The Jim Henson Firm’s studio lot in Los Angeles is NOT being bought to the Church of Scientology, TMZ has confirmed.
This is the deal … a report surfaced this week claiming the historic studio lot that served as a house for The Muppets was going to alter palms and find yourself with Scientology.
However in a press release issued Saturday … the property of the legendary puppeteer denied a sale was ever in place.
“With regard to latest rumors concerning the sale of the La Brea studio lot, the Henson household isn’t in any enterprise dealings with the Church of Scientology, and that group isn’t in consideration as a possible purchaser of the property,” the assertion learn partly.
“It’s nonetheless the household’s intention to maneuver The Jim Henson Firm to a brand new location it may well share with Jim Henson’s Creature Store, however right now the household isn’t in escrow with any purchaser,” per the property.
The well-known studio lot, initially inbuilt 1919, has additionally housed Charlie Chaplin Studios. The Henson household purchased it in 1999, and it is since served as HQ for the Jim Henson Firm.
The studio lot is simply off La Brea and Sundown Boulevard … so it is a piece of prime actual property.
Deadline was first to report the studio was not being bought to the Church of Scientology.
