According to media reports, The Batman actor, Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19 and as a result of which the production of the movie has come to a halt. The present scenario makes the struggle of getting back to business even harder.
Movie studio Warner Bros. said in a statement that “a member of The Batman production” in Britain had tested positive for the coronavirus, but did give a name. “Filming is temporarily paused,” the studio’s statement added, but did not say for how long.
Variety, the Hollywood Reporter and Vanity Fair all cited sources saying the person who tested positive was Pattinson, the lead actor.
Warner Bros. and Patttinson’s representatives did not return calls seeking comment. It was not clear to what extent Pattinson, 34, best known for his breakout role in the vampire movie series Twilight, was suffering fromCOVID-19 symptoms.
The shooting of The Batman had resumed north of London only three days ago after being shut down in mid-March, along with dozens of other movies and TV shows around the world due to the coronavirus.
The movie, in which Robert stars as the comic book hero, has about three months of material left to shoot, according to Hollywood trade outlets. Its release was pushed back earlier this year from June 2021 to October 2021.
It’s been seen that the movie and TV production has slowed down to start normally again in the United States under safety procedures that include testing, quarantine and social distancing on sets that employ dozens of crew members, makeup artists, actors, extras and other production staffs.
Some productions, including Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World: Dominion, have restarted in London or in Eastern Europe, while the cast of the ‘Avatar’ sequel is back at work in New Zealand, where the coronavirus has been kept in check.
According to a news daily, Tom Cruise has got permission in the month of July to shoot parts of the next Mission Impossible thriller in Norway without having follow the quarantine norms. However, Variety reported that the production has hired two cruise ships to house the crew to keep them apart from locals.
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