Earlier this week, the Ogle Mole Network lit up with reports that a Covid outbreak was occurring on the Guthrie-based set for "Reagan" – the big Evangelical biopic starring Dennis Quaid as our divine 40th President.
We did some checking and the reports seemed reliable, so being the irresponsible yet surprisingly accurate man with a platform I am, I fired off the following tweet:
According to the Ogle Mole Network, there's been a large COVID outbreak on the set of "Reagan" – the Dennis Quaid movie that's being filmed in Guthrie with Hobby Lobby family money.
— The Lost Ogle (@TheLostOgle) October 21, 2020
Okay, I guess I should clarify that although the movie will probably smell like wicker, it isn't being entirely funded by Hobby Lobby. One of the Executive Producers of the film is Brett Ryan Green – the grandkid of Hobby Lobby founder David Green. He's the cool "I went to film school" guy of the local rich kid private school class and goes around the world making movies and music videos for Hipster Boo Boo. It's a tough life.
The next day, Deadline confirmed that production has been halted due to the outbreak. Here are the details: