Film Producers to Notify Unions of Positive COVID-19 Results On-Set

Shy of two weeks after revealing a positive COVID-19 test, Ellen DeGeneres was pictured with her face mask off while standing in an outdoor parking lot. The talk show host was instead wearing her face mask around her neck as she spoke on her cellphone over the weekend, holding it close to her mouth.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has pushed the pause button on The Gray Man while the picture is in pre-production, out of Covid concerns. I’ve heard that while sets are being built in Long Beach, there were a few positive tests as Netflix goes through rigorous protocols, though insiders deny this was the reason for the push.

Filming on the Fox ballet-themed dramedy pilot The Big Leap was suspended two days ago following confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in Zone A, which includes the cast as well as crew members who interact with the actors.

Mythic Quest” two weeks ago, show creator and star Rob McElhenney sent a message to the staff.“For as alarming as this sounds, we have been expecting this for weeks,” he wrote. “The numbers in the county are spiking and consequently our numbers are doing the same.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. producers are in discussions with the government to extend the £500 million ($664.6 million) COVID-19 insurance scheme for Film & TV production.As first reported by Broadcast, producers are seeking to extend the deadline by six months, to June 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Production on the upcoming NBC comedy series Mr. Mayor, starring Ted Danson, was shut down today following multiple positive Covid-19 tests in Zone A, which includes the cast and crew members who interact with them (I hear there have been four positives since Friday, which cane through regular testing.)

EXCLUSIVE: Filming on Disney+’s upcoming series Big Shot starring John Stamos has been suspended for the rest of 2020, I have learned. According to sources, the decision was made late Thursday night night after a positive Covid-19 test was produced as part of regular screening. I hear the affected individual was in Zone 1 on set, possibly an actor.

Ron Gilbert, an Emmy-nominated producer and partner with David Susskind in the indie production company Talent Associates Ltd that was behind TV series like Get Smart and movies including Straw Dogs and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, died of heart failure December 4 at his Los Angeles home. He was 87.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is the latest high-profile series to have its production shut down as a result of Covid-19.

EXCLUSIVE: Production on CBS’ Young Sheldon was suspended for today, I have learned. I hear the decision was made after a COVID-19 test for a production team member came back positive.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Assn. of Independent Commercial Producers has agreed with Hollywood unions to adopt COVID-19 testing for workers on sets.A rep for one of the International Alliance of Theaterical Stage Employees confirmed to Variety that the deal has gone into effect.

Dave McNary Film ReporterProducers have agreed to notify the entertainment industry’s unions when a member of casts and crews test positive for COVID-19 in a revision of the industry’s two-month-old safety protocols.The agreement, which took effect on Nov. 30, is contained in a Nov.

Hollywood has tweaked its return-to-work protocols as more and more films and TV shows have had to pause production after members of their casts and crews tested positive for Covid-19. Under a new agreement that took effect November 30, producers will now have to notify the unions of positive test results on their shows so that the unions can apprise cast and crew members of the Covid-19 status of their sets.

Celebs Go Dating have confirmed they will resume filming after the star who tested positive for coronavirus has received a negative test result. A representative for the Channel 4 dating series confirmed the news to OK! online.The spokesperson for Celebs Go Dating said: “The cast member who tested positive earlier for Covid during filming Celebs Go Dating has since tested negative on subsequent occasions.

Universal is dipping back into its classic horror mythos once again for a new potential franchise based on the legendary monster hunter, “Van Helsing.” And the studio reportedly knows exactly who is best to direct the new feature.

Celebs Go Dating has halted filming following a positive coronavirus test.The upcoming series created a bubble for the cast, thanks to a luxury hired mansion in Surrey where they're holed up together, but production has been put on hold after an unnamed person involved with the show contracted COVID-19.A spokesperson for the reality show told : "Celebs Go Dating filming has paused temporarily as we await further information regarding a recent routine COVID test which had in the first instance