Coronavirus effect: Warner Bros halt 'Fantastic Beasts 3', 'King Richard' productions

"Fantastic Beasts 3" and "King Richard" are latest titles from Warner Bros to put ir productions on hold amid coronavirus pandemic. Harry Potter spin-off "Fantastic Beasts 3" will t start production in London on Monday, while work on tennis drama "King Richard", which was filming in Los Angeles, is also being suspended, reported Deline.

studio is yet to anunce when both shoots will resume.

Led by Eddie Redmayne's Newt Scamander, yet-to-be-titled third chapter in "Fantastic Beasts" franchise will be released in 2021. While "King Richard" is a biopic on tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams' far Richard Williams, who guided his prodigal tennis-playing daughters from Compton courts to preeminence in sport. film is slated for a pre-Thanksgiving release on vember 25.

Ar Warner Bros feature " Matrix 4" has t been put on hold as of yet. On Sunday, studio shut down production on " Batman", featuring Robert Pattinson, for two weeks over COVID-19 outbreak. dely virus, which originated in China, has claimed over 6,500 lives and infected more than 169,000 people over 135 countries and territories.