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The Accelerating Pace Of THE ACCELERATING PACE OF CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS OF KEY INDUSTRY EVENTS AND PRODUCTIONS DUE TO THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS PUTS A HEIGHTENED STRAIN ON BUSINESS IN HOLLYWOOD BY CYNTHIA LITTLETON AND ELAINE LOW P.32 MARCH 18, 2020 US $9.99 JAPAN ¥1280 CANADA $11.99 CHINA ¥80 UK £ 8 HONG KONG $95 EUROPE €9 RUSSIA 400 AUSTRALIA $14 INDIA 800 www.avatars.inc Untitled-3 1 3/5/20 12:07 PM CONTENTS LONELIEST PLACE ON EARTH Visitors stand at Disneyland’s closed gates March 16 after the company shuttered the theme park until at least the end of the month due to coronavirus fears. P.3 2 P.3 8 P.4 2 Showbiz Shuts Down Across the IFC’s Nimble How is Hollywood coping as projects suspend ‘Universe’ Strategy Showrunner Rebecca Sugar reflects on her The indie distributor has thrived for 20 production and events postpone or cancel? groundbreaking Cartoon Network series. years by being willing to reinvent itself. By CYNTHIA LITTLETON and ELAINE LOW By DANIEL HOLLOWAY By BRENT LANG (C0VER) ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN STAUFFER; (THIS PAGE) EUGENE GARCIA/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK (THIS PAGE) BRIAN STAUFFER; BY ILLUSTRATION (C0VER) VARIETY 3 CONTENTS P.4 5 Pixar’s “Soul” is one of the anticipated movies highlighted in Variety’s Summer TOP BILLING Cinema Preview 13 MARCH MADNESS The live sports biz is in chaos after almost all events have been canceled or postponed 16 GUEST COLUMN Dr. Oz weighs in on the coronavirus crisis 17 FYC CONUNDRUM How will the TV and film awards seasons weather the global health crisis? ALSO INSIDE 18 VIRAL VIDEO Hong Kong YouTube creators say they are being censored 8 over Covid-19 content FIELD NOTES 19 ROLLING TO TV Musings Bob Dylan’s life and catalog on hot topics are the basis of a drama series 9 project set for market PLUGGED IN What’s trending at Variety.com EXPOSURE 10 CLOSE UP 23 PARTIES The big picture “Mulan,” “Bloodshot,” 66 “Boomerang” premieres FACETIME 26 WWD Aaron Paul Thandie Newton’s “West- world” premiere look leads the red-carpet scorecard T FRIEND: EDUARDO CASTALDO/HBO EDUARDO T FRIEND: ARTISANS 55 REEL TO REAL “Westworld” production team shows the future as androids P. 2 8 escape from the theme park 57 MAKEUP MAGIC German filmmaker Production team for Syfy’s Tom Tykwer looks “The Magicians” shares its for a buyer in SoHo transformative secrets 58 DRESSED FOR SUCCESS Designer tells how costumes show the growing wealth of first U.S. woman millionaire “The story is always the most important, and I serve that story. REVIEWS So if the story is Chinese, then I do everything in my power to P.6 1 represent that culture the most 61 TV authentically and the most “My Brilliant Friend: The Story specifically, and when I do that, I of a New Name” “My Brilliant Friend: find the work becomes universal.” The Story of a Director Niki Caro, at the premiere of the live-action 62 FILM New Name” review remake of “Mulan” in Hollywood, on the task of “The Hunt,” “Misbehaviour” representing a culture other than her own P.24 SOUL: PIXAR/DISNEY; TYKWER’S HOUSE: MELANIE GREENE/MAY PEARL FOR MIKE + MARTA, COMPASS; CARO: AFF-USA/SHUTTERSTOCK; MY BRILLIAN AFF-USA/SHUTTERSTOCK; CARO: COMPASS; MIKE + MARTA, PEARL FOR HOUSE: MELANIE GREENE/MAY TYKWER’S SOUL: PIXAR/DISNEY; 4 VARIETY Local Productions Globally Inspired Untitled-3ITV0313_SeriesMania_Variety_LocalGlobal_FullPage_AW.indd 1 1 04/03/20203/5/20 12:07 12:00 PM Michelle Sobrino-Stearns GROUP PUBLISHER & CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER SALES MARKETING Donna Pennestri Dea Lawrence ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER MILLIE CHIAVELLI JOHN ROSS Claudia Eller SVP SALES & GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS VP, FEATURES & EVENTS TIM BOYER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DAWN ALLEN VP OF FILM & TALENT CREATIVE DIRECTOR Andrew Wallenstein MICHELLE FINE-SMITH SUSANNE AULT DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF VP, GLOBAL CONSUMER PARTNERSHIPS JASON GREENBLATT DAYNA WOLPA EDITORIAL FEATURES DIRECTOR, EVENT MARKETING VP DIGITAL SALES DAVID S. 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