While you were sheltering: Sherwin-Williams HQ, ‘Picasso and Paper,’ gun reform and more news you might have missed during the coronavirus crisis

Views of downtown Cleveland during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Public Square in downtown Cleveland during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Joshua Gunter,cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio residents hunkering down at home during the coronavirus outbreak may be familiar with Gov. Mike DeWine’s “Back to the Future" references, illustrating that decisions in the present could change life moving forward.

Now that the governor has lifted his stay-home order and life can become a bit more normal, we might feel a little like Marty McFly returning to 1985 in his time-traveling DeLorean. Life is still there, just a bit different.

What else has been happening in the last 10 weeks, while we focused on COVID-19? Have big news stories from before the pandemic continued to develop?

While government buildings have been closed or restricted since the start of the crisis in March, councils are still making decisions over videoconferencing. Many criminal trials ground to a halt, but pressing matters have remained on the docket. Construction has continued on major projects, and big plans are still being made.

Whether you’re wondering about Progressive Field updates, the proposed Lake Erie trail, Ohio gun control, federal pension reform or the latest Russo brothers movie, we’ve got the answers.

Here’s a guide to what you might have missed these past 10 weeks, and what might come next, courtesy of the reporters at cleveland.com.

Sherwin-Williams headquarters

The paint giant announced in February that it would build its new headquarters west of Public Square on a tract of parking lots, along with a research and development facility in Brecksville.

The company spent $49.4 million for nearly seven acres downtown, with plans to complete the $600 million worth of projects by 2023, at the earliest.

Sherwin-Williams said in a statement in April that spending related to both new facilities “is paused near term as the Company focuses on the health and safety of our employees, customers and communities.” Some planning continues, though more slowly, it said, though the timeline to complete the projects remains in place.

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and the Ohio government gave generous incentives to the company to retain its headquarters. The Ohio Controlling Board paused a plan to loan the company $70 million because of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, JobsOhio in April awarded the company $37.5 million in grants for the projects.

Some civic leaders wonder, however, whether Sherwin Williams will shrink its original plan, as it might need less space than originally thought if part of its workforce permanently works from home.

-- Eric Heisig

Lakefront development

The city in March parted ways with developer Dick Pace on a plan to redevelop an 18-acre plot of land along Lake Erie north of FirstEnergy Stadium, six years after first announcing the partnership.

For now, the plans for the area have not been made public.

Rumblings have persisted that the Cleveland Browns want to have a say in what happens with that land, though neither they or the city have said what’s next.

The city did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for the Browns said he had no updates to share.

-- Eric Heisig

The lakefront trail along Lake Erie in Euclid, Ohio.

The first phase of the lakefront trail in Euclid opened in December.Laura Johnston, cleveland.com

Lake Erie trail

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish last fall announced a striking vision for creating a 30-mile lakefront trail across the county from Euclid in the east to Bay Village in the west.

The proposed trail would expand on a lakefront project under construction in Euclid, hailed as one of the most innovative in the Great Lakes. The city persuaded property owners to allow construction of a three-quarter-mile public trail across their waterfront property in exchange for extensive erosion control measures.

In March, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency awarded $250,000 for a lakefront trail study. The catch is that NOACA wants the analysis to include Lake and Lorain counties, not just Cuyahoga.

Spreading the money across three counties means Cuyahoga needs to raise more money to fully fund its original planned $500,000 study, said Michael Dever, director of the county’s Department of Public Works.

In the meantime, the department is working with Lakewood and Euclid on street improvements beginning this summer to provide better bike and pedestrian access to lakefront parks from neighborhoods to the south.

It’s one small way to start implementing ideas in the county’s bigger vision even before large-scale plans can be developed, Dever said.

“I think they’re being creative with their road and bridge dollars, and trying to push ahead on opportunities along our lakefront,’’ said Jonathan Holody, Euclid’s director of planning and development.

-- Steven Litt

Cuyahoga County corruption trials, criminal probes

The coronavirus pushed back trial timelines in the wide-ranging corruption probe of Cuyahoga County officials.

The investigation, which began in 2018, has included search warrants and subpoenas searching for corrupt activity, extortion, civil rights violations and other crimes, including in Budish’s office and the county jail.

