The serious fires currently affecting the city of Los Angeles are having an impact on the production of films and series. The filming of season 2 of Falloutin particular, is concerned.
The images are chilling: when you turn on your television or see videos on the internet, you are inevitably stunned by the tragedy that Los Angeles is undergoing. Due to climate change, the American city is experiencing violent fires, which are destroying buildings and forcing the evacuation of certain areas. The toll so far shows at least five deaths and 130,000 people forced to leave their homes.
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This disaster has an impact on the economy and industry of Los Angeles, home to many film sets. The impressive flames forced producers and directors to pause their projects. A successful series is particularly affected: the adaptation Falloutwhose season 2 began filming last November. According to an article from Varietypublished on January 8, Amazon teams were supposed to get back to it this week, after the Christmas holidays.
Delay expected for season 2 of Fallout ?
FilmLA, the company in charge of filming permits, announced that “ personnel usually available to support production may not be available during the state of emergency “. Authorizations for localities like Altadena or La Crescenta are pending, and further refusals are possible, until the situation is fully under control. If the plateaus are not in direct contact with the flames, the air quality poses health risks, while the roads must be cleared so that firefighters can intervene effectively. Falloutwhose production takes place in Santa Clarita, does not escape the directives of the authorities.
For the moment, no one can say whether this filming delay will have an impact on the broadcast date of season 2 of Fallout (still not communicated by Amazon). Production also remains dependent on the evolution of the situation in Los Angeles, which is still engulfed in flames and is the victim of ” one of the most destructive natural disasters » of its history, according to Kristin Crowley, local fire chief.
The accelerated start of season 2 of Falloutjust a few months after the broadcast of the first episodes, suggested a rapid arrival on the Amazon Prime Video platform. The apocalypse that Los Angeles is experiencing is possibly turning everything upside down, and the shutdown of Hollywood also affects programs like Hacks, Loot, Ted, Suits: L.A, Happy’s Place, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS or even Abbott Elementary. Given the urgency, entertainment will wait.
Source: www.numerama.com
