( CNN ) -- Harrison Ford suffered an ankle injury while filming the next `` Star Wars '' installment , Disney Studios said Thursday . Ford , 71 , is reprising the Han Solo role that brought him fame in the first `` Star Wars '' in 1977 . The injury happened on the set of `` Star Wars : Episode VII '' Thursday , a Disney statement said . `` He was taken to a local hospital and is receiving care . Shooting will continue as planned while he recuperates . '' 'Star Wars : Episode VII ' : Want to be in the movie ... ? While the film 's production is happening at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire , England , and Abu Dhabi , Disney did not give the set location . A spokesman for the British Health And Safety Executive told CNN Thursday that the agency `` have been made aware of an incident at Pinewood studios and are making initial enquiries . '' Lupita Nyong ' o joins 'Star Wars ' cast . Director J.J. Abrams recently teased fans looking for any hints about what will be in the next film by posting a photo via his Twitter account . `` I wish people would stop leaking photos from 'Episode VII . ' And making ridiculous claims that the Millennium Falcon is in the movie , '' Abrams said in a handwritten note on top of the hologram chessboard from the original `` Star Wars , '' which was in the Falcon . A number of images from the secretive `` Episode VII '' set have appeared online , showing , among other things , a replica of Han Solo 's Millennium Falcon under construction . `` Episode VII '' is scheduled to be released on December 18 , 2015 . CNN 's Carolyn Sung and Lindsay Isaac contributed to this report .
Harrison Ford 's injury happened while filming `` Star Wars : Episode VII '' `` Shooting will continue as planned while he recuperates , '' Disney says .