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.
Shannon Lee is raising her voice, 28 years after brother Brandon was fatally wounded by a prop gun on “The Crow” set.
If experienced crews stand between safety and disaster, the voracious appetite for content may place low-budget productions under increasing pressure to create and maintain safe environments.
Over 200 cinematographers and other Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter encouraging a ban on functional firearms on sets.
The production company has hoped that the film will return to filming after the investigation is concluded.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed said she was not aware live rounds were in the gun that killed the cinematographer and injured the film’s director.
A lead bullet that was removed from director Joel Souza’s shoulder is believed to be the same one that struck and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
A petition, legislation, showrunner pledges: Inside the movement to make real guns become imaginary on set.
At a vigil for the “Rust” cinematographer, it was impossible to separate the tragedy from the ongoing labor battle centered around crew safety.
The filmmaker has spoken out after being hospitalized from a gunshot wound while making the western on which the DP was killed.
The incident took place October 21 at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe County. It is under investigation.
The entertainment industry has a long-established and extensive set of protocols regarding the use of firearms on set; here’s what they look like.
