Amazon Studios pulls out of upcoming SXSW events in Austin, Texas due to concerns over coronavirus

Amazon Studios has pulled out of the upcoming SXSW events in Austin, Texas due to concerns over the coronavirus.

The entertainment subsidiary of Amazon has canceled all events including the premieres of episodic shows Upload and Tales From The Loop, according to an article Tuesday by Deadline.

Amazon Prime Video also scuttled their marketing party Saturday night with Entertainment Weekly.

The sci-fi satire series Upload by Greg Daniels occurs in the future where people near death can be uploaded into a virtual afterlife of their choosing.

The 10-episode series starring Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards and Kevin Bigley is scheduled to premiere in April.

Tales From The Loop is based on the narrative art book of the same title by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag.

The eight-episode series explores ‘the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction’, according to its description.

Tales From The Loop stars stars Rebecca Hall, Paul Schneider, Duncan Joiner, Daniel Zolghardi and Jonathan Pryce.

It is scheduled to premiere April 3.

An Amazon employee at the company’s Seattle headquarters has tested positive for coronavirus.

The company informed staff in an internal email that the employee went home feeling sick on February 25 and subsequently tested positive, but has not returned to the offices since then, according to the Seattle Times.

Amazon Studios is headquartered in Culver City, California in Los Angeles County.  

The international coronavirus outbreak could cost the film industry as much as $5billion, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Box offices have been taking a hit since Chinese theaters closed over the past weeks and now cases throughout Italy, South Korea, and Japan are only intensifying economic concerns.