Alec Baldwin: Last News

Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tossed out in July, but the Emmy winner is still trying to make sure the whole thing is truly over.

Beetlejuice was, in essence, a slyly original movie about ghosts who are stuck in a kind of purgatory. So it’s fitting that a long-gestating sequel to the 1988 classic has been seemingly trapped in development hell as long as the titular bio-exorcist has been, well, dead.Nixed screenplays with titles like “Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian” and “Beetlejuice in Love” have come and gone; the original screenwriters have passed into heaven’s waiting room; Alec Baldwin has long since aged out of playing 30-year-old hunks; and Tim Burton has spent decades teasing the possibility of a sequel while occupied with more pressing projects like, uh… Dumbo.Now, thirty-six years after Beetlejuice became a morbid hit — a gap equal to the passage of time between Citizen Kane and Star Wars — the aptly titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is finally shake, shake, shaking into theaters.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” now playing in theaters. It’s been 36 years since Michael Keaton’s foul-mouthed demon first terrorized audiences in Tim Burton‘s 1988 film “Beetlejuice,”but his legacy lives on. Especially now that a sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” is finally in theaters. Keaton returns to reprise his role as the ghost with the most, alongside original stars Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, in the zany supernatural follow-up.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The judge in the “Rust” cases has denied the prosecutor’s bid to revive the manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin. In a brief ruling issued Thursday afternoon, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer refused to consider the state’s motion because it exceeds the 10-page limit. Kari Morrissey, the special prosecutor on the case, had argued that the judge erred when she dismissed the case with prejudice during Baldwin’s trial in July.

After more than 35 years, Tim Burton finally found the secret ingredient needed to bring Beetlejuice back to life once again.

The special prosecutor in Alec Baldwin’s now-dismissed involuntary manslaughter case for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins insists there was “no cover-up” on her part, but that the actor’s sprawling legal team and others might have been up to some legal subterfuge.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The prosecutor in the “Rust” case has asked the judge to reconsider her decision to throw out the manslaughter charge against actor Alec Baldwin, and suggested the government may seek to reinstate the case on appeal. Kari Morrissey, the special prosecutor appointed to handle the “Rust” cases, argued that the defense had successfully “confused” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer about the relevance of evidence that had been withheld.

Rust is set to plead guilty to another charge, this time of bringing a gun into a bar.In April, she was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the incident in 2021. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured on the set of the film, when a live round was discharged from a revolver being used as a prop by Alec Baldwin.The jury also found Gutierrez-Reed was not guilty of tampering with evidence.Now, it has emerged that the armourer has agreed to plead guilty to bringing a gun into a bar in Santa Fe, N.M., for which she is expected to be sentenced to 18 months of probation.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed has agreed to plead guilty to bringing a gun into a bar in Santa Fe, N.M., and will be sentenced to 18 months of probation. Gutierrez Reed, 27, is already serving an 18-month prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The plea does not alter that case.

had been revealed about Tim Burton’s latest movie “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” in the lead-up to its Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night. But one long-assumed rumor has been confirmed by reports out of the Lido after its red-carpet debut: Baldwin and Davis, who played the deceased Maitlands in the 1988 horror-comedy, do not make so much as an apparition — sorry, appearance — in the follow-up.A review from the Hollywood Reporter said that “Barbara and Adam Maitland, the sweet prematurely deceased couple played by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin, are gone, however, having found a loophole according to Lydia.” In the first film, the pair spooked the Deetz family (Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and Jeffrey Jones).But it was always unlikely that the fictional ghost duo would be back to haunt another Day-O.“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” was in production while Baldwin, 66, was on trial for involuntary manslaughter after the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Santa Fe set of “Rust.” The case was tossed out by the judge in July.And it also doesn’t come as a shock that Jones, whose character Charles is said to be killed off in the sequel, doesn’t make a cameo either.

Rust shooting of Halyna Hutchins.In 2021, cinematographer Hutchins was killed by a prop gun fired by Baldwin, with director Joel Souza also injured. Consequently, Baldwin faced charges for involuntary manslaughter, but these charges were dropped in April 2023 after evidence suggested the gun could have been modified, potentially causing malfunction.As such, the film’s armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was charged and eventually convicted guilty of involuntary manslaugter, and was sentenced 18 months in prison – the maximum length possible for the crime.

Quentin Tarantino shares his thoughts on the tragedy of the Rust movie set and says Alec Baldwin is partly responsible for the incident.

dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.But Quentin Tarantino isn’t so fast to move on. During an appearance on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast in an episode released Sunday, the “Kill Bill” director discussed the case with Maher. “It’s a situation, I think — I’m being fair enough to say that the armorer, the guy who handles the gun, an armorer is 90% responsible for everything that happens when it comes to that gun,” Tarantino said.

The Crow reboot director Rupert Sanders banned guns on set due to the incidents involving weapons on the set of the original 1994 film and the 2021 Western Rust. While filming the 1994 movie, Lee – who played protagonist Eric Draven – was tragically killed during an accident on set as a bullet got stuck in a prop gun that misfired and shot into Lee’s stomach.A similar tragedy occurred in 2021 when a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet that killed Halyna Hutchins and seriously injured director Joel Souza. Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter over the incident before a judge dismissed the case on July 12.Explaining the precaution, Sanders told Variety: “Safety is a number one priority.

Steve Martin is no longer interested in hosting the Oscars.In an interview published Monday, the 79-year-old star told the Los Angeles Times that if he were to host the coveted award ceremony for a fourth time, he’d have to start prepping “yesterday.”For years, rumors have circulated that Martin and his “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, were in the running to host the Academy Awards. Why viewers won’t see him and Short taking the stage together? As Martin put it, “That represents so much work for us. And we love our summers.

Rust director Joel Souza has spoken out for the first time about the on-set shooting involving Alec Baldwin, saying he has “no relationship” with the actor.In October 2021, a prop gun held by the Baldwin fired a live bullet that killed Halyna Hutchins and seriously injured Souza. Baldwin was charged with involantry manslaughter over the incident before a judge dismissed the case on July 12.“It’s bizarre to have been shot,” Souza told Vanity Fair. “And then, who was holding the gun? That’s bizarre.

cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Joel Souza and Hutchins were both shot when Alec Baldwin’s prop gun went off during a rehearsal on the set of the Western film in October 2021. In a new interview, the director, 51, revealed that in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, he wished he would “bleed out” because he “didn’t want to be around anymore.” To this day, the tragedy has left him feeling “ruined.” “When I tell someone it ruined me, I don’t mean in the sense that people might generally think.

Joel Souza, the Rust director who Alec Baldwin shot during a rehearsal of a scene, is breaking his silence on the fatal day that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Ellise Shafer “Rust” director Joel Souza has given his first interview about the shooting that occurred on set in October 2021, where a prop gun held by star Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and seriously injured Souza. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Souza opened up about the experience of being shot, deciding to finish the film and why he and Baldwin now have “no relationship.” “It’s bizarre to have been shot,” Souza said. “And then, who was holding the gun? That’s bizarre.

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