The subsequent two seasons of Survivor will likely be postponed no less than two months due to the well being dangers and precautions related to coronavirus. Jeff Probst, who hosts and government produces the sequence, despatched out a letter to the hit actuality present’s crew Wednesday informing them of the choice to delay capturing Seasons 41 and 42, TV Information has discovered.
Season 41 was supposed to start capturing March 24 in Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands however “as a result of rising short-term uncertainty surrounding the worldwide unfold of COVID-19 and the corresponding need for the continued well-being of our superb crew, we’ve got determined to push again our begin date,” Probst wrote.
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He added that though Fiji has had no reported instances of coronavirus, “our crew numbers over 400 and are flying in from over 20 completely different international locations, creating a necessity for extra time to completely analyze and create our new manufacturing security plan.” Contestants could be in danger, in fact, as a result of they, too, fly in from everywhere in the globe.
Season 42 was scheduled to start capturing Could 24 and that will likely be pushed again as properly. But when there are not any additional delays, the September premiere of Season 41 and the February 2021 debut of Season 42 might nonetheless be achieved. Survivor is the newest present to expertise postponements due to the coronavirus pandemic. The checklist additionally contains Disney+ and Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which was slated to movie in Prague this month, and The Bachelorette Season 16, which had thought-about capturing in Italy however should relocate due to the nation’s coronavirus outbreak.
Entertainment Weekly was the primary to report the information.
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