Universal Pictures has decided to follow in the footsteps of fellow studios Disney and Paramount Pictures and has halted production on multiple projects amidst coronavirus concerns, including the third installment in the Jurassic Park sequel trilogy, Jurassic World: Dominion, according to Deadline.
The studio released a statement assuring that “the studio continues to monitor the situation closely and will make a determination on when to restart production in the coming weeks.”
Studios have also begun re-evaluating their release calendars, with Universal and MGM having delayed Daniel Craig’s final James Bond outing No Time to Die from April to November and F9: The Fast Saga from this April to April 2021, and Paramount Pictures pulling A Quiet Place Part II, The Lovebirds and Blue Story from their schedules.
Universal joins a laundry list of studios to halt production on major projects in the wake of the global coronavirus outbreak, with Disney halting production on seven live-action projects including The Little Mermaid and Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Seven Rings, Paramount with Mission: Impossible 7, WarnerMedia having to stop shooting on 70 series including The Flash and Lucifer and Warner Bros. announcing today it would be delaying The Batman by at least two weeks.