Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccinations On Productions Now An Option Under New Return-To-Work Protocols

Deadline has confirmed that employees at Amazon Studios are now expected to return to office on Jan. 3, 2022. That’s in line with the rest of the Amazon’s corporate employees in the U.S. and some foreign countries.

Given the uncertainty surrounding the delta variant, and to abide by changing local guidance, Sony Pictures Entertainment employees received a note this morning from studio Chairman Tony Vinciquerra that the return to work has been delayed to approximately early to mid-October, Deadline has learned. The Culver City lot will alert employees at least 30 days prior to a new date being set. The studio is continually monitoring current modeling and data before they set a new date.

TV presenter Christine Lampard has opened up on her nerves about returning to work five months after she welcomed her second child. Christine, who will be stepping into Lorraine Kelly’s shoes for the duration of August to host her ITV morning show, admitted she had mixed feelings about leaving baby Freddie at home to make her welcome return to our screens.

Laying down the law. After returning from the Cannes premiere of his upcoming film Flag Day, Sean Penn will not be heading back to work until strict vaccination efforts are enforced in Hollywood.

Sean Penn is making his stance clear when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Screenwriter, producer, and director David S. Goyer (“Krypton,” “Foundation“) has been behind some of the most popular comic book films such as “Blade,” “Blade II,” “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” and “Man of Steel.” Things haven’t always gone his way, and the writer/director has had to deal with some difficult moments during the making of his projects.

Sean Penn has given an ultimatum that could possibly delay his return to work.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Sean Penn has set an ultimatum on the set of the upcoming Starz Watergate series “Gaslit”: either the entire cast and crew receive COVID-19 vaccines, or he’s not returning to work. Although NBCUniversal, “Gaslit’s” studio, imposed mandatory vaccines for “Zone A” cast and crew members (those in close proximity during production), and provided an on-site vaccination clinic for those involved with the production, Penn is putting his foot down.

EXCLUSIVE: After returning from the Cannes launch of his film Flag Day, Sean Penn has drawn a line in the sand, one that challenges Hollywood leadership to go further in imposing vaccination requirements for everyone on a film or TV set.

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.

With the ongoing goal of keeping casts, crews and all set workers safe, the Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and the Basic Crafts, and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), together with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP), today announced they have a tentative agreement on adjustments to the Covid-19 Safety

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 11 new deaths from Covid-19, as well as 1827 new positive cases and 462 hospitalizations.

were forced into self-isolation after flouting Covid rules at a colleague’s retirement do. Insiders at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital claimed more than 40 people met for a celebration in a pub in Glasgow’s Maryhill.

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.