PART 2
New Mutants
Now that Disney owns Fox, it has made the choice to delay the New Mutants premiere to an undetermined date.
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on Elections
The March 29 premiere of the HBO documentary Kill Chain: The Cyber War on Elections was canceled on March 12.
The Lovebirds
The comedy film starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani planned on premiering at SXSW on March 14 (though director Michael Showalter and the two stars had pulled out of the event), but the festival has been canceled by the City of Austin.
Quibi Launch Event
Quibi’s launch party, which was supposed to take place April 5 and host “Hollywood’s biggest stars and creators,” has been canceled. The streaming service will still launch on April 6 as planned.
Peter Rabbit 2
James Corden’s Cats follow-up is pushing its international release from March to August.
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
The March 12 Hudson Yards premiere of After Truth by Andrew Rossi has been canceled. The documentary will still screen at IFC Center.
No Time to Die
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MGM, Universal and Bond producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, announced today that after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace, the release of NO TIME TO DIE will be postponed until November 2020.
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The latest James Bond film initially canceled its press tour and premiere in China, then decided it wasn’t time to die anywhere in the world. No Time to Die’s release has been postponed to November 2020 everywhere.
Ozzy Osbourne
The rock legend canceled his trip to SXSW in support of the documentary about his life and career, Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne.
Disney+ European Press Launch
Disney+ axed its two-day European press launch in London this week, as a number of media attendees canceled. Instead, they’ll promote the streaming service online.
Sonic The Hedgehog
Chinese premiere delayed.
Swipe Night
A Tinder original that revolves around the apocalypse had its international rollout canceled.
Superman: Red Son New York Premiere
Warner Bros. decided to cancel the New York premiere of its animated feature Superman: Red Son “due to coronavirus concerns.”
Enter the Fat Dragon
Chinese film that premiered online instead of in theaters.
Lost in Russia
Chinese film that premiered online instead of in theaters.
Film and TV Shoots
Warner Bros. Shows
Warner Bros. has suspended shoots for over 70 series and pilots that were either currently or about to begin production, according to a statement. That includes The Flash, Lucifer, and The Bachelorette, which already had to cancel plans to film in Italy.
Netflix Shows
Netflix is pausing production on all scripted TV shows and films in the United States and Canada starting Monday, per industry sources.
Disney Live-Action Shows
Disney has reportedly halted production on several live-action films and television shows, like The Little Mermaid, Shang-Chi (whose director, Destin Daniel Cretton has entered self-isolation), Home Alone, Last Duel, Nightmare Alley, Shrunk, and Peter Pan & Wendy. A spokesperson for Disney confirmed that Grey’s Anatomy, Genius: Aretha, and all Disney Television Studios pilots are on pause for three weeks.
NBCUniversal Shows
Around 35 NBCUniversal shows are pausing production, including Dick Wolf drama Law & Order: SVU and The Kelly Clarkson show.
CBS Shows
CBS has begun planning to “temporarily postpone production” on their TV shows and pilots, according to a statement.
Official Competition
Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas’s Spanish-language drama has suspended production in Spain.
The Prom
Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix musical The Prom, starring Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, among others, has shut down production on the Paramount lot “out of an abundance of caution,” Deadline reports.
Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune
Both game shows will reportedly continue production without live studio audiences, per TMZ.
The Morning Show
Apple TV’s Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon–starrer is taking a two-week break from production to “assess the situation.”
Bros
The Billy Eichner-starring rom-com has delayed its production start date. Eichner co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Stoller, who is meant to direct.
The Wendy Williams Show
While taping will not continue for the daytime show. It was previously announced that she would proceed without a live studio audience, but has since decided to suspend production.
Daytime TV
There was no one to view The View on March 11 as several daytime talkshows, including The Tamron Hall Show, Live With Kelly and Ryan, Dr. Phil, The Wendy Williams Show, and The Ellen Show, have opted to tape without a live studio audience.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
On Friday, March 13, Ellen announced on Twitter that her show, like more and more talk shows, has opted to suspend production until March 30.
Late-Night TV
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver have all confirmed that they will suspend taping in front of live studio audiences. Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live will reportedly be doing the same. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will tape one episode March 12 sans crowd but then go on hiatus starting March 13, but The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Late Night With Seth Meyers will not air starting March 12 and go on hiatus effective immediately. Jimmy Kimmel Live will go on hiatus starting March 16.
Survivor
Production on the 41st season of Survivor has been pushed back to May due to coronavirus fears. Production was set to begin in Fiji this month, with production on season 42 beginning in May.
CNN’s Democratic Debate
There will be no live audience for the Democratic debate between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden on March 15 due to coronavirus concerns. CNN will also nix its press room and spin room. As of March 12, the debate has been moved from Phoenix, Arizona, to CNN’s studio in Washington, D.C. Univision’s Jorge Ramos will no longer moderate due to “proximity” with “someone who was in direct contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus,” per the Democratic National Convention.
Riverdale
A person classified as a “team member” on the Vancouver set The CW show has come into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19, and therefore “out of an abundance of caution production on Riverdale is currently suspended.”
Real Time with Bill Maher
HBO announced that starting on March 13, Real Time will tape without a live studio audience.
Falcon & the Winter Soldier
Cast and crew on Disney+’s Avengers spinoff were sent home from Prague in the middle of shooting.
