Sky Studios

For Sky's headquarters, see Sky Campus.

Not to be confused with Blue Sky Studios.

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]

Sky Studios

Company type	Subsidiary
Predecessor	Sky Vision
Founded	June 2019; 6 years ago (2019-06)
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.skygroup.sky/skystudios

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

Exterior of a Sky Studios Elstree building

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 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.^[14]

It is expected that the facility will have 14 stages, with the smallest being approximately 1,800 m² (19,000 sq ft).^[15] The site is also expected to house post-production facilities and an on-site screening cinema.^[16]

Filmography

• Paddington in Peru (2024)
• Wicked (2024)
• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
• Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
• Wicked: For Good (2025)

Partnerships

Sky Studios has creative partnerships in place with a range of production companies including Merman TV^[17] (founded by Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford), Rangabee^[18] (founded by Romesh Ranganathan and Benjamin Green), The Apartment^[19] (part of Fremantle and led by Lorenzo Mieli) and an overall deal with German filmmaker Philipp Leinemann.^[20]

Original productions

Scripted series

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	[21]
	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 Pictures, Sky UK
	Devils	Sky Atlantic (Italy), OCS	with Lux Vide, Sky Italia, Orange Studio	[22]
	Das Boot (seasons 2–4)	Sky One (Germany)	with Bavaria Film, Sky Deutschland	[23][24]
	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	[25]
	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	[26]
	Speravo de morì prima	Sky Atlantic (Italy)	with Wildside, Capri Entertainment, Fremantle, The New Life Company, Sky Italia	[27]
	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	[28][26]
	Domina	Sky Atlantic (Italy), Sky Atlantic (UK), MGM+	with Fifty Fathoms, Cattleya, Sky Italia	[29]
	Ich und die Anderen	Sky One (Germany)	with Superfilm Filmproduktions GmbH, Sky Deutschland	[30]
	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	[26]
	The Ibiza Affair	Sky Atlantic (Germany)	with W&B Television, Sky Deutschland	[31]
	Temple (season 2)	Sky Max (UK)	with Hera Pictures, Sky UK	[26]
	Gomorrah (season 5)	Sky Atlantic (Italy)	with Cattleya, Sky Italia	[32]
	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	[33]
	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	[34]
	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 Pitt	Max	with R. Scott Gemmill Productions, John Wells Productions, Warner Bros. Television
	The Art of Joy	Sky Atlantic (Italy)	with HT Film

Unscripted series

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	[35]
	Shark with Steve Backshall	Sky Nature (UK)	with True to Nature, Sky UK	[36][26]

Unscripted films

Year	Title	Original network(s)	Notes	Refs.
2021	Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie	Sky Documentaries (UK)	with Associated Rediffusion Productions, Sky UK	[36]
	Bruno v Tyson	Sky Documentaries (UK)	with Workerbee, Sky UK	[36][26]
	Hawking: Can You Hear Me?	Sky Documentaries (UK)	with Atlantic Productions, Sky UK	[36]

Upcoming

Scripted series

• Impero (TBC) – for Sky Italia – with Èliseo Entertainment, Sky Italia^[37]

Unscripted series

• Greenpeace Inside - Mission: Saving the Planet (2022) - for Sky Documentaries (UK) – with M.E. Works, Constantin Dokumentation, Sky UK^[38]

Unscripted films