Julian Bass, a 20 year-old Georgia State university student, has won over an array of Hollywood names with this TikTok video showing off his impressive visual effects skills. When Julian posted the video on Twitter, he added the note, “If y’all can tweet this enough times that Disney calls that’d be greatly appreciated”. The video […]
Following what’s been described as “a conversation” between the UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden and Tom Cruise, leading Hollywood actors and crew arriving in England to resume work on British productions are being offered a 14 day Covid-19 travel quarantine exemption to allow a number of major productions to get back underway. The actor’s two […]
The checklist covers: Los Angeles county’s department for public health has published a 10 page document outlining the protocols businesses wishing to reopen, including film and TV production companies and studios, must follow. Workplace policies and practices to protect employee health Measures to ensure physical distancing Measures to ensure infection control Communication with employees and […]
The Los Angeles Times reports that California authorities are allowing film and TV production to resume in the state from this Friday, 12 June, but with some big provisos. The location and logistics of any new or restarted shoots will be subject to the approval of county public health officers, the California Department of Public […]
The Hollywood Reporter publishes its take on how Covid-19 is boosting the popularity of new forms of media consumption and possibly changing Hollywood forever; the sacrosanct 90-day theatrical window might be under threat and streaming platforms are having money thrown at them, including by new customers. Matthew Ball, former head of strategy at Amazon Studios […]
Due to the closure of cinemas across the world, Hollywood is being forced to adapt and get its new releases in front of audience in their homes during periods of self-isolation. First-mover NBCUniversal is making new “day and date” releases available to rent over the Internet, including forthcoming releases which will become available on their […]