The investigation has had no outward signs of moving forward during the pandemic. No new charges have been filed, but an Attorney General’s Office spokesman previously said that investigators were continuing their probe.

In the existing cases:

Former county IT general counsel Emily McNeeley, accused of using her position to steer county contracts to a company where her wife worked, is set for trial Nov. 9.

Former human resources chief Douglas Dykes, accused of making an illegal payment to another county worker without approval and then lying about it, will make an appearance in court on June 12. A trial date has not yet been set.

Former jail director Ken Mills is set for trial on Oct. 19. He faces criminal charges that accuse him of making decisions that made the jail unsafe during a period of time when seven inmates died and lying to investigators.

-- Adam Ferrise

Investigations into Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s grandson, great-grandson

Little progress has been made public in cases involving Mayor Frank Jackson’s grandson and great-grandson, who both made headlines in 2019.

Police questioned Jackson’s grandson in connection with a deadly shooting that remains unsolved.

Jackson’s great-grandson was criminally charged in September in a separate case with five others who are accused of belonging to a street gang that operated at times out of the mayor’s home.

Three of the cases, including the great-grandson’s, remain in juvenile court, where the coronavirus prompted delays in several hearings meant do decide whether to move the cases to adult court.

-- Adam Ferrise

Dirt bike track

Jackson’s dream of establishing a dirt track for off-road vehicle enthusiasts is still alive, his administration says, after City Council agreed last December to hire a consultant to see if such a complex is feasible.

The mayor’s capital projects office has “established a phased process to continue moving forward with the prospect of an off-highway vehicle (OHV)/BMX park in the City,” said a city statement issued Wednesday.

The main goal of the first phase is to “gain industry insight and support for the project,” according to the statement, and that phase should be completed by the end of June.

Jackson has long proposed a track for off-road vehicles that would appeal to at-risk youth. Those who ride motorized dirt bikes, sometimes illegally on streets, and BMX bicycles could safely indulge in their hobbies and also learn mechanics.

The idea has been controversial. Noise and traffic concerns prompted the mayor’s office to abandon an effort in 2017 to locate the track at Marion Motley Playfield on the city’s East Side.

-- Peter Krouse

Caution tape closes an entrance to the Justice Center

The Lakeside Avenue entrance to the Cuyahoga County Justice Center was closed as staff began instituting health screenings to delay the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Justice Center

Planning for what to do about Cuyahoga County’s antiquated Justice Center, which includes the county jail, is about to ramp back up.

The research committee of judges, government leaders and other officials last met in January, when they narrowed down the options to four scenarios.

The coronavirus canceled a series of fact-finding trips, but a team of consultants has been able to conduct behind-the-scenes research.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 has raised issues in planning a new complex: If a smaller jail inmate population could be sustained, then the size of a new jail could be reduced. Designs for a new courthouse will require similar scrutiny. Will designs have to account for social distancing? Might judges hold fewer meetings going forward? Will more processing be done electronically? Will the number of virtual hearings increase?

Jeff Appelbaum, a Cleveland lawyer managing the Justice Center project for the county, said he hopes to convene a virtual committee meeting in June.

-- Peter Krouse

Diversion center

Budish’s administration expects next week to begin soliciting proposals for establishing a diversion center where police could take some mentally ill or addicted suspects rather than jail them.

Special Operations Chief Brandy Carney said the county is seeking proposals from hospitals and other institutions that serve people with addictions and mental illnesses. Those proposals could help decide who administers services, whether an existing building could house the center and when it could open, Carney said. Proposals also must include plans for training police about when to take a suspect to the center rather than jail.

Carney said she doesn’t expect any cuts to $2.5 million set aside for a diversion center due to declining tax revenues. But capital funds from the state might be put on hold due to the pandemic, she said.

If an existing building is used, a center could be established in as little as three to six months, Carney said.

-- Courtney Astolfi

Global Center

The corporation overseeing Cuyahoga County’s Global Center for Health Innovation has delayed until at least July a final decision on dealing with overwhelming vacancies at the taxpayer-funded facility.

George Hillow, executive director of the Convention Facilities Development Corp., said a preliminary review by consultants concluded that at least some space should be used as an extension of the attached Huntington Convention Center. That was before the coronavirus pandemic changed conventions. Now, consultants are considering how social distancing and concerns about large gatherings could be incorporated into plans, Hillow said.

