How Leading VFX Houses Are Helping Solve Hollywood’s Production Restart Issues

Dave McNary Film ReporterHollywood unions have reached an agreement with the major studios on protocols to allow the industry to safely restart production amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The agreement was announced Monday, three and a half month after the unions issued their “Safe Way Forward” guidelines.“Guiding principles include strictly enforced testing regimens and safety protocols, a zone-based system, and diligent use of personal protective equipment,” the unions said.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s flagship series, Stranger Things, is preparing to go back to production. I hear that the hugely popular drama is targeting Sept.

Chris Pratt and Anna Faris sold the Los Angeles home they shared while married nearly two years after finalizing their divorce, Us Weekly can confirm.The now-exes purchased the four-bedroom, four-bathroom house in March 2013 for $3.3 million. They sold the 4,710-square-foot property on September 2 for $4.75 million.The Mediterranean-style home was built in 1979 and is located in the Hollywood Hills West neighborhood of L.A.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorEarlier this summer, Paramount Pictures partnered with New Republic on “Mission Impossible: 7” and eight other movies.New Republic, led by veteran producers Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer, announced  that it had closed a co-financing deal that included “The Tomorrow War,” “Infinite,” Michael B.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVTV’s longest-running primetime live-action series, Law & Order: SVU, today started production on its 22nd season in New York. Star/EP Mariska Hargitay posted two behind-the-scene photos on Instagram to commemorate the occasion.On Saturday, Hargitay shared images from the cast’s virtual table read for the season opener, which is tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsRyan Reynolds is finally back to work, after a COVID-19 nose swab test, that is.The Deadpool actor tweeted that he has returned to production for his upcoming film Red Notice. Reynolds shared photos of him undergoing the dreaded coronavirus nose swab test on Saturday.“The Covid Test is quick and easy.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe U.K. is Europe’s top destination for Hollywood productions, with $3.75 billion spent on movies and high-end TV last year, followed by Hungary and Czech Republic.Countries including Romania, Poland, Belgium, Ireland, Bulgaria and Malta are upping the ante in the contest to bring international shoots to their studios.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety is marshaling its global resources to launch digital and print franchises devoted to tracking the restart of content production around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.On Sept. 9, Variety will publish its largest-ever special report on international filming locations, “Location Update: The Big Restart,” produced in collaboration with the Association of Film Commissioners International.

Brad Pitt and Nicole Poturalski continue to surprise us with their romance! The rumoured couple was spotted in France a few days ago, sparking speculations of their alleged romance. It was eventually revealed that they have been dating for nine months now.

Meryl Streep lends her voice to this environmentalist film, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, based on the book by notable children’s book author, Oliver Jeffers.The movie is about an existential search for one’s greater purpose on earth. A little boy feels lost for seemingly no reason, a feeling his father very much relates to but cannot resolve.

Sarah Jessica Parker reveals “the documentary The True Cost really changed me”, in an interview with The Edit. The true cost of a bargain shirt could be human life.Produced by Livia Firth, the fashion force behind Hollywood’s increasingly popular Green Carpet Challenge, this documentary takes you inside the brutally harsh life of sweatshop workers.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs film and TV sets start to resume production after prolonged shutdowns, Hollywood companies have been rethinking their strategies amid the pandemic — whether it’s working from home or how cast and crew can be kept safe on set.Culver City-based Castifi, a production management platform, is trying to ease that transition by helping producers organize and communicate with their cast and crew and making sure projects are delivered on time and under budget.From

Also Read: Hollywood Unions Release COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for Film, TV ProductionIn addition, a section is devoted to “red light” protocols, which are designed to guide producers “in the step-by-step process of determining if and when to shut down the production at any stage (pre-production, principal photography, post).”The full list of guidelines is available on the Producer’s Guild website.“The Production Safety Task Force has been a priority for us at the Guild and we’re grateful to

“The New Mutants” hasn’t exactly been drowning in praise, with the new “X-Men” spinoff movie receiving downright horrible reviews (Forbes, for example, derided the film as “the worst ‘X-Men’ movie ever”).

Everyone has a story of finding an awkward or surprising photo of a family member and a part of the family history they were unaware of. Maybe it’s embarrassing high school photos of your parents, or a surprising and secret career you didn’t know your grandparent had.

Mark David According to an always-in-the-know snitch, Justin Kirk has changed up his living situation with the recent, slightly-shy-of-$1.8-million purchase of a multi-level contemporary perched on a vertiginous hillside high in the Hollywood Hills.The accomplished 51-year-old actor, who got his showbiz start on the stage in New York City, where he earned a prestigious ensemble Obie Award for Terrence McNally’s snappy Broadway play “Love! Valour! Compassion!”, received an Emmy nomination in

TikTok celebrities Bryce Hall and Blake Gray are facing criminal charges after they hosted recent parties in the Hollywood Hills despite the city's ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said Friday. The Los Angeles city attorney's office filed misdemeanor charges Thursday against Hall and Gray.

James McClain Though they only just put their Hollywood Hills starter house up for sale las week, Sophie Tweed-Simmons and Nick Simmons  — the adult children of rock music icon-turned-reality TV star Gene Simmons — have wasted little time in upgrading their L.A.