'Bridgerton' Season 2 Production Shuts Down Following Another Positive COVID Test in a Week | THR News - video Dailymotion

Filming is paused indefinitely while the streamer and Shondaland producers create a timetable for a return to production.

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00:00The Hollywood Reporter has learned that filming for the wildly popular Netflix

00:15Regency-era drama has been paused following a positive COVID test. Filming is paused indefinitely

00:21while the streamer and Shondaland producers create a timetable for a return to production.

00:25It's unclear whether a cast or crew member contracted the virus,

00:29but they are currently isolating. This marks the second shutdown since Thursday,

00:33which also saw production halted for 24 hours following a positive COVID test from a crew

00:38member. After testing positive, the crew member was isolated while everyone else working on the

00:42series was tested. At the time, no cast members had been affected and production was back underway

00:47on Friday. Bridgerton is produced by Shondaland through Household Pictures in the UK, where

00:52cases involving the Delta variant of coronavirus are currently surging. Season 2 comes after the

00:57series was a breakout hit for Netflix, recently earning 12 Emmy nominations, including nods for

01:02Outstanding Drama and leading actor for Regé-Jean Page, who played the popular Duke of Hastings.

01:08The Regency-era show serves as Shonda Rhimes' first scripted series under her original Netflix deal.

01:13The streaming series is based on the popular book series written by Julia Quinn

01:16and has been already renewed for a third and fourth season. For more updates to this story,

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