“Before the virus, there were already new ideas for meeting rooms,” he said. “People planning meetings don’t want classroom-style rooms anymore, they want a more unique, open space. Now the virus hits, and they really want more open space.”

-- Courtney Astolfi

Progressive Field

Negotiations to extend the Cleveland Indians’ lease of Progressive Field are underway, says Ken Silliman, chair of the nonprofit Gateway Economic Development Corp., the ballpark’s landlord overseen by representatives from Cuyahoga County and the city.

That’s all Silliman is willing to disclose other than that the coronavirus pandemic has “impeded talks since March.” The Indians declined to comment on the talks.

The current lease expires in 2023, and any deal is expected to include publicly funded renovations to the ballpark, similar to those negotiated in 2016 to extend the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lease on Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

Silliman in an email noted only that all parties involved have agreed not to comment to the media about the negotiations.

-- Courtney Astolfi

Valley View Bridge construction

Work on the new Valley View Bridge in February 2019. The new bridge is being constructed between the two existing old bridges which opened back in 1977. The older bridges will get replacement decks. All three spans will eventually carry traffic with work expected to be completed in 2024 at a cost of $227.8 million.The Plain Dealer

I-480 Valley View bridge

Work marches on for the nearly seven-year project to rehab the giant I-480 twin bridges over the Cuyahoga Valley and add a third bridge to accommodate more traffic.

Work started on the $228 million project in December 2017. Decking on the new bridge is now about half complete, with a goal to finish this fall, Ohio Department of Transportation spokeswoman Amanda McFarland said.

Traffic will then be shifted to the new bridge, one direction at a time, so the older bridges can be closed one at a time for re-decking. By late 2023, the new bridge should be converted to two lanes each way, with painting continuing on all three bridges through summer 2024.

When all the work is done, I-480 will have 12 lanes – two in each direction on the new bridge, plus four each on the existing bridges. At 4,155 feet long and 213 high, and traffic at peak times reaching 180,000 vehicles a day, the bridges are some of the biggest and busiest in Ohio.

-- Rich Exner

I-490 and Opportunity Corridor

The long-awaited Opportunity Corridor – a new boulevard linking Interstate 77 to University Circle – is expected to be “substantially” open for traffic in fall 2021, with the project completed in summer 2022, according to ODOT.

The 2.1-mile, $150 million job includes two bridges over the new boulevard, three bridges on the boulevard, two pedestrian bridges, 10 new intersections and a multi-use path. Work on all the bridges, with the exception of a pedestrian bridge at East 89th Street, is under way, ODOT said.

A major portion of the work underway is where I-490 (currently closed) ends at East 55th Street. The new boulevard will tunnel under East 55th Street, with highway-like ramps looping around to replace the traditional intersection. The work includes excavating the area to tunnel 22 feet under East 55th Street, rerouting utilities and more.

-- Rich Exner

Cuyahoga County tree planting

Budish’s five-year plan to restore the tree canopy is under way, with 1,154 trees already planted, and nearly 13,000 more planting sites identified, according to Shawn Leininger, executive director of the county Planning Commission.

The county awarded nearly $1 million in September to 26 cities, community development organizations and other civic groups. Many communities have identified sites, hired arborists, and determined best practices to keep the trees alive and healthy.

But the future of the tree program could be in jeopardy, as Budish proposes budget cuts to handle an expected drop in tax revenue. Because of the funding uncertainty, the county has delayed asking communities and civic groups to apply for second-round awards.

-- Courtney Astolfi

Ban on plastic bag bans

In December, the Ohio House passed legislation that would prevent local communities from imposing bans on plastic bags.

The bill was meant to pre-empt governments like Cuyahoga County from banning plastic bags, for environmental reasons. Republican state lawmakers sided with business groups, including grocery stores, that said banning bags would drive up their costs and reduce consumer choice.

A state Senate committee on Wednesday voted to recommend the bill for passage by the full Senate. If the Senate goes along with that recommendation, the next step is DeWine’s desk.

-- Andrew Tobias

School vouchers

The legislature tried to overhaul the program that provides families vouchers to help cover private school tuition, but ran out of time.

For now, the program is on hold, and parents in the boundaries of just over 500 existing low-performing public schools will get vouchers.

The program was supposed to increase to 1,217 schools in the fall, including many in affluent areas, due to the latest round of school report card results -- which sparked the calls for reform in late 2019.

