After a screenwriters’ strike in 2023 which brought Hollywood to a standstill, the fires currently underway in California are forcing several productions to go on hiatus. This is the case for highly anticipated series, such as Fallout, Hacksbut also Suits L.A.
You’ll have to wait to find your favorite series. For several days, violent fires have broken out in California, causing numerous victims, thousands of people displaced and significant material damage. While hundreds of acres of forests went up in smoke and neighborhoods like Pacific Palisades were ravaged by flames, Hollywood was also issued an evacuation order after a new fire, dubbed the Sunset Fire, broke out. declared in the hills, a few hundred meters from the famous Walk of Fame. This led to the pausing of several productions.
After the screenwriters’ strike in 2023, the world of American cinema and series is once again affected by a forced shutdown which will delay the release of several projects. The Los Angeles Fire Department has in fact ordered that all filming permits in the Altadena, La Crescenta, La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena neighborhoods be withdrawn, the FilmLA agency announced. As stated Varietywhile most film sets are not located directly in the fire zones, the air quality is hazardous to health and residents are asked not to travel on the roads unnecessarily.
The start of filming for Fallout season 2 postponed
While the Critics Choice Awards are postponed to an indefinite date, as is the announcement of the Oscar nominees which will take place on January 19, several production companies have announced that they will be affected by the measures taken in response to the fires. This is particularly the case for NBC Universal, which announced that season 4 of Hacks or even Suits L.A., the Californian spin-off of the series led by Gabriel Macht and Sarah Rafferty, was currently on hold. For its part, Amazon announced the postponement to Friday January 10 of the start of filming for season 2 of its series Falloutwhich takes place in the Santa Clarita area. The filming of the series NCIS, NCIS : Origins, Grey’s Anatomy, Abbott Elementary et Doctor Odyssey are also impacted by the measures taken by the Los Angeles firefighters, even if we do not know at the moment whether this will have real repercussions on the release of these on television and on streaming platforms.
