Hollywood White Paper Is Just First Phase Of Film & TV Production Restart; Negotiations With Guilds And Unions Next

LGBTQ people in California are closer to being counted in the coronavirus pandemic.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentTV and film production in Japan shut down in early April in reaction to the coronavirus crisis.

There is genuine concern in Los Angeles county that the increasing number of COVID hospitalizations may mean a dangerous lack of ICU beds, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping a continued relaxing of state and municipal stay at home orders. Restaurants and hair salons were allowed to open at reduced capacity last week.

There is genuine concern in Los Angeles county that the increasing number of COVID hospitalizations may mean a dangerous lack of ICU beds, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping a continued relaxing of state and municipal stay at home orders. Restaurants and hair salons were allowed to open at reduced capacity last week.

may be able to resume in California on June 12, but major studios are still weeks — if not months — away from rolling cameras.Before shooting can start or resume on movies and TV shows, the various labor unions that represent everyone from the grips to the actors to the directors, have to sign off on safety procedures for how sets should operate in the age of coronavirus.

Film and television productions in British Columbia has a greenlight to restart a couple months after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered local shoots for Netflix, Warner Bros. and other Hollywood studios and streamers.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday released the long-awaited guidelines for restarting film and TV production amid the ongoing pandemic, allowing filming in the state to resume on June 12.While no one expects cameras to start rolling this Friday, wheels in the industry are turning in hopes to get to that point before the end of the summer.“To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, productions, cast, crew and other industry workers should abide by

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorPut ’em in, Coach, they’re ready to play.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom released on Friday his long-awaited guidelines for restarting film and TV production in the state amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

The Quebec provincial government and health officials have given the green light for film and TV production to resume on June 8 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Provincial soundstages will be able to host movies and series production, and Montreal-based visual effects and postproduction houses may also resume full operation under social distancing guidelines.

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After weeks of deliberations between Hollywood’s guilds and studios, the Industry-Wide Safety Committee has submitted a white paper to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom offering its recommendations for safety guidelines to resume film and television production.

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