After the Henson's put the lot up for sale, a rumor circulated that the Church of Scientology had purchased the historic studio.
A Henson spokesperson said at the time "In regards to recent rumors about the sale of the La Brea studio lot, the Henson family is not in any business dealings with the Church of Scientology, and that organization is not in consideration as a potential buyer of the property. It is still the family’s intention to move The Jim Henson Company to a new location it can share with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, but at this time the family is not in escrow with any buyer.”
However, now it looks like there is a buyer and it's Grammy-winning singer, Mayer, who has offices at the Jim Henson lot and filmmaker McG, known for the Drew Barrymore-Cameron Diaz-Lucy Liu Charlie’s Angels movies and many more action-centric films.
The studio has along history and a variety of owners. Originally built by Charlie Chaplin who sold it 1952 to a real estate development firm that rented it for productions like George Reeves’ Adventures of Superman. Red Skelton purchased the lot in 1960, and by 1966, it was in the home of A&M Records.
The Henson Company plans to rent the space until they find a new home big enough to hold their production company and Creature Shop in one facility.
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