![]() ![]() Televised awards shows are also facing problems. Major international film festivals – including Venice and Toronto, which take place nearly simultaneously in late August and early September – should be able to screen available films, but red carpet activity and actor appearances are now in doubt. Late summer releases such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Haunted Mansion and Blue Beetle are also expected to have to curtail promotional activities. And the popular Comic-Con event in San Diego – due to take place 20-23 July, and normally attended by large numbers of stars to promote their films to adoring fans – looks likely to be badly hit. The London premiere of Christopher Nolan’s atom-bomb drama Oppenheimer has been moved forward by an hour tonight to ensure its cast can attend. Outside film-making activities, other high-profile events are likely to be altered or cancelled now that the actors’ union has called a strike. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. Even with a waiver, and an already completed script, productions cannot rely on the participation of crucial crew, as the transportation union the Teamsters, and technicians’ union Iatse, are mostly refusing to cross writers’ union picket lines. However, the uncertainty over who can work, and who can and can’t cross picket lines, has led to considerable financial instability in an already precarious sector. The situation is more complex for low-budget and independent films, which may be able to apply for waivers from Sag-Aftra to allow them to go ahead. Other studio productions, including the fourth Bad Boys film, Beetlejuice 2 and the untitled Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel have reportedly finished shooting, as has the second season of Amazon’s TV series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. ![]() The highest-profile films still shooting include the Ridley Scott-directed Gladiator 2, starring Paul Mescal, which was scheduled to shoot in Malta, Morocco and the UK between June and October, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, the sequel to Tom Cruise’s hit blockbuster, which was due to finish shooting this summer after promotional duties on Part One were over. Studio film productions, which run on even longer and more elaborate schedules, will suffer longer-term damage if they have not completed filming in time. Doctor Who, which is now being produced in partnership with the streaming service Disney+, is also likely to be affected by strike action.įilming on the second season of Andor is likely to be affected. According to Deadline, TV shows likely to be affected include House of the Dragon, Andor and Industry, while the second season of Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters will probably be unable to start shooting. However, the withdrawal of US actors’ participation means that even productions with finished scripts can now no longer go ahead, whether in the US itself, Europe or elsewhere. Others, including Thunderbolts and Captain America: Brave New World, are in production, but have had their release dates put back. ![]() Series including The Last of Us, Blade Runner 2099 and The Mandalorian have already been delayed, while future projects – such as the sequel to Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Disney’s Blade remake – have also stalled, as scripts are not being completed. The writers’ strike has already seen the shutdown of the vast majority of scripted TV shows in the US, as picket lines have been largely successful at ensuring production activities have ceased. ![]()
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