Space Studios Manchester recently hosted the highly anticipated new mind-bending thriller Harlan Coben’s Lazarus, starring Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy and Alexandra Roach, for 33 weeks from December 2023 to June 2024.
Based on an original story idea and written by the New York Times best-selling author, Harlan Coben and local BAFTA-winner Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic, Ten Pound Poms), the six-part series debuted last night (22nd October) on Prime Video and is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Manchester’s Quay Street Productions and Final Twist Productions. Executive producers are Harlan Coben, Danny Brocklehurst, Nicola Shindler, Richard Fee and Sam Claflin. Wayne Che Yip directs episodes one and two as well as serving as executive producer. Matt Strevens also produces.
Production was based at Space Studios and utilised its production offices and workshops as well as building sets for the laboratory and library and main office. Screen Manchester supported production, working closely with the locations department during the whole shoot, securing multiple filming permits across Manchester.
Major Manchester locations used included the Langley Building in the Northern Quarter’s Hilton Street, George Leigh Street in Ancoats, the exterior of BIMM on Faulkner Street, Chinatown, the Southern Cemetery, the impressive exterior of the Gotham Hotel, Mayfield Park, the Rochdale Canal and popular NQ music venue The Peer Hat.
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Rob Page, MD, Space Studios, said: “Once again Manchester proves just how versatile it can be when finding the perfect places to help producers bring scripts to life.”
Nikki Leigh Rogers, studio co-ordinator at Space Studios Manchester, added: “It’s great to see these bigger builds coming into the studio and using not only our stages for large, double-storey sets, but also using our production offices and workshops. The sets for Lazarus have been some of my favourites. The attention to detail and skill used to create the haunting effects of the show, is testament to the crew in the north west.”
Space Studios Manchester opened in 2014 and is a purpose-built facility for feature film, HETV and commercials production. Located 10 minutes from Manchester city centre, the site features over 80,000 sq ft of production space across six sound stages, ranging from 9,000 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft, along with purpose designed dressing and make-up facilities, laundry, prop storage, workshops, on-site catering and extensive free parking.
Other major productions recently shot at Space include “House of Guinness” for Netflix and Kudos, AMC’s “Talamasca” and Paramount’s “A Gentleman in Moscow.”
