A member of a film crew was shot dead by covert police officers in the Dominican Republic in what gave the impression that it was a drug theft that went wrong, according to the director and co-owner of pinewood Group’s Caribbean island studio.
The anonymous member of the team, along with others from the production of the mystery “Geechee” for AGC studies founded in Los Angeles, were exploring around 11pm on September 2, when they were arrested through Dominican drug officers performing a covert operation on what the study described as a false identity.
The incident occurred during a government-imposed curfew as part of its efforts to control the COVID-19 outbreak, said María Valentina Avellaneda, a spokesperson for Lantica Media, which operates Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios and has control of assets in the Republic. Dominican. Group in the UK
Fearful, the team fled to the studio in a car and officers fired at the car, hitting one of the team members, Avellaneda said in an interview. The United States said Avellaneda. La filming of the film has been suspended until further notice. The deadline first reported the incident.
The Dominican Republic is one of the first foreign sites to reopen for filming since the pandemic ended with the maximum number of film shoots of primary films. Productions such as the sequels to “Avatar” and the films “The Batman” and “Jurassic World: Dominion” are taking place in New Zealand. “it has restarted in the Unido. La navigation has not been elegant in all cases, as Warner Bros. ‘The reboot of “Batman” stopped after its star, Robert Pattinson, tested positive for COVID-19.
“The government has been cooperative and is working to ensure that a similar incident does not occur in the future,” reads in an email sent through Lantica Media, which says it has called for a thorough investigation through the national government. A sensible precedent is to ensure the protection and well-being of its productions, it is the first time that an occasion of this nature has taken place in one of the more than 50 productions attended through Lantica since its inception.
Pinewood Studio is located on 35 acres on the beach of juan Dolio city, about 20 minutes from the nation’s capital, Santo Domingo. Up to 10 feature films are made on the island a year, attracted by exciting tax incentives and a variety of filming locations. The studio features 3 sound scenes and a 60,500-square-foot water tank used for films such as “47 Meters Down” and “xXx: Return of Xander Cage”.
“Geechee” stars Andrea Riseborough in the supernatural story of a woman who went from a big city to a quiet island with her son, but who is haunted by the souls of the island’s inhabitants. It is produced through Stuart Ford, Jamie Foxx and Datari Turner.
AGC Studios, which declined to comment, was formed in 2018 through President and CEO Ford, prior to IM Global. Headquartered in Los Angeles and London, it is a production and licensing company that develops, produces and finances films and television shows. presented with corporate asset control MediaNet Partners, entrepreneur Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Silicon Valley and Fibonacci Films president Greg Clark, according to their website.