‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Has Started Filming
By George Robbins
The movie industry has been nothing but abuzz as of late due to production companies and studios as a whole getting back to work. This comes in the form of movies going back to what they were doing when they were forced to shut down back at the start of the pandemic. When productions were forced to shut down, studios had no choice but to wait things out until such a time where they could get back to task. This meant waiting for months on end and then having to follow new protocols that have been put in place so that crews could return to work. Therefore, we ended up with plenty of down time for crews before they could actually get back to whatever projects they were working on.
Despite new rules being in place for the sets which help to prevent the spread of the virus, they have been working hard on getting things done. Many movies which had to forego production for a few months have already started back up again to some degree. Not only have many started up again, but some have either already finished or they are nearing the end of the whole production process. This has made it a difficult but interesting time for production crews as they have to rush to finish their projects, but they had a lot of time off prior to this. Many movies even spent some of that time off getting work done from home so that they could finish soon after returning to the set.
This work from home approach did not work on every single film that had a halted production unfortunately, so they were forced to be delayed. Without a proper set-up, some productions were forced to hold off on going back to work for awhile, which also contributed to many delays we saw. As such, many movies are now going to have significant delays tacked on to their overall release window. This isn’t helped along at all by the fact that movies are now getting even longer delays for theatrical releases. This is stemming from the fact that people don’t want to go out to a public place during a pandemic in order to see a film they could possibly just watch in the safety of their own homes.
Even though there is so much that is currently going wrong with the movie industry as a whole, there is much progress being made. With many projects being worked on for the first time in months, it is a huge deal when we hear about movies starting to film again. This is just the case when we now talk about the upcoming ‘Fantastic Beasts 3,’ which has apparently begun the filming process once again. For those unaware, the movie had started production before the pandemic began, but just like all other productions, it was put on hold. Just like all other productions recently however, they have once again started filming again, at least according Eddie Redmayne. Redmayne, being the main star for the ‘Fantastic Beasts‘ saga, is a pretty good source for knowing when these things are true.
Word about the movie starting back up again began back in the beginning of June because of the movie production situation at the time. In England, where it was being filmed, movies were given the greenlight to once again start production. Unfortunately, many crews did not feel it was safe enough to once again start, especially if it was a large production and this movie was on that list of large productions. Due to this fact, they held off on filming until an appropriate point in time. This point in time is apparently around now because they have apparently already resumed the filming process so hopefully it won’t be too long before we get to see the movie have its release to round out the trilogy.