EXCLUSIVE: In a fast turnaround, Netflix has set a brand new venue for its annual post-BAFTA Movie Awards occasion on Sunday, after its normal hang-out, the Chiltern Firehouse, was evacuated amid a blaze on Friday afternoon.
Nobody was harm within the incident, with Chiltern visitors and employees safely escorted out of the premises. Nevertheless, the property has been closed till additional discover.
Netflix is now set to host its starry occasion at luxurious resort The Twenty Two in Mayfair’s Grosvenor Sq..
Regardless of the quick pivot, it’s anticipated that, as with earlier years, Netflix will sustain the celebratory vibe honoring its expertise into the wee hours of the morning. The streamer has 16 nominations going into BAFTA night time, together with 11 for Emilia Pérez, three for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and one every for Daughters and Will & Harper.
Invited revelers are additionally prone to be relieved the fixture occasion goes forward.
Netflix has hosted its well-attended soirée on the Chiltern in London’s Marylebone neighborhood since 2019 and seen the shindig develop right into a should cease on the post-BAFTA occasion crawl for actors, filmmakers and even executives from rival studios.
The change to The Twenty Two was made lower than 24 hours following the fireplace on the Chiltern. Andre Balazs, proprietor of Chiltern Firehouse, mentioned in a press release on Friday, “It’s with heartfelt gratitude and appreciation that we watched a outstanding 120 hearth fighters from over 14 stations quickly descend on what they advised me was a massively sentimental constructing for thus lots of them. We all know actually a type of who rushed to the Chiltern Firehouse this night had been stationed within the constructing when it was a hearth station 30 years in the past. I’m really grateful to all of them as I’m certain that this isn’t the Valentine’s Day night that they had in thoughts.”
