Little Mermaid, Home Alone Reboots Join Movie Productions Halted

Disney has announced it's suspending production on multiple live-action films including The Little Mermaid, Home Alone, The Last Duel, Nightmare Alley, Peter Pan & Wendy, and Shrunk. A Disney spokesperson told Deadline these production delays are precautionary, and there haven't been any confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 on the productions prompting the shutdowns. The statement reads: "While there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on our productions, after considering the current environment and the best interests of our cast and crew, we have made the decision to pause production on some of our live-action films for a short time. We will continue to assess the situation and restart as soon as feasible." This news comes on the heels of Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Seven Rings pausing first unit production in London as its director, Destin Daniel Cretton, is self-isolating pending the results of a test for COVID-19. Developing... [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jeffrey Lerman is a Freelance News Writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @Snakester95.

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