Netflix is making a comedy set in the coronavirus outbreak
LA Times“Orange Is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan will produce a Netflix series set and filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. As hundreds of films and TV series around the world have shuttered to help stem the tide of the novel coronavirus, a new Netflix comedy aims to adapt production around quarantine. “Social Distance,” an upcoming anthology series from “Orange Is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan, will feature actors filming themselves in their homes while under quarantine. Hollywood Inc. Reopening California: Hollywood is figuring out how to start rolling again Hollywood is eager to get back to work after the coronavirus outbreak, but union officials, studio executives and others must first agree on new protocols to make filming safe again.