Team behind The Rock's latest film robbed on location

The director and producer of The Rock's latest film have been robbed while looking at locations.

The Rock is due to star in Helldorado, which is about a bounty hunter on the trail of an escapee in the Amazon jungle.

Director Peter Berg and producer Kevin Misher were held up in the Brazilian jungle by armed bandits and robbed.

They were held up for 15 minutes and had their cash and a laptop computer stolen, while their Portuguese-speaking guides pleaded for their safe release, reports www.variety.com.

They escaped unhurt, and were able to take their ransacked car back to the nearby city of Manaus, where they reported the robbery to local police.