Imani Studio, a production label founded The lease agreement will be for a 10-year term starting September 1st, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Halley’s team plans to utilize the complex as their home base, with plans to produce various projects such as the mockumentary series Lot Patrol, which is currently in development at BET. The production label's primary focus is on supporting Black ownership and entrepreneurship across the entertainment industry. For related coverage, explore our detailed analysis on Technology and Digital Systems.

Quixote Sheds Studio Details and Timeline

The facility has previously hosted shoots for notable productions such as MTV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, A24’s MaXXXine, Apple TV+’s Physical, and Netflix’s Atlas. However, with a spending pullback from Hollywood studios after 2023, many soundstages in Los Angeles became unused due to low occupancy rates.

Local officials are working to help producers cut red tape and keep production in the city. The California film commission director, Colleen Bell, emphasized the importance of maintaining production infrastructure to support film and television production, creating good-paying jobs, and sustaining the entertainment economy.

“Facilities like this help keep productions here, sustain good-paying jobs, and support the thousands of businesses and workers that make up our entertainment economy.”

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Quixote Sheds Studio Next Steps and Impact

“With Imani Studio, we have an opportunity to build on an experienced team, invest in the facility and create a production environment that serves filmmakers, producers and productions at the highest level,” Halley added, “Production must stay in California and we’re committed to creating a home for great work.”

As film and TV studio services giant Quixote cuts down its exposure to empty soundstages, the lease at one of its vacated locations has been taken over with plans to make it a home base for a production label.

Producer Manny Halley has inked an agreement with Quixote to take over its 125,000-square-foot Montague Street location in Pacoima, about an hour-ish drive north from downtown Los Angeles. Halley’s team plans to use the complex, which has four soundstages across six acres, as the base of his Imani Studio.

A rep for Halley tells The Hollywood Reporter that the company’s takeover deal will be a 10-year lease term starting Sept. 1, followed The property is owned In May, Halley’s production label got a greenlight from BET to produce a new mockumentary series titled Lot Patrol, which takes place on “the chaotic backlot of a major Hollywood studio,” and appears to be a fit for the type of space at the former Quixote location.

Brian Rikuda, evp at BET, added of the lease takeover: “Supporting Black ownership and entrepreneurship across the entertainment industry remains deeply important to BET. As Manny Halley expands Imani Studios into a 125,000-square-foot production home, we’re proud to continue our partnership.” His prior credits include three movies based on the True to the Game novel Halley plans to produce Lot Patrol, a True to the Game series and animated series Dribble 2 Much at the location, his rep says.