Gladiator sequel crew members injured in stunt sequence on set

Several unit members filming the Gladiator sequel successful Morocco person been injured successful a stunt mishap connected set.

The film's accumulation institution Paramount Pictures said the injuries were non life-threatening and happened portion shooting a planned stunt sequence.

The unit members were "all successful unchangeable information and proceed to person treatment", the connection said.

Earlier this week, the Sun reported determination had been an detonation and six radical went to hospital.

"It was terrifying - a immense shot of occurrence flew up and caught respective unit members successful its path. In years of filming I've ne'er seen an mishap truthful scary," a root told the newspaper.

"Everyone involved, from the lowliest runners to the prima names, has been shaken up by this," they added.

In a statement, a Paramount Pictures spokesperson said: "The information and afloat aesculapian services teams on-site were capable to enactment rapidly truthful that those who were impacted instantly received indispensable care."

They said it has "strict wellness and information procedures successful spot connected each our productions" and would instrumentality "all indispensable precautions arsenic we resume production".

According to Variety, nary formed members were injured but six radical received attraction for pain injuries and 4 stay successful hospital.

Sir Ridley Scott, who directed the archetypal 2000 humanities play film, is returning to nonstop the 2nd instalment, which is scheduled to beryllium released successful November 2024.

A rubric has not yet been announced for the sequel, which stars Normal People histrion Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Connie Nielson.

The archetypal movie won 5 Oscars, including champion histrion for Russell Crowe, who played Roman wide Maximus Decimus Meridius alongside Joaquin Phoenix arsenic Emperor Commodus.

The movie, acceptable during the tallness of the Roman Empire, sees Maximus commencement retired arsenic a warfare leader earlier before being forced to go a gladiator.

Gladiator made $457m (£355m) astatine the container bureau and revived the humanities epic play genre, which had been retired of manner for decades.