Joel Souza: Last News

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer “Rust” is set to debut on Wednesday at the Camerimage Festival in Poland, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed during production in New Mexico. Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, who is suing the production and actor Alec Baldwin, will not be there. In a statement issued by her lawyer, Gloria Allred, on Tuesday, Solovey said she regards the premiere as an attempt to profit from her daughter’s death.

It ain’t quite over yet, but it sure looks like Alec Baldwin’s dismissed involuntary manslaughter case for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins won’t be returning to court any time soon.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A judge on Friday refused to reopen the manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, standing by her earlier decision to throw out the charge due to withheld evidence. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer rejected the prosecution’s claim that the evidence was immaterial to the defense. In her ruling, the judge found that the prosecutor was restating arguments that had been made earlier, and that any new arguments should have been raised earlier.

Saturday Night Live for the first time since he had his manslaughter charges from the fatal “Rust” shooting dropped.The 17-time host returned for the fourth episode of SNL’s 50th anniversary season – portraying Fox’s Brett Baier in the show’s cold open.Baldwin’s made-up mug was the first thing shown on screen and the live audience screamed, not sure whether they should applaud or gasp.The Schweddy Balls scene-stealer played the Fox News personality opposite SNL-alum Maya Rudolph who portrayed Vice President Kamala Harris.Baldwin’s Baier repeatedly interrupted Rudolph’s Harris, echoing criticism of the interview that suggested the host stepped on the candidate’s answers.Alec even got in on the cold open’s punchline – “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!” This is the forty-fifth time that Baldwin has said the phrase, according to Saturday Night Network.

announced Thursday that the premiere will honor Hutchins, who was 42 years old when she died. After the screening of the film, director Joel Souza, cinematographer Bianca Cline and Stephen Lighthill, Halyna’s mentor at the American Film Institute, will participate in a panel to “discuss events surrounding the film, offering insight into continuing production after Halyna’s death.”The panel will also discuss “the unique visual style that Halyna developed on set and explain how Bianca Cline, who took over her work, managed to remarkably replicate Halyna’s style.”Festival director Marek Zydowiczsaid in a statement, “We knew that our event was important to her, and that she felt at home among cinematographers from all over the world, who have been gathering at Camerimage for over 30 years.

The 2024 Camerimage Film Festival will hand a unique world premiere screening to Rust, the Alec Baldwin starring Western which became global news after the fatal on-set shooting of Ukrainian cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. 

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A judge on Monday upheld a guilty verdict against “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, finding that withheld evidence would not have changed the outcome of the trial. The defense asked for a new trial on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to turn over a forensic report and an interview with weapons supplier Seth Kenney. “Defendant has not established that there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been available to Defendant, the evidence would have produced a different verdict,” wrote Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, in her opinion.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The judge in the Rust shooting case lit into the New Mexico prosecutors this week, citing “egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct and false testimony elicited during trial.”

Almost immediately after Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial over the 2021 death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tossed out last week, the lawyer for the troubled film’s incarcerated armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed vowed to make a move to free her. Today, he has.

Alec Baldwin has broken his silence with a new social media post, following the dismissal of the ‘Rust’ case in court.On Friday (July 12), New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer declared to the Santa Fe court the dismissal of the case – it involved an incident on October 21, 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured on the set of the film ‘Rust’. A live round had been discharged from a revolver that was used as a prop by Baldwin.Yesterday (July 13), Baldwin took to Instagram to issue a message of gratitude to friends and fans for their support through the investigation.“There are too many people who have supported me to thank just now,” he writes.

Eminem is no stranger to stirring up controversy with his music. But the latest song from him? He took things way too far with some of the lyrics!

In a dramatic turn of events, Alec Baldwin has seen his involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal 2022 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dismissed today by a New Mexico judge.

Alec Baldwin over an ill-fated incident on the film set of ‘Rust’ has been dismissed over “critical” bullet evidence, which the judge ruled was withheld from the court.Yesterday (July 12), New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stated in her ruling to dismiss the case to the court. “The state has repeatedly made representations to defense and to the court that they were compliant with all their discovery obligations,” she said, as reported by Deadline.On October 21, 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured on the set of the film – a live round had been discharged from a revolver that was used as a prop by Baldwin.The case has since taken sharp turns since the beginning of the trial this week (July 10), including confusion over how live rounds ended up on the set of ‘Rust’ in the guns of Baldwin and others, including actor Jansen Ackles, whose role was recast during the film’s resurrected production in 2022.The trial also did not reach a conclusion if Baldwin had pulled the trigger on the gun with the live bullet – Baldwin testified that he did not, while testimonies from an FBI representative and the propmaker of the gun otherwise disagreed.