Official Competition, the comedy feature reuniting Spanish stars Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz, has temporarily suspended its Spain shoot due to concerns over the coronavirus. Spanish producer…
issued a statement citing, “the implementation of safety measures and responsibility towards our filming crew, faced with the uncertainty expressed by some members and to enable them to attend to family needs, especially the closure of all schools in Madrid”.
The pic started shoot several weeks ago around Spanish capital Madrid and had scheduled to continue through to mid-April. Spain is currently the Euro nation second-worst affected by Covid-19, with 3,148 confirmed cases and 87 deaths. Mediapro added that it “can reconvene as soon as possible”, once it is possible to guarantee safety of production crews.
Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat are directing the feature, in which Cruz will play renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas, who is recruited by a billionaire entrepreneur who impulsively decides to create an iconic movie. Banderas will star as Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero, and joining them is Argentinian actor Oscar Martínez , who plays radical theater actor Iván Torres. Protagonist Pictures is handling world rights. CAA Media Finance and Paradigm are representing US rights.
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