Reopening Hollywood
A continuously updated list of articles about resuming production post-COVID-19.
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AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA Reach Tentative Agreement on TV/Theatrical Contracts
In a total package valued at a record-breaking $318 million, SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on successor agreements covering motion pictures, scripted primetime dramatic television and new media production.
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Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start – The New York Times
“I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus,” Mr. Katzenberg said in a video interview. “Everything. But we own it.”
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SAG-AFTRA, Studios to Start Contract Talks Monday, Sidelining Writers Guild | Hollywood Reporter
SAG-AFTRA and major motion picture and television studios will commence bargaining on April 27, the union and studio alliance said in unexpected news. The move means that the AMPTP is effectively pushing aside the WGA.
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Reopening Broadway: Actors’ Equity Brings In Safety Consultant – Deadline
OSHA is maybe going to take the position that it is not the employer’s job to ensure that workplaces are safe. The next relief bill is going to say that employers are not liable. My job is to stand up, very specifically, for actors and stage managers.
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SAG-AFTRA, Studios In Talks On How Long Actors Can Be Held Under Contract | Hollywood Reporter
How long can studios hold idled actors to their contracts and what, if anything, must the studio pay them for the hold?
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WGA Says COVID-19 Crisis Has “Increased Our Resolve” To Advance Guild’s Bargaining Goals For A New Film & TV Contract – Deadline
The WGA told its members that the COVID-19 crisis has increased its resolve to advance the bargaining goals it intends to pursue with management’s AMPTP for a new film and TV contract.
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Film and TV shoots resume in China as corona restrictions ease | Film | The Guardian
According to China Global Television Network, a branch of the state-owned TV network China Central Television, studios have reopened in Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao and Xi’an, and TV series have resumed production. High-profile film shoots are also reported to have begun filming again.
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Quibi Launch Premiere Reviews | Hollywood Reporter
There’s little evidence in the 24 programs debuting on April 6 that artistry or storytelling are baked into the Quibi mantra, which boils down to a variation on the classic Annie Hall punchline: The food is mediocre — and such small portions!
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Control the Contagion: Spreading Facts, Not Fear – YouTube
The team from CONTAGION is back, and they’re spreading facts not fear. They joined forces with scientists at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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