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 […]
Smaller crews, fewer extras, reduced international travel and restricted contact with key people are all likely to be aspects of film and higher-end TV drama production in the months to come and until it’s safe to revert to something resembling normality. Or, will the new ways of working that have been forced upon the industry […]
Aardman Animations is working with Fictioneers, a British creative consortium, on a new Wallace and Gromit project that will be available this autumn as a downloadable mobile AR app for iOS and Android devices. Carolyn Giardina writing in The Hollywood Reporter tells us that The Big Fix Up is a partnership between Aardman and consortium […]
As plans form to re-open film and TV production worldwide, you could be excused for thinking that some Hollywood execs are dusting off old sci-fi scripts in search of a solution to the practical problem of keeping offices, production spaces and sets clean and cast and crew safe. A new joint venture, Production Safe Zone […]
The Hollywood Reporter brings us updates from several European countries, including Iceland, the Czech Republic, Poland and France, where a return to film and television production is being allowed under strict new COVID-19 guidelines. Some of the hygiene guidelines are near-universal, such as two metres (6.5 feet) social distancing between crew members and the use […]