Legislative proposals included narrowing the list to 425 low-performing schools and completely revamping the Education Choice program to allow vouchers based only on household income and not school performance. The Ohio House and Senate couldn’t find a compromise and froze the program to the 500 schools in House Bill 197, a sweeping coronavirus measure on March 25.

On Feb. 3, Citizens for Community Values, a Christian public policy organization representing parents who wanted vouchers to send their kids to parochial schools, sued the state over the legislature’s delays. The Ohio Supreme Court has not responded to the suit, and parents remain in limbo.

-- Laura Hancock

Gov. Mike DeWine speaks in Columbus on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019 about his STRONG Ohio gun-reform proposals

Gov. Mike DeWine speaks in Columbus on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019 about his STRONG Ohio gun-reform proposals. The bill hasn't been adopted but Thomas Suddes, in his column today, writes that more than two dozen counties, including DeWine's Greene County, have passed symbolic resolutions upholding the Second Amendment. (Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com)Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com

Gun reform

DeWine said last year that his top priority for 2020 would be passing his STRONG Ohio gun-reform package, which he proposed after a mass shooting in Dayton last August.

DeWine’s plan would create a voluntary state-level background check process for gun sales between private sellers and expand the state’s existing “pink-slip” law to allow authorities to send people with drug or alcohol problems to a psychiatric hospital, where they cannot legally have access to guns. It would also increase Ohio’s penalty for illegally selling a firearm from a fourth-degree felony to a third-degree felony.

The proposals attracted only lukewarm support from fellow Republicans, and since the coronavirus crisis arose, the legislation has been pushed even further from a priority.

House Republicans’ competing bill -- which would involuntary drug-abuse hospitalizations, require data entry into a background-check database, and raise the minimum age at which Ohioans’ juvenile records can be destroyed -- hasn’t had a committee hearing since last October.

DeWine has consistently said the reforms are reasonable and should pass.

-- Jeremy Pelzer

Statewide ballot issues

Heading into 2020, a group of proposed ballot issues seemed like they’d be a major political issue for the November election.

One, backed by organized labor groups, would raise the state’s minimum wage to $13 an hour. A second, backed by the ACLU, would expand voter access in Ohio including requiring that visitors to the BMV be automatically registered to vote unless they opt out. A third would change term limits for state lawmakers so that the current crop, who at most can hold their seat for six more years, conceivably could remain there for another 16 years. A fourth, not nearly as well organized as the others, would legalize recreational marijuana.

All were thrown into question with the coronavirus for obvious reasons. Who likes signing petitions under normal conditions, much less when there’s a viral pandemic?

The campaigns got a lifeline this week when a federal judge, ruling on a request from the minimum wage and the voting-access campaigns, ordered state officials to allow signatures to be gathered electronically. The order could be appealed, and they still have to figure out how to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures before July, but they could still be back in play after all.

-- Andrew Tobias

Sports betting

Before the coronavirus, House Speaker Larry Householder said figuring out legalizing sports betting was a priority. DeWine and Senate President Larry Obhof seemed to not be the biggest fans, but most assumed something was likely to get done. Major backers included casinos and sports leagues, and proponents argued that failing to legalize something would just send bettors to other states.

Like sports in general, legalizing sports betting has been placed on the back burner.

Neither the House nor the Senate has held a hearing this year on their competing versions of sports-betting legislation.

-- Andrew Tobias

Marijuana sales

The number of registered Ohio medical marijuana patients who have bought at least one product rose 15 percent between February and April, to 74,912.

It’s hard to say whether patients are using marijuana to cope with the coronavirus crisis, since Ohio’s program is relatively new. Sales started in January 2019, and the program has been growing fast each month since then. Twenty-one conditions qualify patients for marijuana, and

a committee within the State Medical Board of Ohio is studying whether three new conditions should be added to the list: anxiety, autism and cachexia. The committee will make its recommendations June 10, and the full Medical Board will vote on them in July.

In the past, the medical board has rejected adding conditions, claiming that new conditions are immutable -- or not reversible if new science shows cannabis is harmful for the condition. Lawmakers involved in the law legalizing medical marijuana have disagreed with this interpretation.

