DID YOU KNOW: Disney Hollywood Studios was originally named Disney-MGM Studios. In its original conception, Disney-MGM Studios was to operate not only as a theme park, but also as a fully functioning television and movie production studio. Several feature films, including the lightweight comedy Ernest Saves Christmas (1988), were produced there before its opening as a theme park. This caused trouble with MGM, who filed suit against Disney in 1988 alleging that using the park as a working production studio violated the terms of their contract. Disney later countersued, and the case was settled in 1992. However in 2008 Disney decided to change the name to Disney Hollywood Studios; clearly intended to reinforce the openly symbiotic relationship between the theme park and the movie capital of the world. (Source: history)
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