JERRY BRUCKHEIMER - CAR CHASE FOR TIMES SQUART SHOOT ENDS BADLY

CAR CHASE FOR TIMES SQUART SHOOT ENDS BADLY

A car-chase sequence being shot in New York's Times Square for Nicolas Cage's latest film, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, failed to follow the plot line early Monday morning as one of the stunt vehicles being used in the scene crashed into a Sbarro pizza parlor, injuring two persons outside. Reports indicated that the film chase involved a Mercedes and a Ferrari. The New York Post quoted one witness as saying, "The Ferarri took a sharp right to the left and lost it, swerving across the lanes, taking out a lamppost and a newsstand" before crashing into the pizza parlor. The production company used its own staff medics to treat the injured persons at the scene and sent for an ambulance to take them to a local hospital. "All safety regulations were followed and second-unit filming will continue as planned," a statement from producer Jerry Bruckheimer said.

05/05/2009