Martini Film Studios, operator of a giant studio complex outside Vancouver, has taken a majority stake in Lighthouse Pictures, a genre film and TV production banner led by Jamie Goehring and Shawn Williamson.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the transaction will see Lighthouse Pictures’ current management and production teams remain at the company.
“Over recent years, I have witnessed the great reputation and success that Jamie and Shawn have built with Lighthouse Pictures and the quality of their work. We have had the pleasure of working closely with their teams, hosting many of their productions at our production facilities and backlot,” Gemma Martini, CEO of Martini Film Studios, said in a statement.
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Martini Film Studios has Netflix as an anchor tenant at its suburban Vancouver facility in Langley, British Columbia via a lease agreement renewed for another five years in 2022, and has Warner Bros. ITV, CBS and indie producers also shooting on its soundstages.
The studio operator in 2021 launched Martini Entertainment Group to produce originals in the lifestyle, factual, docuseries, kids and family and comedy content spaces. The deal with Lighthouse Pictures will get Martini Film Studios deeper into the genre film and TV sectors as Goehring and Williamson continue producing projects locally for Hallmark, A&E/ Lifetime, Marvista, Netflix, Disney, Sony, GAF and CBS/ Viacom, among others.
Lighthouse Pictures’ credits include Casey Affleck’s Every Breath You Take, Three Wise Men and a Baby for Hallmark; Nebraska writer Bob Nelson’s directorial debut, The Confirmation, starring Clive Owen, Maria Bello, Patton Oswalt and Matthew Modine; and Netflix’s 1922, a film based on Stephen King’s novella that starred Thomas Jane, Molly Parker and Neal McDonough.
