Third Maze Runner Film Shut Down Indefinitely Over Dylan O’Brien’s Injury.

The star’s onset accident won’t take his life, but his injuries are more severe than previously believed.

Last month, actor Dylan O’Brien was rushed to the emergency room following an accident on the set of Maze Runner: The Death Cure during a vehicular stunt gone awry. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the actor was strapped into a harness atop a moving vehicle when a snafu pulled him off of the vehicle unexpectedly, after which point he slammed into a second vehicle. The collision sent the twenty-four-year-old actor to the hospital with a “concussion, facial fracture, and lacerations,” and though the injuries have been confirmed by O’Brien’s publicist as non-life-threatening, they’re worse than originally estimated and will require more time for convalescence.

As such, production on The Maze Runner: The Death Cure (a name that grows more darkly ironic with every passing day) has ground to a complete and indefinite halt as O’Brien makes a recovery. After O’Brien’s accident, Fox called a temporary hiatus until May 9, the projected date by which their star would be up and maze-running once more. But now all cast and crew has been sent home until further notice, with operations at a standstill until a date to be announced. Fox’s statement, reproduced below, suggests that the studio fully intends on resuming production as soon as possible:

“The resumption of principal photography on Maze Runner: The Death Cure has been further delayed to allow Dylan O’Brien more time to fully recover from his injuries. We wish Dylan a speedy recovery and look forward to restarting production as soon as possible.”

But even though Fox sees this accident as nothing more than a delay, it could spell more trouble for the production. Accidents of this nature are more frequent among stuntpeople and crew members, such as Sarah Jones of the now-shelved Midnight Rider production, who died in an accident in early 2014. Jones’ family pressed charges, the director pled guilty to manslaughter and now faces a ten-year prison sentence of which he is expected to serve two years, and the executive producer has also received a ten-year probation ruling. When Brandon Lee was killed on the set ofThe Crow, his mother filed a negligence lawsuit against the production. O’Brien‘s going to survive, but the potential legal fallout has yet to be determined.