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Resident Evil 5 Stage Collapse Injures 16 People

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Resident Evil 5 Stage Collapse Injures 16 People
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TORONTO – An early-morning stage collapse Tuesday on the Toronto set of Paul W. S. Anderson's "Resident Evil 5" for Sony Screen Gems has sent ten crew members and actors to the hospital.

Constable Wendy Drummond, a spokeswoman for the Toronto Police Services, said a wheeled platform on the movie set at Cinespace Film Studios on Kipling Avenue shifted as un-named actors were moving from one area of the stage to another.

The sudden movement led to a platform collapsing and 16 people being left injured.

Drummond said ten of the injured were sent to a local hospital.

None of the injuries are considered life-threatening.

"Resident Evil: Retribution 3D," the fifth installment of the video game-to-movie franchise that stars Milla Jovovich, is shooting at Cinespace's Kipling studio in west Toronto to December 23, ahead of a Sept. 14, 2012 release.

The 2010 picture "Resident Evil: Afterlife," also shot by Anderson, grossed around $300 million internationally.

A spokesman for Cinespace Film Studios had no comment on the industrial workplace incident.

And the production office at "Resident Evil 5" said a statement would be issued later Tuesday morning.

The Hollywood Reporter

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