The UK Government says it will publish guidance this week that will allow “small numbers of essential cast and crew” to travel to the UK without having to quarantine for two weeks reports Deadline.
Those individuals who go through that process will need to live and work in ‘bubbles’ comprising of accommodation and filming locations only. The aim is to ease restrictions on high-end investment film and TV productions as well as major sporting events.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: “The world’s biggest blockbusters and high-end TV shows are made in Britain. Our creativity, expertise and highly successful tax reliefs for our screen industries means that we are an in demand location that in turn delivers a great return for our economy. We want the industry to bounce back and exempting small numbers of essential cast and crew from quarantine is part of our continued commitment to getting cameras rolling safely again.”
Dowden reportedly specifically contacted “Mission Impossible” star Tom Cruise last week about the plans and spoke about how the next two films in that series can resume filming at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.
While production crew previously said filming could re-start in September, UK tabloid The Sun claims Cruise is already in prep in the country which could indicate things are getting underway earlier. Meanwhile, Universal will resume filming on “Jurassic World: Dominion” this week.
The UK government on Friday announced plans to lift quarantine rules for 50 ‘low risk’ countries, even as the UK has been one of the worst impacted by the coronavirus. The UK government has also unveiled a nearly $2 billion support package for the country’s beleaguered arts sector.
