.
tell craig peterson from 3 arts he can kiss my butt case closed trigger some-one else you ugly fack.
ask me about edward then bella then try & trigger me. you stupid old snot.
isn't that the set where they film the tv series Ghost Whisperer?
it's a good excuse to suddenly cancel the show
and thank god it wasn't the Desperate Housewives set
Gosh! I sure hope they get it all fixed up and spiffy by the time I move to LA!
omg that's awful
dude, that is fucked up with the video archive, hope they got backups elsewhere.
The Back to the Future set is as dead as Christopher Lloyd now.
I read somewhere that Universal - like all other film studios - keep their films in salt mines since the humidity and temps are perfect. Nitrate film stock turns into dust if they're kept in undesirable conditions. The vault that burned only stored copies of their TV shows and movies, and are not the originals. Thanks to this being the digital age of copying and restoring, the Universal film library will live on for ages.
Hollywood is flaming? I'm shocked, SHOCKED!
Whats next, Broadway? Too late!
sharon stone believes its karma too
Re: john – LOL… well, she would.
I've worked on the back lot alot. One of a kind film of true value should not have been harmed. Still sad. Those where the original sets. Back to the Future, The Sting and on and on. Those are gone. Thats sad.
King Kong could have used an upgrade though…
can u spell insurance settlement?
Did this happen in California or Orlando? Cause I know there were two "Forrest" Fires this weekend in Orlando that burned down The Mummy Ride and a few others…If this happened in both Cali and Orlando….then I say ATTACK ON UNIVERSAL!!!!!
oh no… i hope they had the films backed up digitally. sooo sad to lose the original footage. the sets are a shame, too…but the reels are the real shame. *cry
i love that ride it mess up i am ssssssssssssssssssssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo mad
Where was Aretha Franklin and her son?
That really sucks!! and how come I havent seen this on the news.