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Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on Boom Studios decision to join Oni Press in a policy of working from home for all staffers, as a result of fears regarding the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic But that's on the West Coast, what about on the East? Bleeding Cool has learned from sources that Marvel Comics of[...]

Television/Berlanti Productions series Riverdale has suspended season 4 production due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it looks like we can add The CW's The Flash to that list -with an expectation that the rest of the network's shows will follow suit. The long-running series' unit manager Brent Crowell announced to the cast and crew that the[...]

This week brought a tidal wave of postponements across the pop culture landscape, all a result over deep concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic One of those cancellations was the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament ("March Madness"), leaving CBS with some serious holes in its prime time programming schedule. On Friday, the network released a revised television[...]

This is the first of a number of major comic con events to not be cancelled, or postponed indefinitely, but postponed to a specific date. Reed POP, behind

Coronavirus is at it again, and most certainly is not pulling any punches In a release made on their website, the staff of AdeptiCon 2020, the latest tabletop gaming convention to bite the dust (for this year, at least), had this to say: Source: AdeptiCon Since the very first AdeptiCon, held eighteen years ago, we've made it[...]

Ireland's largest-scale production ever is feeling the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with Apple TV+ and Skydance Television shutting down production on their series adaptation of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi novel trilogy "Foundation" The Jared Harris/Lee Pace-starrer was in the middle of filming when the Irish government announced new, restrictive measures that included canceling indoor gatherings[...]

They have a busy month planned for events, but there are clearly concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus pandemic for customers They have issued the following address to customers. Firstly, we'd like to ensure everyone we are following all government advice on cleanliness and conduct, and are keeping up to date with developments We are[...]

Once word came that Disney+ was shutting down filming in Prague for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, it was only a matter of time before the other

Credit: Ubisoft Coronavirus is still wreaking havoc on the gaming industry left and right, and Ubisoft is just one more of the companies affected by E3 2020's untimely cancellation. Because Ubisoft won't be headed to the show this year, instead it will be holding a special online-only event to replace what it had planned for the exhibition. That[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that LA-based comic book publisher Boom Studios announced to employees this week that they will be instituting a work from home policy beginning on Monday, March 16th to keep them safe from potential exposure to COVID-19 or the coronavirus as it's more commonly known Most importantly, the company is doing this before[...]

Proving just how uncertain the coronavirus outbreak is making things across the pop culture landcscape, less than 48 hours after seven talk shows made the decision to tape their shows sans a live studio audience, NBC announced it is suspending production on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers for[...]

These cancellations were made (unsurprisingly) due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, Coronavirus. Source: ChannelFireball The cancelled events, for the time being (because remember, Coronavirus hasn't been dealt with as of yet!), are as follows: MagicFest Detroit MagicFest São Paulo MagicFest Louisville MagicFest Palm Beach MagicFest Turin According to the website CFBEvents.com, the website where one can register for these sorts of[...]

A lot of delays have been taking place lately and now the toy companies are feeling the heat as Kotobukiya announces product delays.

NCAA Men's and Women's basketball tournaments have been canceled, due to concerns about the Coronavirus This follows the announcements about the NBA, MLB, NHL, and more professional sports leagues suspending or delaying their seasons This also comes a day after the NCAA announced that the tournaments would still happen, just without fans in the stands[...]

Comic-Con Museum, a subsidiary of the nonprofit organization that also runs San Diego Comic-Con and WonderCon, has announced that, following the

on top of that, Opening Day will be delayed by at least two weeks, all due to concerns over the Coronavirus pandemic their full statement on the delay can be found below: Following a call with the 30 clubs, and after consultation with the Major League Baseball Players Association, Commissioner Robert D Manfred Jr today announced[...]

NBC and CBS are also cancelling their Upfronts plans - for May, shifting to online outreach in light of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

Bleeding Cool has received the following statement from Comic-Con International regarding the planned staging of Wondercon in Anaheim, California, for

NHL has suspended the remainder of the 2020 season as Coronavirus concerns continue to wreak havoc on live events and mass gatherings This follows the NBA suspending its season last night and the NCAA conference tournaments also canceling games today MLB is supposed to begin their season in two weeks, and that looks to be[...]

Following the NYC-based late-night talk shows' decision and at the urging of California Governor Gavin Newsom to postpone/cancel gatherings of more than 250, LA-based late-night talk shows ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and CBS' The Late Late Show with James Corden, as well as daytime talker The Talk, will begin taping without live studio audiences over growing[...]

The coronavirus pandemic affected another release as director John Krasinski announced the postponement over social media. Paramount Pictures #AQuietPlacePart2…Take2 pic.twitter.com/YrCXLLpxjh — John Krasinski (@johnkrasinski) March 12, 2020 "A Quiet Place" History Krasinski directed the first two films co-starring with wife Emily Blunt in 2018 She stars in Part II He indicated it wasn't a good time to see a horror[...]

Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for Coronavirus The duo is in Australia working on pre-production for the new Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley biopic, and seem to have come in contact with the virus after someone else on the production team tested positive for the disease Tom Hanks sent this statement in[...]

The NBA has just announced that the league will suspend its schedule of games effective with the end of tonight's schedule until further notice, following reports that Utah Jazz Center Rudy Gobert has preliminarily tested positive for coronavirus.  The NBA's press release on the matter states that the league will "use this hiatus to determine[...]

On the same day that the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic, The CW's Riverdale announced that it is shutting down its Vancouver production on the current season after a member of the team came into contact with an individual who tested positive for the coronavirus and "is currently receiving medical evaluation." Stating that the[...]

ACE Comic Con Northeast is the latest mass gathering to be delayed/canceled due to concerns over the Coronavirus pandemic The event was to take place in Boston in nine days, and will look to shift dates to October The con was to be attened by such celebrities as Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Jake[...]

We can now add New York City-based late-night shows to the list of programs being impacted by concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak In a joint decision made among the shows, CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Comedy Central's The[...]

The MoCCA Arts Festival is Manhattan's largest independent comics, cartoon and animation festival, spread over a weekend, drawing over 7,000 attendees

Paranoia has set in, and thanks to the Coronavirus, comic selling, and retail for that matter, feels like a pretty irresponsible thing to do. My shop is located in a mall, an it is a ghost town right now Here in Ohio, the first cases of Coronavirus were confirmed a couple days ago We all know[...]

In what seemed almost inevitable after news that The Amazing Race was suspending production due to concerns over the growing coronavirus outbreak, CBS has announced that production on Season 41 of the long-running reality competition series Survivor – set to begin filming on March 24 in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji – has been postponed[...]

They already had to cancel events in China and South Korea due to the coronavirus, and at this rate, it appears the season may end up being a wash. Credit: Blizzard The health and safety of employees, fans, players, teams, and partners is paramount to Activision Blizzard Esports We are continuing to closely monitor COVID-19 (coronavirus), city-level[...]