Harland Rust: Last News

Rust, the Western starring Alec Baldwin most known for a fatal incident during filming, has caused division amongst fans online.On October 21, 2021, on the set of the film, Baldwin discharged a revolver being used as a prop, unaware that it had been improperly loaded with live ammunition, resulting in the death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins.The first footage from Rust has now been revealed in a new trailer – watch it below. It comes with a confirmed release date of March 2 in select US theatres, and will later be available on VOD.Set in 1880s Kansas, it stars Baldwin as outlaw Harland Rust, who breaks a young boy (Patrick Scott McDermott) that accidentally killed a rancher and is sentenced to hang out of jail. The pair go on the run towards Mexico, chased by a US Marshal (Josh Hopkins) and bounty hunter (Travis Fimmel).The trailer’s release, in the wake of Hutchins’ death and the controversy that has followed, led to some film fans sharing negative reactions online.

Ellise Shafer A trailer has been released for “Rust,” Alec Baldwin‘s Western film that took a tragic turn when a prop gun being used by the actor accidentally killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza during production. Set in 1880s Kansas, the film follows orphan Lucas McCalister (Patrick Scott McDermott), who “accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to hang,” according to its plot description. “In a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico.

shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a live round loaded into a prop gun.The movie, which premiered last night at the Camerimage Festival in Poland, has a scene that eerily parallels the young mother’s death on set, reports indicate.“The second [time a trigger is pulled] leads to a character’s accidental death, engendering a full-bore gasp from premiere attendees,” wrote a critic in Vulture.The writer added that “Rust” is difficult to separate from its real-life deadly catastrophe while watching.“‘Rust’ didn’t choose to echo its own tragedies, but they course through a film that is often compelling and capable, an appropriately unvarnished western tale about guilt, blame, family, law, and devotion.”There will be a lot of questions about why the film was completed at all — except maybe to recoup the money already spent on it.Production on the movie in New Mexico was halted in 2021, after which prosecutors pressed charges against Baldwin, accusing him of running a dangerous set where blank rounds were intermixed with live ones.The involuntary manslaughter case against him was thrown out by a New Mexico judge in July, while the film’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is currently serving 18 months in prison.Production resumed in 2023.The Vulture reviewer said that Baldwin, who plays an 1880s Kansas outlaw named Harland Rust, seems shaken-up onscreen.“Baldwin is often off-balance,” the report said. “His accent and the overall volume of performance wobble from scene to scene; the relationship with [Patrick Scott] McDermott’s Lucas veers between affection and disinterest.”A filmmaker at the Poland premiere told Variety that “Rust” is a “solid Western.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SANTA FE, N.M. — A prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that Alec Baldwin violated the cardinal rules of gun safety while playing “make believe” on the set of “Rust,” resulting in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, one of two special prosecutors on the case, argued in her opening statement that Baldwin repeatedly violated film industry gun protocols in the days leading up to the fatal shooting.

Alec Baldwin is back on the set of for the first time since the death of film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.In new photos of the actor taken at Montana's Yellowstone Film Ranch Friday, Baldwin is seen in character as Harland Rust, wearing a gray shirt with blood-stained cuffs, gray pants, a button-up black vest, high leather boots and an orange bandana around his neck.The on-set pics come after production on the Western officially resumed over the weekend. Rust Movie Productions, LLC announced the news in a press release on Friday, after criminal charges against Baldwin were dropped on Thursday.The news comes a year and a half after the fatal shooting of Hutchins, and a slew of legal trouble for Baldwin.

Alec Baldwin is back on the set of “Rust” for the first time since the death of film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.

Alec Baldwin is back on the set of for the first time since the death of film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.In new photos of the actor taken at Montana's Yellowstone Film Ranch Friday, Baldwin is seen in character as Harland Rust, wearing a gray shirt with blood-stained cuffs, gray pants, a button-up black vest, high leather boots and an orange bandana around his neck.The photos come after production on the Western officially resumed over the weekend. Rust Movie Productions, LLC announced the news in a press release on Friday, after criminal charges against Baldwin were dropped on Thursday.The news comes a year and a half after the fatal shooting of Hutchins, and a slew of legal trouble for Baldwin.