Impeachment: American Crime Story is the latest high-profile TV series to take a break from production as a result of Covid-19.
The deadline means that production for the drama was discontinued earlier this week after a confirmed positive case in Zone A, which was discovered through routine screening, in accordance with the show’s strict health and safety protocols.
He is now on holiday break and will resume filming in January. A spokesman for the show declined to comment.
Ryan Murphy’s limited series on the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal plays Beanie Feldstein as Lewinsky, Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp and Billy Eichner as journalist Matt Drudge.
The series is produced by 20th Television, FX and Ryan Murphy Productions.
It was originally intended to be filmed in early spring, but was delayed due to the blockage, and Paulson revealed last month that filming had begun.
In September, it emerged that Michael Uppendahl had acted as director and executive producer, replacing Richard Shepard, who left the project.
The third season of American Crime Story will be based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book A vast conspiracy: The real story of the sex scandal that brought almost a president.
Sarah Burgess writes and will serve as an EP with Uppendahl, Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander, Alexis Martin Woodall and Sarah Paulson. Lewinsky, Feldstein, Henrietta Conrad and Jemima Khan produce.