With multiple coronavirus safety guidelines now published, most countries are taking tentative steps to restart film and TV drama production. In the Nordics, however, production has been up and running for weeks — and the lessons learned there could prove invaluable for those thinking of restarting elsewhere.
One of the key learnings is that, with good planning, it’s not as difficult or expensive to produce in the Covid-19 era as it might first appear.
“It’s one step at a time,” says Kelly Luegenbiehl, VP of international originals at Netflix, which has productions currently shooting in Iceland, Sweden and Denmark. “These are big challenges we’re trying to solve. If you try to think about the whole problem, it can be a little intimidating.”
“Everest” director Baltasar Kormákur is filming “Katla,” his eight-part supernatural volcano drama in Iceland for Netflix. Sweden’s Sf Studios, meanwhile, is making gangster series “Easy Money...
One of the key learnings is that, with good planning, it’s not as difficult or expensive to produce in the Covid-19 era as it might first appear.
“It’s one step at a time,” says Kelly Luegenbiehl, VP of international originals at Netflix, which has productions currently shooting in Iceland, Sweden and Denmark. “These are big challenges we’re trying to solve. If you try to think about the whole problem, it can be a little intimidating.”
“Everest” director Baltasar Kormákur is filming “Katla,” his eight-part supernatural volcano drama in Iceland for Netflix. Sweden’s Sf Studios, meanwhile, is making gangster series “Easy Money...
- 6/12/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
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