-- Laura Hancock

Census 2020

Coronavirus-related restrictions came to Ohio in March about the same time census 2020 questionnaires and instructions were landing in mailboxes, but there are still easy ways to respond before the census workers resume their in-person data collection efforts.

Nearly two-thirds of Ohio households have responded, with the state return rate of 64.8% running ahead of the national rate of 59.6%, according to estimates on Wednesday.

But some of the in-person work was been on hold in Ohio and many other states for weeks. This includes what had been a scheduled in-person count of the homeless at shelters, soup kitchens and other places at the beginning of April, and then door-to-door follow-ups with non-responding households.

If you can’t find your form or instructions, the census 2020 questionnaire can be completed online at 2020census.gov, or by calling 844-330-2020. The system is designed to prevent duplicate forms.

-- Rich Exner

Joe Biden Columbus Ohio

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a campaign stop at Driving Park Community Rec Center in Columbus on March 10, 2020. The former vice president touted his record in the U.S. Senate on gun control and said he’d pursue tougher measures if elected president. (Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com)

Presidential election

The presidential primary was already winding down as Ohioans were gearing up to vote in March. The pandemic not only halted that race in its tracks, but essentially brought the 2020 election to its knees temporarily.

Mass gatherings are banned in Ohio right now, meaning political rallies – and, really, most types of organizing – for Democratic candidate Joe Biden or Republican President Donald Trump aren’t happening. The attention on coronavirus has sucked any play Biden has tried to get with his addresses from his home studio in Delaware. Polling in Ohio shows a potentially competitive race between Biden and Trump, but you almost wouldn’t know there’s a race going on.

What that means for summer campaigning isn’t quite clear. Both state Democratic and Republican parties and the two candidates suspended in-person campaigning activities. Whether people would respond to door knockers or leaflets with the ongoing pandemic is a huge question mark.

The political national conventions will still happen in August, but what they’ll look like is anyone’s guess. The Democrats, including Biden, have floated the idea of a digital convention in lieu of the live format slated for Milwaukee. Republicans seem intent to go forward in Charlotte.

-- Seth Richardson

Multi-employer pension systems

Congress spent years discussing ways to shore up failing multi-employer pension systems like the Teamsters Central States Fund, whose investments took a nosedive as retirements swelled and active workers paying into the plans decreased. An estimated 60,000 Ohioans participate in the affected pension plans, which cover pools of union members who work for different companies in industries like trucking, mining and construction.

Last year, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill that aimed to solve the problem by creating a new Treasury Department office that would issue long-term bonds and loan the pension plans money. Last week, the “HEROES Act” coronavirus aid plan that the House approved included a provision requiring the federal Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. to rescue the plans without cutting benefits. But the GOP-controlled Senate isn’t likely to approve either proposal.

Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who served on a now-defunct pension committee with Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, said he’s working on a bill that would combine Democratic proposals with GOP plans in hopes of getting enough bipartisan backing to become law. Brown, who has introduced the Senate counterpart of the bill that the House adopted last year, says he’s committed to working with Portman to find a solution.

Portman says any bill must address structural problems with the pension system so similar problems don’t arise in the future.

“It is a big deal for Ohio that we get this fixed,” Portman said.

-- Sabrina Eaton

Federal opioid litigation

The next trial over the opioid epidemic is scheduled for November, with Cuyahoga and Summit counties pursuing claims against several large pharmacy chains after obtaining more than $300 million worth of settlements from manufacturers and distributors. In the past couple of months, lawyers have steadily filed motions, appeals and other documents for that case and thousands of others being presided over by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster of Cleveland.

Polster on March 31 dismissed lawsuits in which pharmacies tried to shift responsibilities for the over-prescription of drugs to doctors by arguing they were only filling prescriptions issued by medical providers. A federal appeals court also ruled April 15 that Polster abused his power when he allowed the counties to add "dispensing" claims, or claims regarding filling and selling prescriptions, to their lawsuits against the pharmacies. The appeals court removed the claims from the suits.

And Polster said on April 30 that he would preside over another trial next year for claims against pharmacies made by Lake and Trumbull counties.

Meanwhile, talks between drug companies and governments continue in the hopes of reaching settlements instead of requiring more trials.

