Posted 24 November, 2007 in FilmUSA
From the Globe and Mail (Canada)
Effects of strike head north
One TV show shuts down in B.C., others soon to stop production
GAYLE MACDONALD AND UNNATI GANDHI
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
British Columbia’s television industry is in crisis as repercussions from
the U.S. writers’ strike make their way north. One show has already shut
down and at least five more are expected to prematurely stop production in
the coming months.
And while as many as 1,000 jobs are on the line, Vancouver-based production
sets and studios are remaining tight-lipped and the B.C. Film Commission
maintains it doesn’t know of any impact to date.
NBC’s Bionic Woman, starring Michelle Ryan, was supposed to run through to
Dec. 12, but it shut down last Friday, said veteran publicist Bill Vigars,
whose Canadian production, Search and Rescue, is unaffected by the strike.
Meanwhile, the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica is stopping production
tomorrow, and will remain out of commission until further notice, because it
ran out of scripts, a source close to the show said.
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