An accident on the set of an upcoming heist movie starring Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer has injured a number of crew members, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The incident occurred on the set of Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming movie The Pickup, which is taking pictures in Atlanta, on Saturday. Per an Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson, the accident occurred throughout a second unit motion sequence that had beforehand been rehearsed. “Sadly, the sequence didn’t go as deliberate and several other members of the crew had been injured consequently,” the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added, “We’re nonetheless within the technique of gathering details on what occurred and why, however at the beginning our ideas are with those that are recovering. The well-being of your entire crew and solid is our first precedence, and we’ll proceed to insist on the highest business requirements of security whereas filming. All security precautions had been reviewed previous to and monitored through the shoot.”
On Tuesday, the Related Press reported that the incident was a automobile crash that occurred when a truck “locked up” and hit one other automobile. In keeping with an nameless supply that spoke with the AP, “It was a very freak accident” throughout a stunt that wasn’t thought-about particularly treacherous; two crew members had been hospitalized consequently and one continued to be within the hospital on Tuesday. The accidents “ranged from bumps and bruises to damaged bones,” in accordance with the report.
The crew union IATSE mentioned in a press release, “IATSE is conscious of an accident that passed off on the Georgia set of ‘The Pickup’ and have began an inquiry.”
The Pickup, directed by The Blackening‘s Tim Story from a script by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider (Don’t), has been described in press stories as a heist comedy. Alongside Murphy and Palmer, Pete Davidson, Eva Longoria, Andrew Cube Clay and Marshawn Lynch are all set to star. Murphy is producing alongside Story, John David and John Fox with David Leisure and Charisse Hewitt-Webster with Eddie Murphy Productions.
In January The Atlanta Journal-Structure reported that manufacturing for the movie was set to be based mostly at Shadowbox Studios and run by June.