Coronavirus: Stars Wars filming ‘ditched’ as production staff ‘sent home for 30 days’

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSteve Yockey has signed a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television, Variety has learned.Yockey is best known for creating the critically-acclaimed HBO Max series “The Flight Attendant” starring Kaley Cuoco, which is produced by WBTV.

Emilio Mayorga Argentina’s Gentil Cine and El Borde, Brazil’s Vitrine and Punta Colorada, Spain’s Doxa and French company 4a4 Productions have teamed for Albertina Carri’s seventh feature “White Roses, Fall!,” a gender-themed road-trip where the main characters include a porn filmmaker, a trans grandmother, non-binary grandchildren and lesbian clairvoyant vampires.“White Roses, Fall!” centers on Violeta, a young film director who once made an exultant lesbian porn movie and is now hired to make a mainstream and ecological porn feature. She struggles with her ideas about genre and gender, which prevent her from shooting.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Miami-based FiGa Films has announced a flurry of sales and acquisition activity during the EFM. Among its stellar pics is ‘Nudo Mixteco,” the first indigenous film it has handled, which HBO Max has picked up for the U.S., to bow in May.Uruguayan doc, “Straight to VHS,” winner of the prestigious critics award, the Fipresci, at the Buenos Aires indie film fest, Bafici, has been sold to IndiePix for the U.S. It also acquired the film on which the doc is based upon, “Act of Violence on a Young Journalist,” that will be released as an extra on home video.“We are delighted to collaborate with IndiePix and with their enthusiasm for ‘Straight to VHS,’” said FiGa Films’ Sandro Fiorin, adding: “Their plans for a home-video release full of extras sounds like an instant collectible item.

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Lesley McKenzie Managing EditorInternational contemporary art fair Frieze Los Angeles descends upon the city with its third edition, bringing together more than 100 local and internationally renowned galleries for a series of events held around town and at the fair’s new Beverly Hills location at 9900 Wilshire Blvd.Here’s what to expect.Wednesday, Feb. 16Outland, Rhizome and Friends With Benefits Rooftop Party Newly launched digital art platform Outland teams up with Rhizome and Friends With Benefits for discussions and a rooftop party. NeueHouse Hollywood, 6121 Sunset Blvd., 7-11 p.m.Prada Mode Los Angeles Social Club Prada Mode Los Angeles brings its traveling members-only social club back to Los Angeles for the seventh year, including an immersive installation by artist Martine Syms.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAdriana Chiesa Enterprises has taken world sales on high-profile doc “Caterina Caselli: One Life, 100 Voices,” about the former Italian pop singer, base player and actress who is now president of Andrea Bocelli’s record label, Sugar Music.The veteran Italian sales agent is lauching sales on the doc at the online EFM.Directed by Renato De Maria, who is known for films such as “Love Me” and “The First Line,” which went to Toronto – and more recently Netflix Italy original “The Ruthless” – the doc delves into Caselli’s career which kicked off with the 1966 Sanremo song fest where she performed proto feminist song “Nessuno mi può giudicare,” (which translates as “Nobody Can Judge Me”). It went gold, selling over one million copies.

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Christian Nodal surprised everyone this weekend when he shared the news of his break up with Belinda. While plenty of people have wondered what went wrong with the relationship, some fans of Belinda have sent thousands of messages to Nodal over social media, with some of them insulting him. Nodal didn’t stay quiet, answering these accusations, among them the decision to publish the news of the break up two days before Valentine’s Day.

Miguel and Nazanin Mandi broke up four months ago, and they already decided they can’t spend any longer apart.The longtime couple announced their reconciliation on Instagram, both uploading the same joint photoshoot to their accounts on February 15. The lovey-dovey pictures more than proved that the two of them were back together, but they explained their reunion in their captions, vaugely mentioning the work that went into their relationship over the past few months.

Mariah Carey is unbothered.Just a few days after her ex-husband, Nick Cannon, released a song dedicated to their relationship, the “We Belong Together singer shared a look at her Valentine’s Day, which she spent with her boyfriend of more than five years, Bryan Tanaka. Clearly, she’s wasn’t spending her special day thinking about the Wild ‘N Out creator.Carey posted the flick to Instagra on February 15, captioning the sweet picture, “Valentine’s marathon continues.

"He was great fun to work with."I will always have fond memories of the times we spent together. May he rest in peace," he posted.Robin Askwith penned: "So sorry to hear about the passing of my friend Jack Smethurst."We loved working with each other and I taught his son cricket on a beach in Perth WA!!"Our west end run was a riot.

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Lesley Headland, the woman behind Netflix’s Emmy-winning Russian Doll drama, has been recruited to mastermind a new female-centred Star Wars project for Disney.

The Skywalker Saga has officially come to a close, a sci-fi opera that began more than four decades ago with 1977's and ended, two trilogies later, with last year's. But there are plenty more stories to tell from that galaxy far, far away.

The rumors have circulated for years, but now it's finally, totally, officially confirmed: Ewan McGregor will return to the Star Wars universe to star as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new Disney+ series. The actor first played the character in the Star Wars prequel films, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. (The character was originated by Sir Alec Guinness in the original film, Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope.)

The upcoming TV series based around Star Wars‘ Obi-Wan Kenobi is back on track.

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FILMING on a new Star Wars series and the latest Jurassic World movie ground to a halt today as Pinewood Studios staff were sent home for at least a month. Workers at the world-famous site, which is also the home of the James Bond films, were told to leave because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker might have marked the end of the Skywalker Saga, but there's still plenty to discover about the original trilogy.It turns out that things could have been very different at the end of Return of the Jedi, especially during that epic showdown between Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and the Emperor in the Death Star’s Throne Room.How different? Well, that climactic duel was originally set to take place on a completely different location, feature the returns of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda as Force ghosts and see the Emperor meet his end in a sea of lava.