Alec Baldwin will return to 'Rust' set this week as filming resumes after fatal shooting
foxnews.comAlec Baldwin will return to the "Rust" set on Thursday as the western resumes filming after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Fox News Digital can confirm.
Principal photography will begin Thursday – roughly a year and a half after the production was halted due to Hutchins' tragic on-set death. "The production will continue to utilize union crew members and will bar any use of working weapons and any form of ammunition," Melina Spadone, attorney for Rust Movie Productions, told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Live ammunition is – and always was – prohibited on set." Hutchins died Oct.
21, 2021, after a gun Baldwin was holding fired on the set of "Rust" in New Mexico.The shot also injured director Joel Souza. "Rust" eventually announced it would resume filming in Montana at Yellowstone Film Ranch.
Baldwin is participating in the filming despite facing charges of involuntary manslaughter. He pleaded not guilty after waiving his right to a first court appearance.
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