Hurricane Sandy blasts ‘Noah’s’ ark

Hurricane Sandy blasts ‘Noah’s’ ark

Hurricane Sandy disrupts filming of Russell Crowe's "Noah."

Hurricane Sandy has impacted businesses up and down the East Coast, knocking out power to some and flooding others. The production on a number of films and television shows has been halted due to the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Hurricane Sandy shut down production on a number of New York television shows and films, including Hollywood actor Russell Crowe’s “Noah.”

The Los Angeles Times notes that writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s film about Noah’s ark features, not surprisingly, an extremely large wooden ship. In fact, the film’s production team constructed two ships for the film–one indoor ship and one outdoor ship anchored at Oyster Bay, New York. According to The Los Angeles Times, the outdoor ark is 450 feet long, 75 feet tall and 45 feet wide. At this time, it’s not clear whether the ark at Oyster Bay was damaged by the storm.

“I take it that the irony of a massive storm holding up the production of Noah is not lost,” tweeted Emma Watson, one of the film’s stars, on Sunday.

IMDb notes that “Noah” is set for release in 2014. The movie stars Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Russell Crow, Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Hopkins.

Several late night talk shows also suffered from the chaos caused by Hurricane Sandy. Both Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman taped their programs without an audience. The host of “The Late Show with David Letterman” and the host of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” sent their audiences home out of concern for their safety as Hurricane Sandy rapidly approached.

Broadway, which also had to close its doors in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, is open once again, reports The Associated Press.

“Broadway is as important an icon of New York City as the subways, so to get back to work is a sign that we can bounce back,” Patrick Page, who plays the villain Comte de Guiche in “Cyrano De Bergerac,” told The AP. “This has been such a tough time for so many and it’s vital that we show the lights are on and there’s great work being done onstage.”

According to a “by the numbers” article written by The Washington Post, Hurricane Sandy had the second-lowest pressure of any storm to make landfall along the East Coast north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The most impressive wind gust recorded in New York occurred at Eaton’s Park, clocking in at a monstrous 96 mph. In Washington DC, where the storm was forecasted to bring less wind but a lot of rain, Reagan National Airport recorded a wind gust of 61 mph.

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