Sky Unveils ‘I Hate Suzie’ Season Two & ‘Tattooist Of Auschwitz’ Adaptation, Confirms ‘Wicked’ Will Film At Sky Studios Elstree
deadline.comSky has unveiled a second series of I Hate Suzie and an adaptation of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, while confirming Universal Pictures’ Wicked will be one of the first projects to be filmed at Elstree Studios, relocating from the U.S.The Comcast-owned outfit is to present the news at a glitzy London event taking place this evening, led by the announcements about Wicked, the new TV dramas, and comedies featuring Sheridan Smith, Katherine Ryan and Suranne Jones.Sky is upping its original commissioning by 60% to 200 shows this year, revealed by CEO Dana Strong last week.Meanwhile, a host of Sky Original films including Letitia Wright-starring Aisha, Colin Farrell’s After Yang, political thriller The Independent (Brian Cox, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Cena, Ann Dowd) and Liam Hemsworth/Russell Crowe-featuring Poker Face are all coming to the UK platform, according to Sky.Sky Studios Elstree, the brand spanking new studio that Sky says will generate £3BN ($3.7BN) of production investment over five years, is to host Comcast stablemate Universal Pictures’ Wicked from Crazy Rich Asians writer Jon M.
Chu, a feature that has been almost 20 years in the making in some form. The move comes as studio space springs up everywhere in the UK and Sky sees Elstree as a key way in which it can compete with the biggest streaming services and local broadcasters.Also revealed tonight will be Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s I Hate Suzie returning for a second season, titled I Hate Suzie Too, along with another series of COBRA: Rebellion starring Robert Carlyle and an adaptation of Heather Morris’ bestselling novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz.In the former, Suzie, played by Piper, has a new agent, new PR and a new job – dancing for likes on reality
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