‘Rust Belt News’ Comedy From Matt Warburton, Alloy & Warner Bros TV Lands CBS Pilot Order

Alec Baldwinwas snapped Monday in East Hampton, New York grabbing a bite amid the latest developments in the October death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.The actor, 63, donned a puffy black coat with grey pants and black shoes, and had his hair combed to the side on the weekday outing in the luxe enclave of New York.The 30 Rock actor was seen eating lunch while seated on a bench on the winter weekday. He had a bag of food and drank a Dr.

Despite the fact that Warner Bros. would be absolutely out of its mind to release a new, big-budget ‘Batman’ reboot film with an R-rating when you watch the trailers for Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” it does seem like the film pushes the boundaries of PG-13.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment tweeted a Black History Month tribute today “spotlighting some of our favorite DC characters” including Will Smith’s Deadshot, Jurnee Smollett’s Black Canary and Idris Elba’s Bloodsport. Fans began responding with photos of Ray Fisher as Cyborg in Warner Bros. Justice League and sent #IStandWithRayFisher trending on Twitter.

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Selome Hailu CBS has given a pilot order to “Rust Belt News,” a comedy written and executive produced by Matt Warburton.The single-camera series is set in a small Ohio town where the local newspaper goes out of business, leaving the ambitious, angsty reporters of the high school newspaper as the only people left to report on scandals, dig up corruption and generally polish the rust off their rust-belt community.Along with Warburton, executive producers include Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo on behalf of Alloy Entertainment. Warner Bros.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorWarner Bros. has asserted that it still rules Middle-earth when it comes to film rights to “The Lord of the Rings.”The studio has publicly stated its control over film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy trilogy amid rumblings in the industry that a clutch of “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” rights are being shopped by longtime owner, the Saul Zaentz Co.The Zaentz Co.

Wilson Chapman editor“Fuller House,” which until now could only be seen via streaming on Netflix, is coming to linear TV.GAC Family has become the cable TV home for “Fuller House.” All 75 episodes of “Fuller House” will begin airing on GAC Family Feb. 28, following an agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

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Nick Cannon has just released a new single called Alone, and it’s been revealed that it’s written about his ex-wife Mariah Carey. Nick, 41, was married to 52-year-old Mariah from 2008 until 2016, and the pair share two children together/After their marriage, Nick had two kids with Brittany Bell, twins with Abby De La Rosa, a son with Alyssa Scott and is currently expecting his eighth child with Breana Tiesi.

The Flight Attendant creator Steve Yockey is expanding his relationship with Warner Bros., signing an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with WB Television Group. Under the pact, his first with the studio, Yockey will develop, create, and produce original programming to be produced by Warner Bros. Television for all platforms, including HBO Max, external streaming services, cable, and the five broadcast networks.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSteve Yockey has signed a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television, Variety has learned.Yockey is best known for creating the critically-acclaimed HBO Max series “The Flight Attendant” starring Kaley Cuoco, which is produced by WBTV.

Alec Baldwin has shared a video stating that ‘everything is going to be alright’ after Halyna Hutchins’ family slapped him with a lawsuit .The 63-year-old was holding a prop gun on the Rust set when it accidentally went off, fatally shooting the cinematographer.Taking to Instagram shortly after Hutchins’ family announced they are suing him, the 30 Rock actor posted a video on his grid of a sign that read: ‘Everything is going to be alright.’Alongside the upload, he simply tagged: ‘@parrishartmuseum.’Shortly before the post, Hutchins’ family named Baldwin in a wrongful death lawsuit over the incident that led to her death.Attorney Brian Panish, representing the late filmmaker’s husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros, held a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday to announce the lawsuit against the star and ‘others who are responsible for safety on the set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless, tragic death of Halyna Hutchins.’According to Panish, his firm uncovered multiple ‘violations of industry standards’ during an independent investigation.In a video presented on Tuesday at the press conference, the Hutchins’ lawyers alleged that Baldwin had turned down training for the specific kind of gun draw he was filming that day on set.Complaints of a ‘super unsafe’ set made by workers were also referenced, after three alleged unsafe weapons discharges prior to October 21.It was claimed that Baldwin and the Rust production disregarded at least 15 industry standards, including failure to use a replica or rubber prop gun, alleged failure to keep finger off the trigger, and failure to keep all personnel on set a safe distance from the weapon firing area.The suit is asking for unspecified

