Sky Studios is a production company founded by

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in June 2019 with assets from the now defunct

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. It develops, produces and funds original drama, comedy and documentary, and has investments in a number of production businesses in the UK and US:

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(wholly owned), Blast Films!, Sugar Films,

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, Chrysalis Vision, True to Nature, Longboat Pictures and The Lighthouse in the United Kingdom;

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, Talos Films, Znak & Co. and Catalina Content in the United States. As part of the launch of Sky Studios, the broadcaster also announced that they would double their spend on original productions to over $1.3 billion over the next five years. In September 2019, Sky Studios announced they were launching a US-arm called ''The Hive'', based in New York and Tennessee, utilising expertise from

. In December 2021, Sky Studios sold their minority stake in

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Sky Studios Elstree

In December 2019, Sky announced plans to develop Sky Studios Elstree. The facility is being built at Rowley Lane,

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, located close to the existing

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. The new studios are expected to open in 2022, and will provide production space for Sky's original content as well as film and TV productions from

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, which is owned by Sky's parent company

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. It is expected that the facility will have 14 stages, with the smallest being approximately . The site is also expected to house

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facilities and an on-site screening cinema.

Partnerships

Sky Studios has creative partnerships in place with a range of production companies including Merman TV (founded by

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and Clelia Mountford), Rangabee (founded by

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and Benjamin Green), The Apartment (part of

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and led by Lorenzo Mieli) and an

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with German filmmaker Philipp Leinemann.

Original productions

Upcoming

;Scripted series *''Impero'' (TBC) – for Sky Italia – with Èliseo Entertainment, Sky Italia ;Unscripted series *''Greenpeace Inside - Mission: Saving the Planet'' (2022) - for Sky Documentaries (UK) – with M.E. Works, Constantin Dokumentation, Sky UK ;Unscripted films

References

{{Sky Ltd Sky Group Companies based in the London Borough of Hounslow British companies established in 2019 Mass media companies established in 2019 Television production companies of the United Kingdom Mass media companies based in London 2019 establishments in England