Michael Shannon ‘Not Condemning’ Alec Baldwin for ‘Rust’ Shooting but Says Production ‘Cut Corners’
“If it were up to the actor to determine whether a firearm is safe or not, you wouldn’t need an armorer in the first place,” Shannon said.
“If it were up to the actor to determine whether a firearm is safe or not, you wouldn’t need an armorer in the first place,” Shannon said.
The film’s assistant director also took a plea agreement for the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon.
The New Mexico District Attorney has yet to file any criminal charges related to the October 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Emmy-nominated director Rachel Mason (“Circus of Books”) will helm the feature with the support of Hutchins’ widower.
The actor names Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, first AD Dave Halls, prop master Sarah Zachry and ammunition supplier Seth Kenney in a lawsuit.
The New Mexico-set production will “resume with all the original principal players on board” in January 2023.
Before the accidental shooting on the set of “Rust,” Hutchins was working on an ambitious immigration story with director Dennis Hauck, who now plans to finish it.
The “Rust” star and executive producer shared a statement from his attorney amid the investigation into cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ fatal shooting on set.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on set after being shot by a prop gun.
Following the October 2021 shooting of the cinematographer, and a wrongful death lawsuit filed earlier this month against Baldwin and others, Matt Hutchins gives his first televised interview.
The cinematographer died on October 21, 2021, following a gunshot wound on set.
Faced with funding troubles, a Danish startup had abandoned its goal of giving filmmakers a safer, realistic alternative to real guns. Now, it’s seizing calls to ban firearms on set with a renewed call to investors.