UK production company Future Artists Entertainment (FAE) is partnering with studios network Versa Studios on a production hub at Versa Leeds Studios.
The Leeds site, which opened in 2020, will now house additional post-production and VFX services, as well as outreach and educational programmes, through the partnership with FAE.
FAE will work with Versa on promotion of the studios; and will look to welcome other production companies and projects alongside FAE’s own productions.
Versa Studios Leeds has four already-operational sound stages ranging from 10,000 sq. ft to 27,000 sq ft.
FAE has produced 14 films since its foundation in 2019 by Matt Williams and Martin Owen. Titles include Netflix’s Bank Of Dave, Sky Original’s Pokerface with Russell Crowe, Last Train To Christmas starring Michael Sheen and Welsh true story Save The Cinema with Samantha Morton. The full slate has generated over $150m of production spend; with the company recently wrapping Lionsgate survival thriller Above The Below starring Idris Elba.
The company has also shot three films in Leeds, including…