What will we actually be able to watch this winter after Covid-19 shuts down productions?

Matt Damon's 'The Last Duel' has a Hollywood-scale budget and so was in a position to bear the extra costs of Covid compliance. But what about other films and TV shows? Ed Power investigates.

Television faces a different quandary. With many of us confined to our homes, the box in the corner has become both a connection to the outside world and an escape from it.

When we think of 2020, certain images are already scorched into our memories: Leo Varadkar announcing the first lockdown. Shuttered shops and takeaway pints. And there, bang in the middle, Matt Damon on his Great Irish Odyssey.

As the country went into hibernation in March, Damon bunkered down in a Dalkey mansion with his family. He did so after Covid brought a halt to Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, which was shooting at Cahir, Co Tipperary, and Bective, Co Meath.