Sky Studios
British production and distribution company
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Sky Studios is a production company founded by Sky in June 2019 with assets from the now defunct Sky Vision.[2] 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 (wholly owned), Blast Films!, Sugar Films, True North Productions, Chrysalis Vision, True to Nature, Longboat Pictures and The Lighthouse[3][4] in the United Kingdom; Jupiter Entertainment, Talos Films, Znak & Co. and Catalina Content[5] in the United States.[6]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Sky Vision |
| Founded | June 2019 |
| Headquarters | Grant Way, Osterley , England |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Cécile Frot-Coutaz (CEO)[1] |
| Parent | Sky Group |
| Subsidiaries | Blast! Films Jupiter Entertainment Longboat Pictures Love Productions Talos Films The Lighthouse Transistor Films True North Productions True to Nature Znak & Co. |
| Website | www |
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.[7][8]
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.[9][10] In December 2021, Sky Studios sold their minority stake in Bad Wolf to Sony Pictures Television.[11][12]
Sky Studios Elstree
In December 2019, Sky announced plans to develop Sky Studios Elstree.[13] The facility is being built at Rowley Lane, Borehamwood, located close to the existing Elstree Studios. The final sound stage to be completed was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in March 2023[14] and the completion of the whole project was celebrated with Pop Up Cinema screenings for local residents in October 2023.[15] The studio provides 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.[16]
The facility has 13 stages ranging from 10,000 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft.[17] The site also houses post-production facilities and an on-site screening cinema.[18]
Filmography
- Paddington in Peru (2024)
- Wicked (2024)
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
- Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
- Wicked: For Good (2025)
- Wuthering Heights (2026)
- Werwulf (2026)
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027)
Partnerships
Sky Studios has creative partnerships in place with a range of production companies including Merman TV[19] (founded by Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford), Rangabee[20] (founded by Romesh Ranganathan and Benjamin Green), The Apartment[21] (part of Fremantle and led by Lorenzo Mieli) and an overall deal with German filmmaker Philipp Leinemann.[22]
Original productions
| Year | Title | Original network(s) | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The New Pope | Sky Atlantic (Italy), HBO, Canal+ | with The Apartment, Wildside, Haut et Court TV, Mediapro, Sky Italia | [23] |
| ZeroZeroZero | Sky Atlantic (Italy), Canal+, Amazon Prime Video | with Cattleya, Bartleby Film, Sky Italia | ||
| Gangs of London | Sky Atlantic (UK), Cinemax/AMC | with Pulse Films, Sister, Sky UK | ||
| Devils | Sky Atlantic (Italy), OCS | with Lux Vide, Sky Italia, Orange Studio | [24] | |
| Das Boot (seasons 2–4) | Sky One (Germany) | with Bavaria Film, Sky Deutschland | [25][26] | |
| I Hate Suzie | Sky Atlantic (UK) | with Bad Wolf, Sky UK | ||
| Two Weeks to Live | Sky One (UK) | with Kudos, Sky UK | ||
| Petra | Sky Atlantic (Italy) (season 1), Sky Serie (Italy) (season 2) | with Cattleya, Bartleby Film, Sky Italia | ||
| The Third Day | HBO, Sky Atlantic (UK) | with Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk International, Sky UK | [27] | |
| We Are Who We Are | HBO, Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with The Apartment, Wildside, Small Forward, Sky Italia | ||
| Romulus | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with Cattleya, Groenlandia, Sky Italia | ||
| Hausen | Sky One (Germany) | with Lago Film, Sky Deutschland | ||
| 2021 | A Discovery of Witches (seasons 2–3) | Sky One (UK) (seasons 1–2), Sky Max (UK) (season 3) | with Bad Wolf, Sky UK | |
| Bloods | Sky Comedy | with Roughcut TV, Sky UK | [28] | |
| Speravo de morì prima | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with Wildside, Capri Entertainment, Fremantle, The New Life Company, Sky Italia | [29] | |
| Anna | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with Wildside, Arte France, The New Life Company, Sky Italia | ||
| Intergalactic | Sky One (UK) | with Moonage Pictures, Motion Content Group, Tiger Aspect, Sky UK | [30][28] | |
| Domina | Sky Atlantic (Italy), Sky Atlantic (UK), MGM+ | with Fifty Fathoms, Cattleya, Sky Italia | [31] | |
| Ich und die Anderen | Sky One (Germany) | with Superfilm Filmproduktions GmbH, Sky Deutschland | [32] | |
| Britannia (season 3) | Sky Atlantic (UK) | with Vertigo Films, Neal Street Productions, Sky UK | ||
| Brassic (season 3–) | Sky Max (UK) | with Calamity Films, Sky UK | [28] | |
| The Ibiza Affair | Sky Atlantic (Germany) | with W&B Television, Sky Deutschland | [33] | |
| Temple (season 2) | Sky Max (UK) | with Hera Pictures, Sky UK | [28] | |
| Gomorrah (season 5) | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with Cattleya, Sky Italia | [34] | |
| Landscapers | HBO, Sky Atlantic (UK) | with Sister, South of the River Pictures, Sky UK | ||
| A casa tutti bene - La serie | Sky Serie (Italy) | with Lotus Production, Sky Italia | ||
| 2022 | Christian | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with Lucky Red, Newen Connect, Sky Italia | |
| The Fear Index | Sky Atlantic (UK) | with Left Bank Pictures, Sky UK | ||
| The Rising | Sky Max (UK) | with Sky UK | ||
| Funeral for a Dog a.k.a. Paradiso | Sky One (Germany) | with Flare Entertainment, Sky Deutschland | [35] | |
| Il re | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with The Apartment, Wildside, Zocotoco, Sky Italia | ||
| The Baby | HBO, Sky Atlantic (UK) | with Sister, Proverbial Pictures, Sky UK | ||
| Blocco 181 | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with Red Joint Film, TapelessFilm, Sky Italia | [36] | |
| The Midwich Cuckoos | Sky Max (UK) | with Snowed-In Productions, DayOut Productions, Route 24, Sky UK | ||
| The Lazarus Project | Sky Max (UK) | with Urban Myth Films, Sky UK | ||
| 2025 | The Art of Joy | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with HT Film | |
| 2026 | Gomorrah: The Origins | Sky Atlantic (Italy) | with Cattleya, BETA, Sky Italia, | [37] |
| Year | Title | Original network(s) | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie | Sky Crime (UK) | with Hell's Kitchen, Dare Films, Sky UK | [38] |
| Shark with Steve Backshall | Sky Nature (UK) | with True to Nature, Sky UK | [39][28] |
| Year | Title | Original network(s) | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie | Sky Documentaries (UK) | with Associated Rediffusion Productions, Sky UK | [39] |
| Bruno v Tyson | Sky Documentaries (UK) | with Workerbee, Sky UK | [39][28] | |
| Hawking: Can You Hear Me? | Sky Documentaries (UK) | with Atlantic Productions, Sky UK | [39] |
Upcoming
- Scripted series
- Impero (TBC) – for Sky Italia – with Èliseo Entertainment, Sky Italia[40]
- Unscripted series
- Greenpeace Inside - Mission: Saving the Planet (2022) - for Sky Documentaries (UK) – with M.E. Works, Constantin Dokumentation, Sky UK[41]
- Unscripted films