Songbird, a Michael Bay-produced thriller set in the course of the present coronavirus pandemic, has been given a “Do Not Work” discover from the Display screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), in line with The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie’s solid consists of Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Peter Stormare, and was set to be directed by Adam Mason, who additionally wrote the screenplay with Simon Boyes. The British director’s earlier work consists of the 2007 horror movie The Satan’s Chair.

Plot description for Songbird stays sketchy, however stories from mid-Might in contrast it to Paranormal Exercise and Cloverfield, and say it’s set in a near-future that has struggled with two years of lockdowns and a virus that has mutated.

The SAG-AFTRA order states that “SAG-AFTRA members are hereby instructed to withhold any performing companies or carry out any coated work for this manufacturing till additional discover from the union.”

A SAG-AFTRA consultant informed The Hollywood Reporter that “the producers haven’t been clear about their security protocols, and that’s one thing we clearly take very severely. Additionally, as famous within the Do Not Work order, the producers haven’t but develop into signatory to our settlement. Now we have no additional remark.”

Movie and tv productions have slowly restarted in Los Angeles (amongst them, The Daring and the Lovely, Common Hospital, and The Younger and the Stressed) however permits are being granted underneath nice scrutiny from the Los Angeles County Public Well being Division.

Representatives from Songbird didn’t return a request for remark.

If Songbird hoped to be the primary, they’re already too late. Corona, Coronavirus, and Corona Zombies are already within the can.

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