Hurricane Sandy shuts down film and TV production on East Coast

By Richard Verrier and Meredith Blake

Oct. 29, 2012 12 AM PT

<i>This post has been corrected, as indicated below.</i>

Hurricane Sandy has put a temporary halt to film and TV production in New York City.

New York City officials announced that all film permits in the city have been revoked for Monday and Tuesday because of “Hurricane Sandy and continuing safety precautions,” according to a statement from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. “There will be no City authorized outdoor filming within the five boroughs.”

At least nine TV shows were affected by the shutdown, including “Blue Bloods” (CBS), “Elementary” (CBS), “Gossip Girl” (CW), “Person of Interest” (CBS), “666 Park Avenue” (ABC) and “The Following” (Fox).

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Feature films “Noah” and “Winter’s Tale,” both starring Russell Crowe, were affected.

Several talk shows also canceled production, including “Katie,” “The Colbert Report,” “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” which usually films in Los Angeles but was scheduled to begin a week of heavily publicized shows Monday from Brooklyn, Kimmel’s home borough.

“Due to stupid Hurricane Sandy and in the interest of the safety of our studio audience, Jimmy Kimmel Live! will not broadcast tonight from the Harvey Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music,” Kimmel said in a statement. “We are hopeful to be back on the air tomorrow night with Howard Stern, Tracy Morgan and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.”

CBS’ “The Late Show With David Letterman” planned to tape its program Monday and Tuesday as scheduled, but without an audience, a representative for the talk show said.

Meanwhile, production studio Focus Features said it was postponing Tuesday night’s planned New York City premiere of the Keira Knightley film “Anna Karenina” in anticipation of the storm, which was expected to bring gale-force winds and heavy rain to coastal regions from Delaware to Southern New England.

[For the Record, 12:49 p.m. PDT Oct. 29: An earlier version of this online post said “The Late Show With David Letterman” was on NBC. It is on CBS.]

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Richard Verrier

Richard Verrier is investigations editor for Arts and Entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. He has been with The Times since 2001 and has run our Company Town since 2016. After stints at the St. Petersburg Times and the Orlando Sentinel in Florida, Verrier joined the paper as a reporter, and for many years covered all aspects of the entertainment industry before turning to editing. He oversees the Company Town coverage while working to guide and edit investigative and enterprise reporting across the entertainment team, collaborating with writers and editors from all departments. He is a native of Montreal and a graduate from the University of Toronto and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Meredith Blake

Meredith Blake is an entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Times based out of New York City, where she primarily covers television. A native of Bethlehem, Pa., she graduated from Georgetown University and holds a master’s degree from New York University.