Hollywood is about to shut down again after some very difficult years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The writers’ strike officially began on May 2nd and of course inevitably leads to the production stop of many series and films.
In CINEMA PREMIEREWe will keep you updated on the productions that have been suspended due to the strike. However, we will only collect the projects whose status be confirmed directly by the authors or specialist media.
Series affected by the writers’ strike
The list below includes both shows that cannot be produced without a team of writers, such as series that have had a pause in their development due to the cessation of “scriptroom” activities.
- Late Night Shows: Saturday night live, Last week tonight with John Oliver, Real time with Bill Maher, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with Stephen colbert, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Myers And The Daily Show.
- Stranger Things: Season 5
- The Last of Us: Season 2
- The Mandalorian: Season 4
- Yellowjackets: Season 3
- Emily in Paris: Season 4
- Abbott Elementary: Season 3
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: hedge knight
- family Guy And american father
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Films affected by the writers’ strike
Although experts estimated that the major Hollywood studios would be spared a major impact on their production and release schedules for at least four months, some projects have already confirmed delays in their development. Here are the most famous:
- Spider-Man 4 with Tom Holland (in pre-production)
- Captain America: Brave New World (in pre-production)
- flashes (in pre-production)
- blade (in pre-production)
- fantastic Four (in pre-production)
- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (in pre-production)
- Avengers: Secret Wars (in pre-production)
- movies about war of stars by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, James Mangold and Dave Filoni (in pre-production)
- avatar 3 (in production); Avatars 4 and 5 (in pre-production)
- The Batman: Part II (in pre-production)
- Community: The Movie (in pre-production)
- Luck (in pre-production)
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Productions NOT affected
Here are some films and series currently in development whose scripts were already finalized before the strike began. Therefore, they will continue their work schedule normally.
- Dragon House: Season 2
- The Rings of Power: Season 2
