How wildfires in Los Angeles that started earlier this week fury, Hollywood was forced to shut down numerous television productions, including the second season of Fallout, and rearrange its event schedule in the middle of awards season.
News of the North American entertainment industry’s response to the massive disaster broke on January 8 through industries such as Diversity AND Hollywood reporter. For most people in the affected areas, including celebritiesnow focusing on saving and/or leaving their homes and the entire city in danger, and faced with the additional threat of needy air quality, most major studios have made the decision to shut down a number of Los Angeles productions and cancel or postpone events.
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FilmLA, the Los Angeles-based film permit agency, also issued an emergency notice stating that “staffing resources normally available to support film production may not be available during a local state of emergency.” A quick glance at your social media feeds should tell you that half the city has been paralyzed, including vast numbers of TV and cinema workers who can’t get to work, especially when their homes may be at risk.
This includes Hacks, Loot, Ted, Suits, Abbott Elementary, NCIS: Origins, Grey’s Anatomy, Jimmy Kimmel Live and more. This week’s premieres that have been canceled include: Unstoppable and Wolf. Emilia Pérez’s awards season also included red carpets for Robbie Williams’ CGI biopic Better Man, The Pitt and On Call.
Although some productions are expected to resume tomorrow, Friday 10 or early next week, the situation remains dire and constantly changing and the impact on the city and its surrounding areas will be felt for a very long time. For now stars such as Jean Smart are suggesting that television networks scale back their plans for upcoming awards seasons and instead donate a portion of their revenues to fire victims and first responders. WITH Funding for the Los Angeles Fire Department was recently cut (along with other city programs) for the LAPD, the situation quickly got out of control and now every little bit counts.
If you can, please consider making a donation to American Red Cross, Salvation Army of Southern California, Central Cuisine of the World, California Fire Foundationand CCF Fire Reconstruction Fund. As classic structures, institutions and power continue to fail us in the face of climate change and the uncontrolled consumption of natural resources, we can only count on each other.
