The
entertainment
industry
in
India
has
been
largely
affected
by
the
Coronavirus
outbreak.
On
one
hand,
shooting
schedules
of
many
films
have
been
delayed
whereas,
on
the
other
hand,
quite
a
few
events
have
been
postponed
including
IIFA
2020.
Sadly,
the
scenario
is
pretty
much
the
same
in
Hollywood
as
well.
Yesterday,
the
makers
of
the
animated
movie
Peter
Rabbit
2
announced
that
the
film's
release
has
been
pushed
from
March
to
August
due
to
Coronavirus
scare.
The
release
of
James
Bond
movie
No
Time
To
Die,
starring
Daniel
Craig
in
the
lead,
has
been
postponed
to
November
as
well.
Apart
from
big
Hollywood
movies,
major
events
and
festivals
are
also
getting
affected
because
of
the
COVID
19
pandemic.
The
Coachella
Valley
Music
and
Arts
Festival,
which
was
supposed
to
take
place
next
month,
will
now
happen
in
October.
Stagecoach,
which
is
a
country
music
festival,
has
also
been
pushed
to
October.
Emerald
City
Comic
Con
and
South
by
Southwest
are
the
other
two
main
events
that
have
been
cancelled
for
now.
Coming
to
the
Cannes
Film
Festival,
the
prestigious
event
is
happening
from
May
12
to
23
this
year.
And
despite
the
Coronavirus
outbreak,
the
2020
edition
is
still
very
much
on.
In
fact,
recently
the
first
case
of
Coronavirus
in
Nice,
France
was
confirmed
by
the
city's
mayor
and
since
then
the
festival
organizers
have
been
keeping
a
close
watch
on
the
situation.
But
no
announcement
regarding
any
cancelation
or
postponement
of
the
festival
has
been
made
until
now
which
is
surprising.
However,
the
president
of
the
Cannes
Film
Festival,
Pierre
Lescure,
told
a
French
publication,
"We
remain
reasonably
optimistic
in
the
hope
that
the
peak
of
the
epidemic
will
be
reached
at
the
end
of
March
and
that
we
will
breathe
a
little
better
in
April.
But
we
are
not
oblivious.
If
not,
we
will
cancel."
Anyway,
even
if
the
starry
event
happens
in
May,
it's
hard
to
tell
how
many
celebs
will
actually
turn
up
at
the
festival.
Interestingly,
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
isn't
covered
by
insurance,
which
means
if
it
gets
cancelled
due
to
a
government
order
or
mandate,
the
organizers
won't
be
able
to
claim
anything.
The
organizers
were
offered
insurance
for
pandemics
but
the
declined
the
proposal
as
it
hardly
served
their
purpose
monetary
wise.