Hackman Studios has signed its latest deal, the acquisition of Vancouver Film Studios (VFS), which hosted Deadpool, Flash, Yellowjackets among others, and related companies, Pacific Backlot and Signal Systems.

Financial details were not disclosed.

The property has 13 sound stages, construction factories and offices. Pacific Backlot Affiliate provides lighting, grip and other equipment. Signal Systems offers communication services.

“Vancouver Film Studios has been a core business of our family business for 25 years and we are confident that HCP will take what we have built to even greater heights. Their expertise in the motion picture industry combined with our outstanding team make them a ‘star cast’,” said Jason McLean, CEO of the McLean Group of Companies. VFS, whose clients include Disney, Warner Bros., 20th Century Studios, NBC Universal, Netflix, Apple and CBS, said it would continue to operate as an independent studio.

“In a growing global production market, Vancouver Film Studios has a rare generational legacy, and we are thrilled to be its next steward,” said Michael Hackman, Founder and CEO of Hackman Capital. “Not only is the facility purpose-built and state-of-the-art, but we inherit one of the best management teams in the business.” VFS has a strong environmental, social and governance program. Carbon neutral since 2008, it launched the Indigenous Filmmakers Fellowship in 2022.

Los Angeles-based Hackman Capital Partners has a portfolio of 19 production campuses, including development studios, representing 10 million square feet in North America, the UK and Ireland with over 145 active sound stages and more than 60 planned. Properties include The Culver Studios, Radford Studio Center, Television City Studios, MBS Media Campus, Raleigh Studios and Saticoy Studios in Los Angeles; Silvercup Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York; Second-line stages in New Orleans; Ardmore Studios and Troy Studios in Ireland; The Wharf London, Wardpark Studios, Cardington Studios and Pyramids Studios in the UK. In development – Eastbrook Studios London in the UK, Greystones Media Campus in Ireland and Basin Media Studios in Toronto.