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Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg’s £176m series in chaos after Covid outbreak
FILMING for a £176million Tom Hanks mini-series has been thrown into chaos following a Covid outbreak among the cast.
UK shooting of World War Two drama Masters of the Air, with Hanks, and Steven Spielberg as producers, shut down for a week after a leading actor tested positive and was forced to isolate along with a string of cast and crew.
A leading actor starring in Hanks’ new mini-series tested positive and was forced to isolate along with a string of cast and crew[/caption]
A source said: “Everyone is very angry. It’s understood the person who caught Covid got it outside of production.
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“But of course that meant others have still had to isolate.”
Filming for the Apple+ show has taken place at Abingdon Airfield, Oxon, and Newland Park in Bucks. It is thought to have returned to usual this week.
Last week The Sun revealed Tom Cruise is isolating for 14 days after 14 crew on his Mission: Impossible 7 tested positive during UK filming.
UK shooting of World War Two drama Masters of the Air, with Hanks, and Steven Spielberg as producers, shut down for a week[/caption]