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Alec Baldwin's lawyers released a statement just hours after Halyna Hutchins' estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him and the producers of, calling the «reckless» claims against them as «entirely false.»In a statement to ET, lawyers for Baldwin and the producers named in the lawsuit say Baldwin, Hutchins «and the rest of the crew relied on the statement by the two professionals responsible for checking the gun that it was a 'cold gun' — meaning there is no possibility of a discharge, blank or otherwise.»The lawyers say the protocol «has worked on thousands of films, with millions of discharges, as there has never before been an incident on a set where an actual bullet harmed anyone.» The statement went on to say that «actors should be able to rely on armorers and prop department professionals, as well as assistant directors, rather than deciding on their own when a gun is safe to us.»«Any claim that Alec was reckless is entirely false,» the statement also said.In legal documents, obtained by ET, the Hutchins estate claims in the wrongful death suit that the «defendants had the power to prevent her death if they had only held sacrosanct their duty to protect the safety of every individual on a set where firearms were present instead of cutting corners on safety procedures where human lives were at stake, rushing to stay on schedule and ignoring numerous complaints of safety violations.»Some of the cost-cutting measures the estate claims Baldwin and production undertook included «hiring inexperienced and unqualified armorers or weapons masters, requiring the film’s armorer to split time as assistant props master, establishing and aggressively adhering to unreasonably rushed production schedules, and hiring

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterWarner Bros. argues in new court filings that it never agreed to an exclusively theatrical release for “The Matrix Resurrections,” and that Village Roadshow still owes $112.5 million in production expenses on the project.The studio is responding to a lawsuit filed last week, in which Village Roadshow alleged that Warner Bros. had breached its co-financing agreement by releasing the film simultaneously on HBO Max.

Taking action. The family of Halyna Hutchins, who died in the shooting on the set of Rust, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and other individuals involved in the movie’s production.

This morning Hutchins estate attorney Brian Panish put blame on Rust producers and Baldwin for their negligence with safety during production of the western that led to Hutchins being shot and killed by a prop gun discharged by the Oscar nominated actor, an incident that also saw the pic’s director Joel Souza injured. Using an animated video to reconstruct the alleged incidents that occurred, Panish showed Baldwin cross-drawing and firing the gun straight at crew during a “line-up”.

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Rust production team.On October 21 last year, Baldwin is alleged to have discharged a prop firearm during rehearsal on set at Bonanza Creed Ranch in New Mexico which injured director Joel Souza and killed Hutchins.At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 15), lawyers for the Hutchins family announced they had filed a lawsuit against Baldwin and “others who are responsible for the safety on set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless, tragic death of Halyna Hutchins”.Names mentioned in the lawsuit (via Deadline) include actor and producer Baldwin, producers Ryan Smith, Allen Cheney, Nathan Klingher, Ryan Winterstern, Anjul Nigam, Matthew DelPiano, and Emily Salveson. Armourers Hannah Gutierrez Reed and Seth Kenney are also named, alongside crew members Sarah Zachry, Dave Halls, Gabrielle Pickle and others.The lawsuit claims the Rust production team “disregarded at least 15 Industry Standards” of on-set safety.

supports HTML5 videoHalyna Hutchins’ family have filed a lawsuit for wrongful death against Alec Baldwin, following Hutchins’ death on the set of Rust in October 2021.Baldwin was holding the revolver during an on-set rehearsal when it fired and fatally injured director of photography Hutchins.Attorney Brian Panish, representing Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros, held a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday to announce the lawsuit again Baldwin and ‘others who are responsible for safety on the set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless, tragic death of Halyna Hutchins.’ According to Panish, his firm uncovered multiple ‘violations of industry standards’ during an independent investigation.Director Joel Souza was also wounded in the shooting that killed Hutchins.Baldwin has maintained that Hutchins told him to aim the gun just off camera and in her direction and pull the hammer back, and that it fired when he let go.

The family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has finally taken legal action against the Rust producers, including Alec Baldwin, nearly 4 months after her tragic on-set death. Lawyer Brian Panish filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday (Feb. 15) in New Mexico on behalf of Halyna’s husband Matthew and their 9-year-old son Angelo, according to multiple reports. The lawsuit specifically called out Alec, 63, and the film’s producers for their “reckless behavior” on the film’s set the day Halyna died (Oct. 21). For those that forget, Alec accidentally discharged a prop gun that killed Halyna and injured director Joel Souza during filming.