Quebec to Restart Film Production Amid Pandemic-Era Safety Guidelines

The Toronto International Film Festival has laid off another 31 employees as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic cuts deeply into its operating revenues. "In response to the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on TIFF's regular operations, we announced today the difficult decision to reduce our full-time staff by 17 percent, which represents 31 valued employees," Toronto festival co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey said in a statement.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIn the nascent stages of discussions about a production restart just weeks into the Hollywood shutdown, one of the first things about which there was virtually unanimous consensus was that testing would be a cornerstone of any plan to safely resume shooting.And yet, in the current final stage of setting guidelines to get cameras rolling again, testing surprisingly has become one of the biggest stumbling blocks in reaching a consensus between studios and the

Will Thorne Staff WriterNBC has made the decision to stagger production on the 12 pilots it currently has in the works due to coronavirus disruptions.The network still plans to shoot multiple pilots, including that for drama “Langdon” which centers around the character made famous by from Dan Brown’s novels and Tom Hanks, later this year once they can safely return to production.However, five pilots, namely “At That Age” from Carla Banks-Waddles, “Echo” from JJ Bailey,  Rachele Lynn and Seth

The first reference to extras appears 20 pages deep into the industry's June 12 safety report on COVID-19 protocols. "Background holding areas must be larger than customary to accommodate physical distancing," states the paper, a joint effort from the DGA, SAG-AFTRA and IATSE.

Production on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette is still moving forward full steam ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic, but as you might expect, things are going to look very different this time around!

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

Andreas Wiseman International EditorJurrassic World: Dominion star Bryce Dallas Howard has spoken about the film’s imminent return to production amid rigorous Covid security measures.We revealed earlier this week that production is gearing back up on the Universal blockbuster with cameras set to roll in early July.

video Wednesday that provides patrons with a detailed look at what movie theaters will look like when they reopen their doors under new safety guidelines.Cinemark is doing a phased reopening some of its theaters in Texas by Friday but will be targeting the reopening of more than 300 theaters by mid-July.

Bold & The Beautiful is coming back.

Despite COVID-19 being a very real threat in many major cities and regions of the US and the rest of the world, cinemas are planning to reopen shortly, as in a couple of weeks. We’ve already heard from AMC about the plan to reopen almost all of the company’s locations by July and now, Regal Cinemas is following suit, as the chain has announced a reopening date of July 10 and a brand-spanking-new list of regulations customers and employees will have to follow.

County health officials have approved film and television production to recommence on Friday, June 12, in line with state guidelines, amid COVID-19. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and Department of Public Health made the announcement on Wednesday, with L.A.

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

David Robb Labor EditorThe Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, is putting the “final touches” on its plans for restarting the post-production business, said Cathy Repola, the guild’s national executive director, in her latest video message to her members.The guild’s craft-specific protocols, like those being drawn up by the industry’s other guilds and unions, will be used to implement the white paper on reopening film and TV production that was sent to government officials last week.

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Manitoba has become the first Canadian province to allow its film production sector to reopen amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The move to reopen local soundstages beginning June 1 comes as rival jurisdictions in Canada roll out new technologies and social distancing guidelines to make soundstages safe for returning Hollywood studios and streamers.