In their first public feedback since two of their actors have been killed, producers of the Millarworld comedian e-book adaptation “The Chosen One” known as the tragedy “an unfortunate accident.”
Two actors on the Netflix sequence, an adaption of the comedian “American Jesus,” have been killed and 6 different solid or crew members injured after the van they have been driving in crashed on Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula final Thursday.
RedRum, the manufacturing firm behind the present, mentioned the group had an accident whereas in transit from Santa Rosalía, Baja California, to the native airport, and there have been no indicators that any security measures had been breached.
Local media reported that the van flipped after working off the highway Thursday in a desert space close to Mulege, southeast of Santa Rosalía.
Production was halted, based on an individual with data of the present who was not approved to talk publicly.
“All of us on the production of ‘The Chosen One’ are shocked by the tragic accident,” the manufacturing firm mentioned in an announcement. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of our colleagues Ray Garduño and Juan Francisco González and are closely supporting all those affected by this unspeakable tragedy. Redrum has been cooperating with local authorities and initial reports and accounts from witnesses indicate that all safety protocols were in place and this was an unfortunate accident.”
Netflix issued a quick assertion Monday, saying, “Our thoughts are with their loved ones and with those injured during this unfortunate accident.”
The public feedback from the makers of the present are the primary because the tragedy final week.
Former colleagues of the actors took to social media to commemorate them. Several posters known as for an investigation into the accident. One mentioned that actors on the set had complained about transportation points, together with drained drivers.
Yeray Albelda, a 37-year-old actor, was one of many van’s passengers. He mentioned that the crew members had been taking off for a week-and-a-half-long break and that not less than a number of different passengers — together with the 2 who died within the crash — have been planning to spend it at residence in Tijuana.
At one level, they stopped for burritos. The crash occurred a number of hours into the drive, mentioned Albelda, who sustained fractures on his cranium and collarbone and has no reminiscence of the accident.
Albelda arrived in Santa Rosalía in early June to work on the set. He mentioned that he hadn’t heard complaints about drained drivers and that recent drivers would work whereas others rested.
“I never saw anything strange,” he mentioned. “I never saw flat tires or exposed cables.”
But Albelda mentioned that some folks working on the sequence did complain about having to be pushed greater than two hours to get to the movie set as a result of they couldn’t get a resort room within the space.
Although uncommon, accidents on movie units have been on the rise as manufacturing has boomed and crews have labored longer hours. Crews have been combating for many years for unions and studios to acknowledge the dangers of lengthy hours and commuting whereas drained. Crews can typically work 12- to 14-hour days.
In 1997, assistant digital camera operator Brent Hershman died after falling asleep on the wheel of his automotive as he was driving residence from a 19-hour workday on the Long Beach set of the film “Pleasantville.”
“The Chosen One” was one of many newest adaptions from Netflix’s 2017 acquisition of comedian e-book firm Millarworld, a deal it pursued to faucet into demand for superhero-related content material. The goal was to adapt characters from the writer’s titles into reveals, movies and youngsters’ content material to stream on Netflix.