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What a Reopened Hollywood Looks Like: COVID-19 Officers on Set and Budgeting for More Shutdowns

Hollywood is waiting and ready (as much as it can be) to get back to work nearly three months after industry-wide production was halted by the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the industry’s COVID-19 Task Force coming together on a set of guidelines, there still remains a lot of uncertainty. That was among the main takeaways during a webinar featuring a group of physical production executives on Wednesday, hosted by Entertainment Partners. Everyone agreed Hollywood is facing an unprecedented situation that will require a larger level of collaboration than ever before — and an incredible amount of flexibility. “There isn’t any one moment where there’s going to be a flip of a switch, and we’re back in production,” said Jay Roewe, senior vice president of west coast production at HBO. “Every single show has its own unique aspects to it. Every show is in different places.” Also Read: Cinematographers Guild Releases COVID-19 Safety Recommendations Hollywood’s COVID-19 Task Force on Monday submitted to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom recommendations for safety guidelines to resume film and television production. California and Los Angeles County were supposed to have released their own safety guidelines to allow studios to resume production,...

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