Exclusive: Prosecutors in the Midnight Rider trial, set to begin March 9, are looking to become the first ever to convict filmmakers on manslaughter charges. In the 100 years between the death of Sarah Jones and the first film-related deaths — on July 1, 1914, when 16-year-old actress Grace McHugh drowned and cameraman Owen Carter died trying to rescue her while filming a scene for the movie Across The Border – more than 80 people have died in 52 fatal accidents while filming in the U.S. Only two resulted in indictments, none in convictions.
The last time a manslaughter case went before a jury was nearly 30 years ago, in the infamous Twilight Zone case, which ended in the acquittals of director John Landis and four co-defendants. “It was a very difficult case to prosecute,” Lea D’Agostino, the deputy district attorney who prosecuted the Twilight Zone case, later said. “You didn’t have people who went in maliciously to do something.
The last time a manslaughter case went before a jury was nearly 30 years ago, in the infamous Twilight Zone case, which ended in the acquittals of director John Landis and four co-defendants. “It was a very difficult case to prosecute,” Lea D’Agostino, the deputy district attorney who prosecuted the Twilight Zone case, later said. “You didn’t have people who went in maliciously to do something.
- 2/3/2015
- by David Robb
- Deadline
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Photos of Keanu Reeves and other actors on the set of 47 Ronin, Matt Damon filming Elysium, and some awe-inspiring location photos for the second season of HBO's Game of Thrones.
Empire has just launched a Steven Spielberg special app only for the iPad with exclusive video interviews and photos, in-depth reviews, trailers, clips and tonnes of other goodies covering everything from 1971's Duel to the upcoming "War Horse". You can pick it up at the iTunes store.
Jesus Orellana's independent scifi-cyberpunk-horror animated short film "Rosa", which screened at festivals worldwide earlier this year, is now online in full at Vimeo.
Several young German students have made a five-part zombie webseries and the first trailer is up at Youtube.
Paramount has just released a new...
- 11/28/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Tragedy hit the New Orleans set of G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation this week when crew member Mike Huber died in a warehouse accident taking down the set. Although principal photography has finished, the taking down of the sets hadn’t been and on Tuesday lunch time whilst Huber was working on a scissor lift, the machine toppled over with the weight and the injuries sustained from the fall proved fatal.
Paramount Pictures confirmed the accident and spokeswoman Virginia Lam described it as an ‘unusual accident’;
‘Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the Huber family at this time. The safety of our cast and crew is our top priority and the studio is fully cooperating with all investigating agencies as they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident.”
Our thoughts and prayers are with Huber and his family and friends at this time.
Here’s a video of how the local news reported it.
Paramount Pictures confirmed the accident and spokeswoman Virginia Lam described it as an ‘unusual accident’;
‘Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the Huber family at this time. The safety of our cast and crew is our top priority and the studio is fully cooperating with all investigating agencies as they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident.”
Our thoughts and prayers are with Huber and his family and friends at this time.
Here’s a video of how the local news reported it.
- 11/24/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
A locally hired crew member on the New Orleans set of "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation" was killed in an on-set accident on Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Mike Huber was tearing down a set with a high-powered scissor lift when the machine tipped over and he sustained fatal injuries.
Paramount issued the following statement:
"Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the Huber family at this time. The safety of our cast and crew is our top priority and the studio is fully cooperating with all investigating agencies as they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident."
By "unusual" the studio must mean "fatal," as there have certainly been safety issues on the sets of some of Paramount's tentpole releases lately -- in October of last year, a stunt car accident nearly killed a locally hired crew member on the set of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (which is,...
Mike Huber was tearing down a set with a high-powered scissor lift when the machine tipped over and he sustained fatal injuries.
Paramount issued the following statement:
"Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the Huber family at this time. The safety of our cast and crew is our top priority and the studio is fully cooperating with all investigating agencies as they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident."
By "unusual" the studio must mean "fatal," as there have certainly been safety issues on the sets of some of Paramount's tentpole releases lately -- in October of last year, a stunt car accident nearly killed a locally hired crew member on the set of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (which is,...
- 11/24/2011
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Mike Huber was reportedly working on a high-powered lift when an accident occurred on the New Orleans set.
Mike Huber, a locally hired crew member working on the set of Paramount's G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, died Nov. 22 while working on the production in New Orleans.
Paramount issued the following statement to The Hollywood Reporter: "Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the Huber family at this time."
Paramount said the safety of its cast and crew is a top priority and it is "fully cooperating with all investigating agencies as they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident."...
Mike Huber, a locally hired crew member working on the set of Paramount's G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, died Nov. 22 while working on the production in New Orleans.
Paramount issued the following statement to The Hollywood Reporter: "Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the Huber family at this time."
Paramount said the safety of its cast and crew is a top priority and it is "fully cooperating with all investigating agencies as they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident."...
- 11/24/2011
- icelebz.com
New Orleans (AP) — A crew member working on the film "G.I. Joe 2: Retalition" has been killed on the set in New Orleans in what the studio is calling an unusual accident. Paramount Pictures spokeswoman Virginia Lam said Wednesday that Mike Huber was killed Tuesday. She would not comment to The Associated Press on the circumstances surrounding his death. New Orleans Police Department spokeswoman Remi Braden says the accident occurred on property owned by Nasa, so the federal government is heading the investigation. A spokesman for Nasa did not immediately return a telephone call for comment. Lam says the studio...
- 11/24/2011
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
Mike Huber, a local crew member working on the New Orleans set of ‘G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation,’ died on September 22, 2011, TMZ is reporting. Huber died while taking down a set at the Michoud facility, where the sci-fi action sequel was being shot at a warehouse. The facility is located where Nasa built the external fuel tanks for the space shuttle program. While working on a high-powered scissor lift, the machine tipped over, and Huber sustained fatal injuries. Paramount Pictures, which is set to release ‘G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation,’ which stars Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson and Channing Tatum, in June 2012 as a follow-up to the hit 2009 film,...
- 11/24/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
Variety reported on tragic news today from the G.I. Joe: Retaliation set in New Orleans. In conjunction with a report that first broke on TMZ, Variety confirmed that crewmember Mike Huber died when a lift toppled over on-set. Paramount Pictures immediately released a statement stating that the studio was “cooperating with all investigating agencies as they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident” and that they “expressed condolences to the Huber family.” The G.I. Joe fatality was the latest deadly accident on a major Hollywood this fall coming shortly after one stuntman was killed and another badly injured during an on-set explosion in Bulgaria for The Expendables 2.
- 11/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Variety reported on tragic news today from the G.I. Joe: Retaliation set in New Orleans. In conjunction with a report that first broke on TMZ, Variety confirmed that crewmember Mike Huber died when a lift toppled over on-set. Paramount Pictures immediately released a statement stating that the studio was “cooperating with all investigating agencies as they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident” and that they “expressed condolences to the Huber family.” The G.I. Joe fatality was the latest deadly accident on a major Hollywood this fall coming shortly after one stuntman was killed and another badly injured during an on-set explosion in Bulgaria for The Expendables 2.
- 11/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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