Sky Studios


Sky Studios is a production company founded by Sky in June 2019 with assets from the now defunct Sky Vision. It develops, produces and funds original drama, comedy and documentary, and has investments in a number of production businesses in the UK and US: Love Productions, Blast Films!, Sugar Films, True North Productions, Chrysalis Vision, True to Nature, Longboat Pictures and The Lighthouse in the United Kingdom; Jupiter Entertainment, 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 Jupiter Entertainment.

Sky Studios Elstree

In December 2019, Sky announced plans to develop Sky Studios Elstree. The facility will be built at Rowley Lane, located close to the existing Elstree Studios. 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 NBCUniversal, which is owned by Sky's parent company Comcast.
It is expected that the facility will have 14 stages, with the smallest being approximately. The site is also expected to house post-production facilities and an on-site screening cinema.

Partnerships

Sky Studios has creative partnerships in place with a range of production companies including Merman TV, Rangabee, The Apartment and an overall deal with German filmmaker Philipp Leinemann.

Original productions

Upcoming