Melbourne:
Production on The Great Gatsby is on hold till the new year after director Baz Luhrmann incurred an injury while filming in Australia.
Luhrmann was directing a scene from the remake that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire when he bumped into a camera crane, reported Sky News Australia.
"We were on quite a cramped set and he was ducking under the crane. He struck his head on the weights on the end of the camera crane. He split open his head and we had to get the doctor," co-producer Anton Monsted said.
Luhrmann required three stitches to his head. As a result, production was stopped early in Sydney so the cast could get home earlier than planned for the holidays. They will return for additional shots in January.
"There's a few days owing due to rain and then there will also be what we would have shot... had we continued filming after Baz's injury," Monsted added.
The movie is set for release on Christmas in 2012.
Luhrmann was directing a scene from the remake that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire when he bumped into a camera crane, reported Sky News Australia.
"We were on quite a cramped set and he was ducking under the crane. He struck his head on the weights on the end of the camera crane. He split open his head and we had to get the doctor," co-producer Anton Monsted said.
Luhrmann required three stitches to his head. As a result, production was stopped early in Sydney so the cast could get home earlier than planned for the holidays. They will return for additional shots in January.
"There's a few days owing due to rain and then there will also be what we would have shot... had we continued filming after Baz's injury," Monsted added.
The movie is set for release on Christmas in 2012.
