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UPDATED with more details of lawsuit: More than six months after The Walking Dead stuntman John Bernecker was killed on the Atlanta set of the AMC blockbuster series, his mother has followed through on her promise to "seek justice" with a wrongful-death lawsuit that puts the blame on AMC for allegedly doing things on…

UPDATED with winners list: The sizable stunt teams for Warner Bros. Wonder Woman and HBO’s Game of Thrones walked away with the SAG Awards Stunt Ensemble trophies today. The winners were announced before the televised portion of the show. The female-centric superhero pic beat out the stunt teams from Baby Driver, Dunki…

Susan Bernecker, the mother of stuntman John Bernecker, who was killed last July in a high-fall accident on the Georgia set of The Walking Dead, says that over the last 10 years she heard him and his friends talking about unsafe conditions in the film and television industry "all the time." "I'm friends with 50 or 60…

Susan Bernecker, the mother of stuntman John Bernecker, who was killed on the Georgia set of The Walking Dead last July, said that she intends to "seek justice for John and to ensure that no other parent with a child working in the film and television industry suffers this kind of heartbreak." Her comments on her…

UPDATED with production company statement: In the wake of July's death of stuntman John Bernecker on the Georgia set of The Walking Dead, OSHA has imposed the maximum allowable fine – $12,675 – on the company that produces the show. "This tragedy should serve as a wake-up call for the entertainment industry," said…

The Emmys paid tribute tonight to 42 members of the industry who died over the past year, including Mary Tyler Moore, Jerry Lewis, Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Martin Landau, Bill Paxton, John Hurt, Grant Tinker, Don Rickles, Glen Campbell, Miguel Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, John Hurt, Robert Osborne, Florence…

While the industry is still reeling from the recent deaths of stuntman John Bernecker on the set of The Walking Dead and stuntwoman Joi Harris on the set of Deadpool 2, there were no mention of the tragic accidents by either of the two stunt coordinators who picked up awards at the Creative Emmys. However, James Lew…

Susan Bernecker, the mother of the stuntman who died of a traumatic head injury after a fall gone wrong on the set of The Walking Dead in July, has hired Atlanta attorney Jeffrey R. Harris to explore a lawsuit. He is the lawyer Richard and Elizabeth Jones hired for their wrongful-death lawsuit against CSX and others…

The tragic death of stuntman John Bernecker on the set of The Walking Dead on July 13th sent shockwaves through the industry and today at TCA, Executive Produer Robert Kirkman addressed what happened. When asked by reporters if storylines would be changed in light of the tragedy, he said, “No storylines were changed…

The Walking Dead will not have a panel at this summer's TCA so the executive producers can attend the funeral of deceased stuntman John Bernecker, AMC announced today. Amidst several other AMC and Sundance TV presentations, the long planned session for the zombie apocalypse blockbuster was set to take place on July…

With its Season 8 premiere date revealed earlier this week, The Walking Dead's Comic-Con panel this year opened today with a tribute to fatally injured stuntman John Bernecker and a trailer for the upcoming Season 8. The new season debuts on October 22 with the AMC blockbuster's 100th episode "John passed away last…

Just over a week after Fear the Walking Dead had its latest midseason finale, The Walking Dead spinoff started its Comic-Con panel with a moment of silence for stuntman John Bernecker. Hall H went totally quiet in memory of the stunt vet who died after an accident on July 12 on the Georgia set of Season 8 of TWD…