UPDATE: ‘Deadpool 2’ Production Shut Down After Stunt Driver Death
UPDATE: According toDeadline, production onDeadpool 2has been shut down while the death of a stunt driver on the set is being investigated. There is no indication as to when production will resume. Our original story from August 14 follows.
A stunt driver was killed on the set ofDeadpool 2on Monday, according to Vancouver police.
The stuntwoman was injured in a motorcycle crash on the Vancouver set ofDeadpool 2, where the production had been shooting since late June. Police investigating the crash have not yet identified the victim.
“Vancouver Police can confirm that a female stunt driver has died on the set ofDeadpoolduring a stunt on a motorcycle,” the Vancouver Police Department said in a statement toThe Hollywood Reporter.
No additional information was released in the aftermath of the accident.
The statutory agency released a statement on the crash:
“WorkSafeBC was contacted by the Vancouver Police Department this morning at 8:31 a.m. regarding a serious incident in the 1000 Block of West Waterfront Road, Van B.C. WorkSafeBC has five officers at the incident site. Two officers are inspecting the site for immediate occupational health and safety issues. Three officers are investigating the incident for cause and prevention under the Workers' Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. "
Reporters from the local news station CTV News were alerted to the crash by witnesses, and tweeted the below pictures from the site.
Stunt person hurt on set of Deadpool 2 loaded into Advanced Life Support ambulance that hasn’t moved. Anxious crew looking on.@CTVVancouverpic.twitter.com/iTU2awp7Qs
— Ben Miljure (@CTVNewsBen)June 18, 2025
Ambulance has left set of Deadpool 2 with injured stunt person. Lights and sirens were not on as it pulled away.@CTVVancouverpic.twitter.com/iMheLitA7q
It’s unclear whether the stuntwoman died on set or at the hospital from injuries sustained at the accident.
The unnamed stuntwoman was shooting a motorcycle stunt for the sequel to 20th Century Fox’s hit subversive superhero movieDeadpool, which came out in 2016. Production had just started for the superhero sequel, with an intended release for 2018.
TheDeadpoolstuntwoman’s death follows alarmingly soon after a stuntman onThe Walking Deaddied from injuries he suffered on set, marking the first stunt-related death in the U.S. in 15 years.The Walking Deadstuntman John Berneckerhad sustained massive head injuries in a fall on set July 12, later dying at Atlanta Medical Center.
The previous stunt performer to lose his life on a U.S. set was performing a parachute jump in Pismo Beach, Calif., on the set ofTears of the Sunin 2002.
Fatalities are fairly rare in the stunt business, though it isdangerous workthat has often resulted in life-altering injuries, such as theparalysis of Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt doubleon the set ofHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Iin 2009, or Tom Cruise’s ownrecent stunt-related injuryduring the filming ofMission: Impossible 6. Stunt-related deaths on film and TV had been on the decline since the ’90s however, with studios and production companies taking greater precautions with safety efforts as well as the rise of digital effects, according to theLA Times.
However,the LA Timesreported in 2015 that thenumber of fatalitieswas increasing in recent years, “with some industry experts blaming the need to get increasingly dramatic footage to stay competitive, especially in reality TV.”
For the time being,Deadpool 2is scheduled to be released onJune 1, 2018.