-- Eric Heisig

Blockland conference

At the beginning of 2020, the third year of Cleveland’s blockchain and technology conference, Blockland Solutions, was unknown. Destination Cleveland, which organized and served as fiscal agent for Solutions the first two years, needed another group to take over the conference, invented to boost Cleveland’s profile in the tech community and to draw visitors to the city.

Moreno's technology company, Ownum, is now taking on fiscal responsibility for the conference. It’s now a virtual event scheduled for one day in early December.

“(The pandemic is) just permanently going to change people’s minds on when they’re going to get on a plane and go to a conference,” Moreno said.

-- Emily Bamforth

Tower City City Block

Blockland Cleveland and Bedrock on Monday unveiled a potential redevelopment of the Avenue at Tower City that would convert it into a center for entrepreneurship (Courtesy of Bedrock).

City Block

As offices consider reopening in-person offices, the future of City Block, downtown’s imagined entrepreneurial center in Tower City, is in question.

"I think everyone agrees there's a pre-COVID world and a post-COVID world where every assumption you made in pre-COVID world you have to question," said Cleveland blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno.

Moreno’s blockchain technology group, Blockland, originated the idea for the retail and co-working space. The project planned to boost public transportation and allow businesses to share collaborative offices.

The company managing the project, Dan Gilbert’s real estate company BedRock Detroit, is providing updates but due to required social distancing measures, most aspects of City Block — especially co-working spaces — are under reconsideration.

-- Emily Bamforth

Cleveland Rising

Last fall’s Cleveland Rising Summit generated great enthusiasm for creating a more inclusive regional economy, and that effort continues despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Summit organizers canceled a follow-up gathering scheduled for April 4. But a virtual meeting is set for May 30, for groups to will report ideas for making the region a better place. Dan Moulthrop, chief executive officer of the City Club of Cleveland, will host the meeting on Zoom, for those who register at www.clerisingsummit.com/register.

Moulthrop said despite shifting priorities created by COVID-19, a “bunch of groups have continued to work, which is absolutely wonderful and really exciting to see.”

The digital divide, job creation, entrepreneurship, lakefront development and public transportation are among other subjects scheduled for group presentations May 30.

-- Peter Krouse

Picasso and Paper

The Cleveland Museum of Art was to have opened its big spring exhibition on “Picasso and Paper,” on Sunday, May 24, but the coronavirus pandemic forced a postponement.

The museum now hopes to open the Picasso show Sept. 22, Director William Griswold said.

With more than 300 works of art, the exhibition will highlight what the museum calls Pablo Picasso’s “deep appreciation of the physical world and his desire to manipulate diverse materials.’’

To enable viewers to see the show safely, the museum is revising the show’s floor layout to facilitate social distancing. It’s also thinking about extending hours so more people can attend.

“It’s a very important, very beautiful exhibition, and a very large exhibition,” Griswold said. “It will be the centerpiece of our next fiscal year and season ahead.”

The museum plans to reopen June 30, with free, timed tickets, limited attendance, and a requirement that visitors wear masks. The reopening plan will be reviewed by the state of Ohio and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Griswold said.

-- Steven Litt

Filmed-in-Cleveland “Cherry,” from the Russo Brothers

“Avengers: Endgame” directors Joe and Anthony Russo came home to Cleveland for three months late last year to shoot their latest movie “Cherry” with “Spider-Man” star Tom Holland. The drama tells the true story of Nico Walker, a Clevelander and Iraq war veteran suffering from PTSD who robbed banks to support his heroin habit. Shooting wrapped in February, but the brothers have continued to work on the film while quarantined in their homes in California.

“We’re just doing some sound work to it and some music, which is all being done remotely. The only thing that will delay it is whether we go to theaters and when. I think everyone is dealing with that issue right now,” Joe Russo said in April. “Once we’re finish with the film, we’ll show it to distributors and then once we get a partner, we’ll figure out when we’re going to release it.”

Whenever the movie comes out, it sounds like it’ll be worth the wait. In a recent interview with Collider, Joe called Holland’s performance “Oscar-worthy.”

-- Joey Morona

Cleveland.com reporters Courtney Astolfi, Emily Bamforth, Sabrina Eaton, Rich Exner, Adam Ferrise, Laura Hancock, Eric Heisig, Peter Krouse, Steven Litt, Evan MacDonald, Joey Morona, Jeremy Pelzer, Seth Richardson and Andrew Tobias contributed to this article.

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