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Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg’s £176m series in chaos after Covid outbreak

FILMING for a £176million Tom Hanks mini-series has been thrown into chaos following a Covid outbreak among the cast.

UK shooting of World War Two drama Masters of the Air, with Hanks, and Steven Spielberg as producers, shut down for a week after a leading actor tested positive and was forced to isolate along with a string of cast and crew.

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A leading actor starring in Hanks' new mini-series tested positive and was forced to isolate along with a string of cast and crewCredit: Getty

A source said: “Everyone is very angry. It’s understood the person who caught Covid got it outside of production.

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"But of course that meant others have still had to isolate.”

Filming for the Apple+ show has taken place at Abingdon Airfield, Oxon, and Newland Park in Bucks. It is thought to have returned to usual this week.

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Last week The Sun revealed Tom Cruise is isolating for 14 days after 14 crew on his Mission: Impossible 7 tested positive during UK filming.

UK shooting of World War Two drama Masters of the Air, with Hanks, and Steven Spielberg as producers, shut down for a weekCredit: Getty - Contributor

 

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