Producers Guild Issues COVID-19 Rules as Industry Restarts Production

wanting to use a so-called “heat ray” on peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Good Gate Media, the Wales-based production company that is carving out a niche for itself in the growing interactive film market, has lined up its next two feature projects.The company is coming off the success of The Complex, its interactive film from The Handmaid’s Tale writer Lynn Renee Maxcy that was a hit across various digital platforms earlier this year, achieving the best-selling first week launch of any interactive project.As Deadline

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.

Peter White Television EditorCBS is exploring a range of options and timelines to get the next season of Survivor up and running.Production on season 41 of the long-running reality competition series was postponed in March – on the day that the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

Sean Penn and Ann Lee’s nonprofit Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) pivoted early in the COVID-19 pandemic to help assist Los Angeles with the city’s testing efforts. Now, the organization is pivoting once again to offer private, for-profit COVID-19 testing services to film and TV productions.

Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Vanity Fair, causing production on The Batman to be halted just days after they resumed filming the superhero movie in London. Warner Bros. said in a September 3 statement, “A member of The Batman production has tested positive for Covid-19, and is isolating in accordance with established protocols. Filming is temporarily paused,” but did not mention Rob by name. HollywoodLife has reached out to his rep for comment.

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As Hollywood producers continue to seek union approval to resume production, the Producers Guild of America has unveiled its latest health and safety guidelines for production amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 56-page COVID-safety protocols for independent productions, created by the PGA’s production safety task force, use a “producers lens” to break down the guidelines from other unions and guilds as the industry returns to film and TV sets.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sex/Life is resuming after production on the Netflix dramedy got back up and running in Toronto.Deadline understands that filming kicked off today on the eight-part series, which comes from UnReal’s Stacy Rukeyser, just outside of the Canadian city at Dixie Studios.It marks one of the first Netflix scripted series to resume filming in North America following the COVID-19 production shutdown.

David Robb Labor EditorThe Producers Guild of America has issued its protocols for the safe return to work on scripted and unscripted independent productions.The guidelines stress “regular testing” for COVID-19; workdays no longer than 10 hours; no COVID-related liability waivers; “absolutely no visitors” on set; the sanitizing of shared surfaces; proper ventilation in closed spaces, and remote working and videoconferencing whenever possible.See the full protocols here.“As fellow producers, we

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

Prince William and Prince Harry released a rare joint statement to provide an update on plans to install a statue of the late Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday.William, 38, and Harry, 35, confirmed on Friday, August 28, that the tribute to Diana, who died in 1997 at the age of 36, will stand in the garden of Kensington Palace.

Liza Marshall Guest ContributorWe were five weeks away from shooting the second season of “Temple,” our show for Sky starring Mark Strong, when the U.K. went into lockdown.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: From Lego to dominoes… Endemol Shine North America is developing a domino competition format after striking a deal with YouTube phenom Lily Hevesh.The producers of Fox’s Lego Masters, which saw teams of Lego builders compete to create their own mega builds, are now turning their attention to one of the world’s oldest games.The project is known as Domino Effect and the company will be taking it out to the marketplace in the coming weeks.Lily Hevesh, as you

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorBREAKING: In a press release from the Department of Public Health, California Governor Gavin Newsom began rolling out new guidance for in-person child supervision and limited instruction, targeted support services, and facilitation of distance learning in small group environments.

After successfully partnering on Elton John biopicRocketman, New Republic Pictures, led by producers Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer, has closed on a multi-picture co-financing deal with Paramount. Under the pact, New Republic, which has a first-look deal with the studio, will partner on a slate of ten feature films, including tentpolesMission: Impossible 7,Top Gun: Maverick,The Tomorrow War,Infiniteanda newTransformersmovie,as well as a slate of comedies, dramas and children’s features.