UPDATE 1- Robert Pattinson tests positive for COVID-19, pausing production of 'The Batman' – U.S. media
LOS ANGELES, Sept 3- British actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19, causing production in Britain on the set of his film “The Batman” to pause, Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter reported on Thursday. Warner Bros., the Hollywood studio behind the movie, said in a statement that “a member of’ The Batman’ production” had tested positive for the…
LOS ANGELES, Sept 3 (Reuters) – British actor Robert
Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19, causing production
in Britain on the set of his film “The Batman” to pause, Vanity
Fair and the Hollywood Reporter reported on Thursday.
Warner Bros., the Hollywood studio behind the movie,said in a statement that “a member of ‘The Batman’ production”had tested positive for the coronavirus, but did not give aname. “Filming is temporarily paused,” the Warner Bros.statement added.
Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter cited unnamed sourcesas saying the person who tested positive was Pattinson, thefilm’s star.
Warner Bros. and Pattinson’s representatives did notimmediately return calls seeking comment on the reports.
Filming of “The Batman” had resumed in Leavesden north ofLondon only three days ago after being shut down in mid-March,along with dozens of other movies and TV shows around the worlddue to the pandemic.
The movie, in which the Pattinson, 34, stars as the comicbook hero, has about three months of material left to shoot,according to Hollywood trade outlets. Its release was pushedback earlier this year from June 2021 to October 2021.
Hollywood has only resumed production of movies and TV showsin the past few weeks after struggling to accommodate complexsafety procedures, testing, and social distancing on film setsthat employ dozens of crew, makeup artists, actors, extras andother production staff.
Pattinson is best known for his breakout role in the youngadult vampire movie series “Twilight,” which turned him into aheartthrob.(Reporting by Jill Serjeantl; Editing by Sandra Maler andJonathan Oatis)