Hollywood grinds to halt production amid coronavirus woes


As production shuttered in the US and Europe and Trump cancelled all flights from Europe, Most narrowly escaped being stranded in Germany while his wife, Katy, is nearing her delivery date on their first child back in Los Angeles.
"Our baby is by far our most important co-production, so I couldn't miss it!" Most quipped, arriving back in LA.
Among the bigger production closures hitting Hollywood, Marvel and Disney Plus were one of the first to sideline their superheroes.
Marvel halted production on Scarlet Johansson's "Black Widow" film featuring her popular Avenger character. They also tabled their China-centric, "Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings."
Disney Studios sunk their live-action, "The Little Mermaid," as well as their family classic, "Peter Pan & Wendy," and rescheduled reboots of earlier family hits, "Shrunk" and "Home Alone."
Disney Plus iced their new series, "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," currently being shot on location in Eastern Europe; plus, "WandaVision" and their bad-boy, demi-giant, trickster series, "Loki."
Warner Brothers' "The Batman," which went into hiatus while their massive production shifted from a London-based sound stage to one in Liverpool.
Universal Pictures' London-based production of "Jurassic World: Dominion," the third installment of the Chris Pratt-starring franchise, also hit the boneyard.
No good deed goes unpunished, as MGM's Sylvester Stallone vehicle, "Samaritan," shooting in Atlanta, was shuttered for at least two weeks.
Jason Statham left the production of Kevin Hart's action comedy, "The Man from Toronto," on March 10, and had just been replaced by Woody Harrelson when the production postponed the start of principle photography.
Baz Lurhmann's "Elvis Project" halted production in Australia when co-star, Tom Hanks, and his wife, tested positive for the coronavirus.