Mission: Impossible 7
Paramount Pictures halted production on Mission: Impossible 7, which was headed to shoot in Venice. Italy is the third worst-affected country in the world, after China and Korea.
Blossoms
Another Wong Kar Wai project, the Chinese-language film and TV productions have also been indefinitely delayed, according to the SCMP. (No official comment has been given on these shoots either.)
The Amazing Race
Season 33 of the reality-adventure show was temporarily postponed just three episodes into production in England and Scotland. No Racers or crew members contracted the virus or showed symptoms and everyone is returning home for the time being.
Tong Wars
The Amazon-produced series from renowned director Wong Kar Wai has reportedly been delayed indefinitely according to the South China Morning Post.
Untitled Jia Zhangke film
The Chinese filmmaker who made Ash Is Purest White said at the Berlin Film Festival that his next film is delayed indefinitely.
General Hospital
ABC announced that long-running soap opera General Hospital will suspend production beginning March 16 and resume on April 10. A spokesperson said, “We don’t anticipate an interruption in the broadcast of original episodes.”
Theater Productions
Broadway
Due to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s statewide ban on public gatherings larger than 500 people, Broadway shows have been shut down, effective at 5 p.m. March 12.
Off Broadway and other theater
Most of New York’s Off Broadway theaters have suspended their programming for the time being. The list includes 59E59 Theaters (until April 1), the Apollo Theater (events closed through April 4), Ars Nova (Oratorio for Living Things and offices closed for 30 days), Atlantic Theater Company (Anatomy of a Suicide closed), BAM’s live events (suspended through March 29, including Lungs), Clubbed Thumb (Tumacho closed), the Flea (The Fre suspended through April 2), HERE Arts (programming suspended through March 31), Lincoln Center Theater (Intimate Apparel suspended until April 13, The Headlands closed), Ma-Yi Theater (Suicide Forest performances suspended), McKittrick Hotel (Sleep No More, The Woman in Black, and Speakeasy Magick suspended through April 12), MCC Theater (All the Natalie Portmans closed, Nollywood Dreams postponed indefinitely), the New Group (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice closed), New York City Center (Love Life, Front & Center, Studio 5, and Flamenco Festival 20/20 canceled), New York Theatre Workshop (all public programming suspended for 31 days), New World Stages (Jersey Boys, The Play That Goes Wrong, and Rock of Ages suspended through April 12), Playwrights Realm (Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally canceled), Playwrights Horizons (Unknown Soldier canceled), the Public Theater (all programs until April 12), Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (The Siblings Play suspended until further notice), Roundabout Theatre (72 Miles to Go … will resume performances April 13), Signature Theater (Cambodian Rock Band and The Hot Wing King canceled), the Shed (Help suspended until March 30), Soho Rep (Wolf Play postponed to a later date), St. Ann’s Warehouse (The Jungle postponed), Theater for a New Audience (Gnit canceled through March 29), Theatre Row (Rome & Bernadette postponed), Vineyard Theater (Dana H. suspended through March 31, will play 50 percent capacity April 1-12), Westside Theatre (Little Shop of Horrors suspended through April 12).
Cinderella
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella will now open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End in October instead of this summer.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Ailey Organization released a statement saying that Ailey II’s New York season, scheduled to take place March 25 to April 5, has been postponed and that “performances may be rescheduled to later this spring. The dance company’s touring performances throughout the U.S. are suspended through March 30.
Sporting Events
Boston Marathon
The annual Boston Marathon will be postponed until September 14, 2020.
College Football
Michigan, Notre Dame, and Ohio State all canceled spring football games.
2020 Masters Golf Tournament
The Augusta National Golf Club announced that the 2020 Masters tournament; the Augusta National Women’s Amateur; and the Drive, Chip, and Putt National Finals have been canceled.
Baseball
Major League Baseball are suspending all spring training games and pushing back opening day by two weeks. Minor League Baseball will also postpone the 2020 season.
Soccer
MLS matches are paused for 30 days. Champions League, Premier League, and the Europa League have all suspended games until further notice.
NHL
Professional hockey games have been suspended, in part because many NHL teams share facilities with the NBA.
NBA
The NBA decided to postpone its 2020 season after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.
NCAA Basketball
The NCAA announced on March 12 that March Madness would be fully canceled, and the NCAA additionally called off all winter and spring tournaments. On March 3, Chicago State University announced it would be canceling two scheduled Western Athletic Conference basketball games over coronavirus concerns, and ESPN stated that the cancellations “are believed to be the first by a major sport in the United States due to the virus.” On March 4, the University of Missouri-Kansas City announced it would not be traveling to a road game at Seattle University due to coronavirus concerns.
On March 12, the Atlantic Coast, Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12, and Southeastern Conferences announced the cancellation of the remainder of their 2020 Men’s Basketball Tournaments. Meanwhile, Duke University and Kansas State University have suspended all athletics.
Arnold Sports Festival
The Arnold Schwarzenegger–named sports competition will continue as planned on March 5, only without an audience. Spectators won’t be able to watch the preliminary events, but for the finals? They’ll be back.
2020 BNP Paribas Open
This tennis tournament is the first major sporting event in the United States to be canceled as a result of the coronavirus. The event, which takes place in the Coachella Valley, was canceled due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the area. Tournament director Tommy Haas said that they are “prepared to hold the tournament on another date and will explore options.”
The New York City Half-Marathon
The event planned for Sunday, March 15 has been canceled.
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