Wes Anderson, Luke Wilson
Elevator Ride From Hell
Published
July 8, 2026
6:45 AM PDT
Wes Anderson and Luke Wilson had a less-than-picture-perfect Monday night … the talented duo got stuck in an elevator at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures … and they needed fire fighters to free them!!!
Check out the video shared by a production specialist, Carolyn Dunn — you can see Wes, Luke, director James L. Brooks, and at least 3 others being freed from the elevator, surrounded by members of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Wes eventually asks what happened … and the LAFD says there was too much weight in the elevator — oops!
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LAFD tells TMZ … they responded to a call for a stuck elevator — elevator C, to be exact — at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at 7:49 PM. We’re told Wes, Luke and co. were trapped for less than an hour.
Wes, Luke, and James were at the Academy Museum for a sold-out 30th anniversary screening of Wes’ debut feature, “Bottle Rocket,” which starred Luke and Owen Wilson. The trio stayed for a Q&A and got trapped in the elevator on their way to their cars.
No word if they cooked up a new film idea while trapped together!