Overview
- Orbital Studios announced Monday that it has relocated its headquarters and multiple LED walls from the L.A. Arts District to the Television City lot on Beverly Boulevard.
- The company has established an on-site virtual production and research and development lab that will make LED-volume, real-time imaging, and virtual backdrops available to productions shooting at the lot.
- Orbital is already using the new Television City facilities on FX’s The Drop: A Snowfall Saga and brings credits such as History’s World War II with Tom Hanks and Netflix’s Nemesis to its new base.
- Television City, owned by Hackman Capital Partners, has been repositioning the 73-year-old lot to attract new business after opening stages to influencers in 2025 and is pursuing a planned expansion that is being challenged in court by Rick Caruso.
- The move could reduce location travel and help keep crew jobs and production spending in Los Angeles, though the lot’s broader expansion and long-term impact will depend on the outcome of the pending legal challenge.