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American actor Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit against the `Rust` armorer and other cast and crew members for negligence after they gave him a loaded revolver on the set, killing the movie`s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. For failing to ensure safety on set, the actor took action against four crew members: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, Dave Halls, Sarah Zachry, and Seth Kenney, as per Page Six. "This tragedy happened because live bullets were delivered to the set and loaded into the gun," Baldwin`s lawyer, Luke Nikas,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAlec Baldwin has sued three crew members of the movie Rust over the fatal on-set shooting which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin’s lawsuit was filed on Friday (11 November) at the Los Angeles Superior Court as a cross-complaint arising from a previous suit filed by the film’s script supervisor Mamie Mitchell. The new filing placed the responsibility for the tragic…

Saying he wants to clear his name, Alec Baldwin on Friday sued people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in New Mexico. Baldwin filed a cross-complaint in Superior Court in Los Angeles alleging negligence against some of the people sued by a script supervisor, Mamie Mitchell. Among other things, it seeks a share of any damages that Mitchell may win from the people Baldwin names and asks…

It’s been a year since the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on the set of Rust after a prop gun misfired. Because Rust’s star Alec Baldwin was the one who held the gun that led to the fatal shooting, this poses the question of whether or not the well-known actor will face any punishment for this. This Western movie will continue its filming, but the on-set shooting investigation has taken another step forward.Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed after she was shot at the Bonanza Creek…

Matthew Hutchins, the husband of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, garnered tons of sympathy earlier this year when he laid bare his grief and anger over his wife being shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on the set of “Rust,” the low-budget Western he was filming in New Mexico. But when it comes to stark financial questions over whether Baldwin and other “Rust” producers could be held liable for Hutchins’ death, Matthew Hutchins probably realized he needed to settle his lawsuit against them and work out a deal to allow…

It’s been a year since Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot dead during Rust’s film shooting. However, Alec Baldwin remembers Hutchins on the first anniversary of her death on the set of the actor’s Western film. The actor took to her Instagram and shared a photo of the late cinematographer working on the set of a film. Meanwhile, it’s unclear if the photo was taken at some point when Rust was filming at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in the desert outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Baldwin simply captioned the post, “One year…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAlec Baldwin has remembered cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the one-year anniversary of her death on the set of the film Rust.The cinematographer died on 21 October 2021 after a prop gun the 30 Rock star was holding was discharged.Director Joel Souza was also wounded in the shooting on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set near Santa Fe, Arizona.On Friday (21 October), one year after the…

Rust will resume production after a settlement was reached with the estate of Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on set.The western film’s production was shut down after cinematographer Hutchins was shot and killed on the film’s set on 21 October 2021 in New Mexico.Alec Baldwin, the film’s lead star, was the one who was holding the gun when it discharged. The weapon is believed to have been loaded with dummy rounds instead of gunpowder and a projectile.The bullet hit Hutchins, as well as the shoulder of the film’s director,…

By Andrew Dalton | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The family of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on the set of the film “Rust” has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the actor and the movie’s producers, and producers aim to restart the project in January despite unresolved workplace safety sanctions. “We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, for our wrongful death case against the producers of Rust including Alec Baldwin,” said a statement Wednesday from Matthew Hutchins, widow of the…

In a surprise announcement Wednesday, Alec Baldwin and the husband of slain cinematographer Halyna Hutchins have reached a settlement in her family’s lawsuit, stemming from her October 2021 death in a fatal shooting on the set of the New Mexico set of the film “Rust.” What makes this announcement “controversial,” in the words of the Los Angeles Times. and even alarming to those in the court of public opinion, is that filming will resume on the low-budget Western in January 2023. Baldwin will return to star, and director…