Major U.K. studios are recalibrating coronavirus strategies as they parse recent government advice around the country’s lockdown, and whether or not they should go dark.
U.K. studios including Elstree, Pinewood, Shepperton and Warner Bros. Leavesden are still believed to be operational — albeit with minimal staff on the ground — despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s nationwide address Monday night, banning gatherings of more than two people and strictly advising Britons to “stay home” amid severe limits on non-essential travel and outside contact.
Although the vast majority of the businesses’ broadcast and Hollywood studio clients have pulled productions in recent weeks or curbed audiences for TV shows, most spaces have stayed open, with Pinewood releasing a statement as recently as March 19 noting it is “enabling productions to continue to film and record on site.”
However, it’s understood that Pinewood Group, which also operates Shepperton, is currently in the...
U.K. studios including Elstree, Pinewood, Shepperton and Warner Bros. Leavesden are still believed to be operational — albeit with minimal staff on the ground — despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s nationwide address Monday night, banning gatherings of more than two people and strictly advising Britons to “stay home” amid severe limits on non-essential travel and outside contact.
Although the vast majority of the businesses’ broadcast and Hollywood studio clients have pulled productions in recent weeks or curbed audiences for TV shows, most spaces have stayed open, with Pinewood releasing a statement as recently as March 19 noting it is “enabling productions to continue to film and record on site.”
However, it’s understood that Pinewood Group, which also operates Shepperton, is currently in the...
- 3/25/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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