Universal Live-Action Filming Goes on Hiatus Amid Coronavirus Concerns

By Anita Bennett

Groove metal actLamb of God has released a video for its latest single, “Momento Mori,” from its upcoming self-titled album, due May 8 on Epic Records. In a statement, member Randy Blythe said that he wrote the song months before the coronavirus outbreak as a reminder “to not

Fifth Harmony may not be returning to the stage as a girl group but their 2016 song "Work from Home" is making a strong comeback. Since most people are working from home and self-quarantining due to the coronavirus pandemic, the lyrics are more relevant than ever.

Joaquin Phoenix and his fiancee Rooney Mara aren’t taking any chances when it comes to their health amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Rita Ora steps out in a chic cream look for music promo at the Global Studios in London earlier in the week.

Fans of Bill Maher’s “Real Time” won’t be seeing his HBO show for awhile, with Maher telling viewers that this will be his final show for awhile due to the encroaching coronavirus pandemic.

After Netflix and Disney shuttered all live-action productions, Universal has decided to do the same with “Jurassic World: Dominion,” “Flint Strong” and the untitled Billy Eichner project all going on hiatus effective Friday.

On Thursday (March 12), the organizers of Los Angeles Pride announced what would have come as a shock just three weeks earlier: all of the planned celebrations around L.A. Pride's 50th anniversary are postponed. But as anyone who's been paying attention to the flood of event cancelations and postponements amid the global coronavirus pandemic knows, moves like this are beginning to feel common, if not inevitable.

Disney is the latest studio to begin halting film productions in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.

It’s a whole new world out there.

Disney has announced that production and pre-production on “The Last Duel,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Home Alone,” “Nightmare Alley,” “Peter Pan & Wendy” and “Shrunk” have shut down “for a short time.”

As concern continues to grow over the worldwide spread of COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, many are taking proactive measures to keep themselves safe from the flu-like virus, which can be fatal in the most extreme cases.

Despite efforts to keep their doors open amid a growing public health crisis, Broadway theaters in New York City are going dark starting March 12 at 5 p.m. because of coronavirus, according to Playbill.