Studios Focus On Union Safety Guidelines Negotiations As They Cautiously Eye July Pre-Production Restart

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThe Flash isn’t speeding back into production yet in Vancouver, but the Warner Bros TV series is certainly on the starting line thanks to the official coronavirus safety guidelines released yesterday by the government up in Hollywood North.While a self-described “Pandemic Production Guide” as well as Department-specific Guidance are still to come, as of today “the Province welcomes all production activity to restart, resume or begin with employers’

Anne Hathaway is pulling out The Devil Wears Prada quotes to help promote protective face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. From Brittany Snow to Ryan Reynolds, See Stars Wearing Social Distancing-Approved Clothing On Thursday, June 18, the Academy Award-winning actress shared a meme of her character Andy in the hit 2006 film wearing a face mask with her new designer ensemble.

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.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Ealing Studios, the famous London studio that has housed productions including Downton Abbey and The Theory Of Everything, is to offer clients coronavirus tests to help encourage them back to work.Ealing Studios did not close its doors during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis and is now hopeful that the three shows that were in production on its site prior to the pandemic will return to work in July.Ealing Studios partner Barnaby Thompson said: “We’re

In the grand scheme of reopening cinemas in the US, we all know that studios are only looking at a few areas as real barometers for when they can move forward with their release schedule. Those areas include New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

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.

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.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterGov. Gavin Newsom is expected to issue guidelines later on Friday that will allow film and TV production to restart in California.At his noon press conference, Newsom said that his office would issue guidelines for several industries later in the afternoon.

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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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.

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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The British Film Commission released their safety guidelines for restarting COVID-19 film production late Sunday after weeks of discussions by the British Film Institute’s coronavirus task force with labor organizations, epidemiologists, and studios based in both the U.K. and United States.

The British Film Commission released their safety guidelines for restarting COVID-19 film production late Sunday after weeks of discussions by the British Film Institute’s coronavirus task force with labor organizations, epidemiologists, and studios based in both the U.K. and United States.