Posted on 03/13/2022 5:27:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
(AFP) Actor Alec Baldwin wanted to finish filming “Rust” in the weeks after the fatal on-set shooting of a cinematographer, new legal documents showed Friday.
Baldwin was holding a Colt gun during a rehearsal for the low-budget Western in New Mexico in October when it discharged a live round, killing Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
The movie was abandoned amid recriminations over who was to blame for the tragedy, with allegations of unsafe practices and claims of corner-cutting.
But an arbitration filing Friday in Los Angeles showed Baldwin had sought to resurrect the stalled project.
“Baldwin made an exhaustive effort to contact the ‘Rust’ cast in the hope of acquiring their support to finish the film,” said the filing by Baldwin’s attorney to an arbitration service.
“He did so both with the intent of honoring Halyna’s legacy by completing her last work and of compensating Hutchins and his son from the film’s profits.
“Depending on the success of ‘Rust’ upon its completion and release, this additional component of the settlement would likely have equaled millions of dollars.”
A series of lawsuits have been filed since the shooting, including by Hutchins’ husband, in which he claimed “substantial” damages against Baldwin and other producers.
It was this lawsuit, Friday’s filing says, that derailed the scheme to finish the film.
The arbitration document seeks chiefly to insulate Baldwin and his production company — producers on the movie — from the effect of lawsuits, arguing that the former “30 Rock” star had no responsibility for the business side of the film.
It cites a clause in the contract he had with “Rust LLC,” the company formed to make the movie, saying he is “entitled to immediate indemnification from Respondents arising out of or connected to the Rust litigations.”
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its past the time for mr im so great baldwin to face facts in the couurtroom!!
Baldwin ‘mind over matter’ thinking: “I don’t mind, ‘cause you don’t matter’.
Our society is full of this attitude.
Ok so he has no heart or empathy. Doesn’t matter in court. Come on.
He will get off like the killer of Kate Steinlie. Didn’t mean to kill her. Neither did Kennedy at Chappaquiddik. Waste of time .
I cannot imagine any cast member returning his calls.
(Assuming he actually did try to contact them)
So he wanted a second shot at the wounded guy?
Maybe he accidentally hit the wrong person.
interesting
Everyone knows he’s an a**, but this isn’t a crime.
He’s just kind of like his characters Glengarry Glen Ross and Malice...
I don’t care for Alec Baldwin, but I don’t disagree with him on finishing that movie. I probably wouldn’t even have wanted to see it, it would probably be at the Tower Theater. But the girl who was murdered would probably want to see the last thing she worked on be completed.
Don’t blame Colt. The gun wasn’t a Colt. And BTW nobody has said whether what he had was stock or modified.
Not even Lorne Greene wants to be directly involved with Alec now.
““Depending on the success of ‘Rust’ upon its completion and release, this additional component of the settlement would likely have equaled millions of dollars.””
In the midst of being sued anyone who thinks Baldwin would have donated the money to the family is a naive fool.
“It discharged”
Always the most stupid thing to say.
I agree. If it’s close to complete, they should finish it. A movie represents a lot of people’s hard work. I believe Brandon Lee’s film “The Crow” was finished after his fatal accident, and it was dedicated to him, as this film should be dedicated to Halyna Hutchins.
How did a live cartridge get in the gun when movies use the 5-in-one blanks?
Even the prop master would have noticed the difference.
https://www.westernstageprops.com/5-in-1-Brass-Blank-Ammunition-p/sa13b.htm
https://truewestmagazine.com/hollywoods-5-in-1-movie-blank/
A gun that he aimed at two other humans.
I hate it when inanimate objects animate themselves !
The show must go on…
Why?
So he could dedicate it to the dead girl ?
” see ?, I’m a good guy cuz I dedicated my film to her .
See ? I don’t belong in jail.”
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