Film & TV Industry’s Return-To-Work Protocols Extended Indefinitely

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe major studios and entertainment unions confirmed Monday that they have agreed to relax the COVID protocols that have governed physical production for the last 10 months.But with COVID cases again on the rise, the changes are not as sweeping as was once expected. Especially in the Los Angeles area — where the spike has been particularly dramatic — any return to “normal” is still a ways off.The L.A.

Mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations on film and TV productions will now be allowed, on a restricted basis, under a new agreement reached tonight between Hollywood’s unions and the major companies. The new protocols, they said in a joint statement, will give producers “the option to implement mandatory vaccination policies for casts and crew in Zone A on a production-by-production basis.” Zone A, where unmasked actors work, is the most restrictive of the safe work zones on sets.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health this weekend is unlikely to have a big effect on production in the region because strict COVID safety rules on set have not been relaxed since they were implemented last fall.But the surge in the infection rate in LA County does complicate ongoing negotiations between the major studios and key Hollywood unions on how the industry will eventually loosen safety protocols.

Dani Dyer faces raising her infant son Santiago without boyfriend Sammy Kimmence's help after he was today jailed for two years for fraud. And while the doting mum has not commented on the development, she has revealed she will be heading back to work.The Love Island star, 24, admitted the decision to leave baby Santiago to film in Wales made her feel "emotional".

coronavirus pandemic revenues by the year 2025, according to a new forecast.Live music is set to return without restrictions in England on Monday (July 19) following the UK government’s decision to go ahead with lifting the majority of coronavirus-enforced rules in the country.

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France's most famous actors, may miss the Cannes Film Festival after testing positive for COVID-19.Seydoux has been fully vaccinated but she tested positive while working on a film, her publicist Christine Tripicchio confirmed Saturday. She is asymptomatic and isolating at home in Paris, hoping that negative tests on consecutive days could allow her to still attend the festival in the south of France.Seydoux was set to be one of the most ubiquitous stars at Cannes this year.

Lea Seydoux may not be going to the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Italian film industry, which did not pause during the pandemic, is clearly a top priority within the country’s post COVID-19 recovery plan.

Lise Pedersen More than a year after the first lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nordic film industry is showing its remarkable resilience and ability to adapt.Only 2% of film projects were cancelled due to the pandemic, according to a report commissioned by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond — whose partners include national film institutes in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland — and the demand for popular Nordic drama series is higher than ever.Governments across the Nordics

Since the coronavirus epidemic became a pandemic in the spring of 2020, few waves have been as deadly as the one India experienced in April and May this year. At the time of writing, confirmed infections have been steadily dropping since reaching a peak of more than 400,000 per day in early May, and, while nobody is expecting miracles at this stage, there’s hope that an improving vaccination drive may mean the worst is now behind them.

EXCLUSIVE: European arthouse sales force The Match Factory and ICM Partners are teaming up to jointly represent four films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The diary of Anne Frank is an item that most people are very familiar with. Whether it’s something you studied in school or perhaps a story that you’ve seen adapted in films and TV series, the story of a young girl being hidden away from the Nazis during World War II is one of the most well-known in modern history.

Cannes Film Festival is back. After its Covid cancellation last year, the red carpet has once again been rolled out on the Croisette and the stars have private jetted in for their big moment.

NEW YORK -- Stagehands at the Metropolitan Opera planned to return to work Wednesday after recommending their union ratify a new labor contract negotiated following a lockout that started last year.Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) said its full membership will vote July 18 on the agreement that was reached last weekend."As a result of an overwhelming majority of the Met’s stage and shop crew members voting in favor of submitting a positive

The 74th Cannes Film Festival is back after being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The red carpet was rolled out on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the premiere of Leos Carax's "Annette." "Annette" is a fantastical musical starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard and scored by the musical duo Sparks.

Mark Cousins is kind of a film historian who makes amazing, long, expansive docs about cinema. He is best known for his 15-hour documentary from 2011, “The Story of Film: An Odyssey,” and now he’s made a follow-up to it (while it hasn’t been widely seen in the U.S.

Two days before the start of the much delayed, and anticipated, Cannes Film Festival, the town awoke to a rainy, muggy Sunday with little action on the ground. And while the skies cleared later in the day, it remained difficult to discern the festival vibe. Apart from at the Palais proper, there’s no sign of the promotions we’re used to seeing here. That goes for posters adorning hotels or piers for any film, regardless of provenance.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorHollywood’s major studios and creative unions have agreed to extend talks on post-pandemic return to work rules beyond the June 30 expiration of the existing agreement. Terms of the previous deal will remain in place while negotiations continue.Both camps said they came to the decision to take the “necessary time” to hammer out the new deal.