Geechee: Crew member shot by police at Pinewood Dominican Republic

Production has been fully shut down on Jamie Foxx co-produced thriller

Jamie Foxx and the Lantica Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios (Rex/Lantica)

A crew member on the set of Geechee in the Dominican Republic has been shot multiple times by police.

Police opened fire on a convoy of cars containing crew, according to Deadline, with one unidentified international crew member being shot several times. They suffered minor injuries and have now left hospital and been flown home, reports the publication.

The incident is reported to have taken place on Wednesday evening (2 September) at the Lantica Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios, in what appears to have been a case of mistaken identity involving undercover local drug enforcement agents.

Crew members were on a location recce when they were pursued by police and held at gunpoint, until they were eventually confirmed to be innocent bystanders.

Production has been fully shutdown while an investigation takes place.

No decisions have been made on whether the film will continue to shoot in the country or if production will relocate.  

Lantica Media, the production that operates the Pinewood site, told Deadline: “Lantica Media has requested a thorough investigation from the national authorities. The authorities have been cooperative and are working to ensure that a similar incident does not happen again in the future.  

“For Lantica Media, the top priority is to guarantee the safety and well-being of its productions, this being the first time that an event of this nature has occurred in any of the 50 plus productions serviced by Lantica since its inception.”

Geechee is a thriller co-produced by Jamie Foxx that stars Andrea Riseborough as a scientist who leaves her New York home to start a new life in the Sea Islands.

The Independent has contacted Foxx’s representatives for comment.