Explosion on sets of 'Bond 25' leaves one injured, damages stage

upcoming James Bond film has hit yet ar roblock following a major accident on sets at Pinewood Studios in U.K.

According to a statement from official James Bond Twitter handle, a controlled explosion went wrong during shooting of film, damaging exterior of famous 007 st at iconic studio and injuring a crew member outside st.

"During filming of a controlled explosion on set of 'Bond 25' today at Pinewood Studios, dam was caused to exterior of 007 St. re were injuries on set, however, one crew member outside st has sustained a mir injury," tweet re.

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film's crew was testing a stunt involving a fireball in a laboratory when accident took place, reported  Sun as cited by  Hollywood Reporter.

"re were three huge explosions and it's blown part of Bond st roof off and some wall panels off st. re were three loud explosions, one after ar, and a member of crew was lying on floor outside building injured," a source told publication.

This news comes days after le actor Daniel Craig damd his ankle ligaments while shooting in Jamaica, with production being canceled for a week as he underwent surgery.

This is t first time that Craig, who performs his own stunts, has sustained an injury on sets of a Bond film.  actor h two teeth kcked out during his first stunt scene for his Bond debut in 'Casi Royale', sustained a number of injuries, including slicing off tip of a finger and tearing a shoulder muscle in his next 'Quantum of Solace' and injuring his knee during a fight scene for his most recent outing 'Spectre'.

upcoming 'Bond' film has h a tumultuous journey. film earlier hit a roblock following a troubled script process that saw original director Danny Boyle exit project over creative differences with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, resulting in a delay to production and a subsequent delay to planned release date, originally slated for October 2019.

full star cast of new film was revealed in April as production officially began, with Oscar-winner Rami Malek confirmed to play film's villain. Or new ditions include Ana De Armas, Lashana Lynch, David Dencik, Billy Magnussen, and Dali Benssalah. Returning cast members include Lea Seydoux, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Naomi Harris, and Ralph Fiennes.

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film will be shot in various locations including London, Italy, and rway. Boyle was replaced by Cary Joji Fukunaga, who is directing film with a script by Neal Purvis, Robert We, Scott Z. Burns, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

film revolves around Bond, whose peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter [Wright] from CIA turns up asking for help. mission to rescue a kidnaped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leing Bond onto trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new techlogy.

movie is scheduled to hit big screens on April 8, 2020.