It is pretty hard these days to avoid anything involving the coronavirus, and the current situation the world is in. Now, it appears television is starting to be influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic as well. It was announced this week that Netflix has picked up ‘Social Distancing,’ a new anthology series focused on the “new, bizarre, bewildering reality we are all experiencing.”
Created by the production team behind ‘Orange Is The New Black,’ this new series was produced remotely as the creators, like the rest of the world, deal with the effects of the coronavirus. “We feel passionate about finding connection as we all remain at a distance. We’ve been inspired to create an anthology series that tells stories about the current moment we are living through — the unique, personal, deeply human stories that illustrate how we are living apart, together,” the team said in a press release.
Both the director, Diego Velasco, and showrunner, Hilary Weisman Graham, are currently working from home, and the plan is to have the actors film themselves at home. Jenji Kohan, Tara Herrmann, and Blake McCormick are on board as executive producers. Not much else is known about the show, but based on how it is being made; it could appear sooner than expected.
Via Variety