UPDATE: We've now learned that production on the upcoming action movie has wrapped. Bonfire Legends' Dallas Sonnier has also shared some additional comments in response to IATSE calling a strike, clarifying what went down and hitting back at some of the claims made against the project.
"Everything was fine, the actors continued to work throughout the day. They went to the hospital at the end of the day, got a couple of stitches, and you know what, we made an awesome movie."
"The funny thing is the unions tried to start picketing us and protesting, but they could only round up on a given day about seven people and so they just looked like the bad recorder version of the Titanic soundtrack...they really embarrassed themselves."
"None of the safety concerns ever came up, this was all about money and power. As I said in the article, we don’t negotiate with communists. And yes, the 'how dare you' crew descended upon us. Hollywood is in absolute freefall right now, and yet we’re making movies, we’re thriving, we’re doing great, and they are so mad about that that they’re just apoplectic - they’re like the girl in The Exorcist with their head spinning around. They’re so jealous they’re not invited to the party, so they came and tried to picket us, they tried to shut us down, and we just gave them a double-barrel middle finger and kept making the movie."
"The movie’s incredible, we just wrapped over the weekend. I’m gonna post a crew photo - it’s 100 of us totally in solidarity - and the unions can go shove it."
This comes after Majors spoke to TMZ over the weekend and said, "I'm ok. I was happy to be on set and help tell the story. I am grateful for whoever is checking on me, the cast and crew for regarding our safety. It's going to be a great movie and I am looking forward to fans seeing it!"
Jonathan Majors looked set to be the Multiverse Saga's Thanos, but his MCU appearances were ultimately limited to Loki and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. The actor's career was derailed by accusations of domestic assault, ending his time as part of the Marvel Universe and crushing his Oscar hopes for Magazine Dreams.
After Marvel Studios abandoned plans for Majors to continue playing Kang the Conqueror, the spotlight shifted to Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom. As a result, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty was retitled Avengers: Doomsday.
As for Majors, he's been shooting a comeback movie for The Daily Wire and Bonfire Legend. The former is an American right-wing media company founded in 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro and film director Jeremy Boreing. They previously worked with Gina Carano after Disney dropped her from The Mandalorian. Bonfire Legend is behind titles like The Pendragon Cycle and Frontier Crucible.
Details on the project have been kept under wraps, though it's said to be an "anthology sequel" to 2020's Run Hide Fight, titled Run Hide Fight Infidels (previously, we heard that it's in the same vein as Red Dawn).
Recently, Deadline revealed that several crew members walked off the South Carolina set due to safety concerns. IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) later called for a strike against the production due to a series of labour issues. When the trade reached out to producers to ask about the allegations, the response was that they "don't negotiate with communists."
The biggest talking point over the weekend was a small accident on set involving Majors and co-star JC Kilcoyne, who fell out of a window while shooting a scene. Here's a video showing exactly what happened:
"Multiple sources confirm to Deadline that the accident occurred after the window was replaced with an unsecured sheet of tempered glass to be purposefully shattered in a later stunt that did not involve any actors," writes the trade. "Since the tempered glass was only sitting loosely in the window, both the actors and the sheet of glass fell about six feet to the ground."
Kilcoyne needed stitches after the incident, though his reps have said he didn't feel unsafe and was well taken care of by the production.
Other alleged incidents on set included props falling onto crew members, a lack of meetings to discuss the use of prop firearms (airsoft guns are being used, but those are still important) or complex stunts, and the absence of a unit production manager. One ultimately unused location was reportedly infested with black mould and potentially constructed with asbestos.
This and various other grumbles led to crew members calling a strike, though filming is thought to be continuing despite the picket line. Bonfire Legend's Dallas Sonnier has said he and the team are "too busy being bad asses, blowing sh*t up, flying helicopters, and killing movie terrorists to concern ourselves with four assholes with signs on the sidewalk and their illegitimate 'strike.'"
Stay tuned for updates on Run Hide Fight Infidels as we have them.