Just as U.S.-based location shoots in Vancouver get back up and running amid the pandemic, the cameras have stopped rolling on a number of popular TV series due to a shortage of COVID-19 testing capacity in the city.
Sources at Hollywood studios point to a number of U.S.-based TV series shoots that have paused or delayed production as they rely on local labs for testing. "This is a situation we are continuing to monitor hour by hour and day by day.
Safety is of the utmost importance," one studio exec told The Hollywood Reporter. Local U.S. series shoots impacted by the bottleneck in virus testing capacity include CW's Charmed, Nancy Drew and Riverdale and the superhero shows Supergirl and DC Legends of Tomorrow.