Overview
- Video published Friday shows Jonathan Majors and co-star JC Kilcoyne falling about six feet through an unsecured tempered-glass pane, with Kilcoyne needing hand stitches but both men saying they were okay.
- IATSE confirmed a strike against the South Carolina production as more than 60% of crew signed union cards seeking healthcare contributions and formal safety standards.
- Producers at Bonfire Legend and The Daily Wire rejected bargaining, called the action illegitimate, and moved to hire replacements while limited filming continued past the picket line.
- Crew accounts describe wider hazards including no standard stunt coordination meetings, props striking workers such as a set medic, a location flagged for black mold, and a special effects lead with a prior explosives conviction.
- Actors work under a SAG-AFTRA deal while below-the-line crew were non-union, turning this standoff on Kyle Rankin’s Daily Wire project into a test for union drives on independent sets and a signal for how future shoots may handle safety and bargaining.