Numerous films and TV shows have been made at the production facility , including the 2006 movie '' Fur '' starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. , the 2005 film '' The Producers '' starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane and Uma Thurman , as well as '' Spider-Man , '' '' Sex and the City '' , and '' Boardwalk Empire '' . The Steiner Studios site is 15 acres , according to several reports . The site has been expanded numerous times to include a parking lot with 1000 spots and five massive interconnected state-of-the-art soundstages . Development was beset by obstacles such as the September 11 attacks in 2001 as well as cutbacks in a tax-credit program by New York State in 2009 . He helped bring in Wegmans supermarkets to the Brooklyn Navy Yard project . In addition , he led efforts to bring academic programs focused on media to the city ; for example , he worked with Carnegie Mellon to offer an " integrated media program " consisting of an academic program focused on the arts and technology , in conjunction with Steiner Studios ; and he has worked with the City University of New York to have its Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema located at Steiner Studios
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Douglas C. Steiner