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The entertainment industry continues to make adjustments in the current pandemic. Some major films have gotten back to production but it looks like we won’t see many big films in theaters for a long time and that obviously means the theaters are in trouble. We reported earlier this week that Regal Cinemas were temporarily closing hundreds of theaters in the United States due to several major movies being delayed and audiences reluctant to return to theaters in numbers until there is a widely distributed vaccine. These circumstances are also having an even more drastic change to the production of several TV shows with some being canceled due to the COVID-19 risks.
Yesterday Universal Studios tweeted out through the official Jurassic World account that the anticipated ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ which was slated to come out in June 2021 will now be pushed back an entire year to 2022. In August, the sequel which was combining elements of the classic ‘Park’ trilogy with the recent ‘World’ films was back in production with a lot of added precautions.
Movie expert Dan Murrell broke down in this video how significant the current maneuvering by the major studios is, why it has a huge impact on the industry, and the futures of movies as we know them.
Some recent TV shows which were renewed and were heading to film their new seasons have now been canceled. There are dozens of scripted and non-scripted series that are currently sitting in limbo but here two noteworthy recent cancellations.
G.L.O.W was set to start producing it’s fourth and final season but that has been called off this week because of the “C-word”. Netflix has made the call and considering the show involves very unique characters in a wrestling ring, it makes sense. It would be really challenging to shoot this without any bodyslams or vertical suplexes. Let’s hope we get some type of revival on the other side.
Drunk History which has been a hit on Comedy Central for six seasons, and was set for a seventh was axed in August. This one hurts quite a bit. The episodes featuring Chicago history and locals boozed-up blurting out ridiculous things were some of the funniest TV in the last 10 years.
