As coronavirus fears grip Hollywood, film and television productions are on the front line.
Film crews in Los Angeles are starting to face restrictions on filming in the city as legislators seek to halt the spread of coronavirus.
With new travel restrictions and hot zones being announced daily, those preparing for upcoming shoots don’t know if their scheduled projects will — or should — proceed as planned. “We’re doing a [documentary] that involves traveling to Africa, and that’s been canceled because of what we might be bringing in,” says Cowperthwaite. “In documentary, so much of our work involves dispatching to remote places and bringing light to an issue.
People feel scared for everyone showing up in that work environment but also worried about people getting paid and whatnot. I don’t know what those answers are.“Last week, I was on set of a studio project saying, ‘This is crazy,’ ” says director Jesse Peretz, who works primarily in television. “People on that set were concerned and there was sanitizer everywhere. I was honestly counting down the days until I could get off.
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