U.K.’s National Film & TV School Returns to Production With COVID-Safe Shoots (EXCLUSIVE)

Manori Ravindran International EditorJohnny Flynn-fronted heist musical “The Score” has wrapped production in the U.K., joining a handful of films that have started and completed filming during the pandemic.The directorial debut of U.K. filmmaker Malachi Smyth finished production on Friday (Oct.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTurkey’s 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival is forging ahead with a hybrid edition this year that will feature a mix of the best new Turkish features and cherry-picked international titles.The storied event being held Oct.

Kelly Marie Tran definitely doesn't regret her big decision to quit social media in 2018. ET recently spoke with the 31-year-old actress about her role on the new Hulu series , and she also talked about no longer engaging in social media after dealing with severe online harassment when she played the character Rose Tico in the franchise.Tran called the bold move the «best decision ever.»«I mean, I think that, you know, it's a different decision for everyone,» she tells ET's Ash Crossan.

Has any movie moved as quickly from production (this summer), to completion? Because “Borat 2,” seemingly now titled “Borat: Subsequent MovieFilm,” and not the reportedly ridiculously long title recently rumored, is evidently putting quick shooters like Spielberg and Ridley Scott to shame. Yes, “Borat 2” already has a trailer and now a release date: Amazon Studios will release the film on October 23.

Just as U.S.-based location shoots in Vancouver get back up and running amid the pandemic, the cameras have stopped rolling on a number of popular TV series due to a shortage of COVID-19 testing capacity in the city. Sources at Hollywood studios point to a number of U.S.-based TV series shoots that have paused or delayed production as they rely on local labs for testing.

Who doesn’t fantasize about shutting off your phones, leaving them inside, and sitting outside staring at the stars with your love? That’s exactly what the couple in “Save Yourselves!” does, and things seem to be going great. Until there’s an alien attack.

earlier this week how Philips High in Whitefield had sent the whole of Year 11 home after 18 people had tested positive.

Ben Croll Though Canada’s National Film Board has invested in interactive projects for well over a decade, 2020 has proven to be a banner year for the publicly funded organization, as three of their VR productions made waves across the international festival circuit.This past January, director Randall Okita’s “The Book of Distance” premiered at Sundance, kicking off a yearlong festival tour that took the immersive doc from Tribeca to Bucheon to Venice.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe U.K.’s Film and TV Charity is rolling out a new COVID-19 Recovery Fund that will distribute up to £2 million ($2.5 million) to film, TV and cinema workers who have been hit hardest by the pandemic.The fund is designed to support those impacted financially by the crisis and who are most likely to see a negative impact on their careers, resulting in a focus on talent from diverse backgrounds.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterThe eighth episode of Variety’s Rebooting The Entertainment Industry series, sponsored by PwC and Ad Council, will debut on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 10 a.m.

Covid-19. NHS Lanarkshire confirmed that a case has been detected at Our Lady's High School in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.

Beyonce and Thandie Newton are among the stars who appear in a new film from the United Nations.

we reported how Horton Mill Primary School, in Glodwick, Oldham, had closed to all pupils after positive cases involving pupils and staff in several year groups. Elsewhere, The Duke of Norfolk CE Primary in Glossop, Derbyshire, has also shut following two positive cases including a member of the catering team who'd had widespread contact with the rest of the school.

East Kilbride has tested positive for COVID-19.

Naman Ramachandran Indian studio Yash Raj Films’ “Bunty Aur Babli 2,” starring Saif Ali Khan (“Sacred Games”) and Rani Mukerji (“Hichki”) has wrapped production with the shooting of a song and dance routine.The shoot, at Mumbai’s Yash Raj Films studios, adhered to the Indian government’s recently announced safety protocols that allow movies to restart production in the COVID-19 era.The film was essentially complete, save the song, by March, when the spread of coronavirus halted production

Angelique Jackson Back in March, Derek Hough was on the set of NBC’s “World of Dance” as the competition series wrapped up its fourth season, squeaking out the finale episode just before productions shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.“We actually pushed the finale a day early, and then they decided to have no audience for the finale,” Hough told Variety. “Because it was like a last-minute thing, we didn’t even know.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe producers of the upcoming Ben Affleck film “Hypnotic” filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing their insurance company of refusing to extend their policy to account for the pandemic.The lawsuit is among the first, if not the first, to test whether film insurers will be forced to accommodate delays caused by COVID-19.