The work on Alec Baldwin’s Rust will most probably resume in January, more than a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on set.
However, the production will not return to New Mexico, where a criminal investigation and state workplace safety proceedings remain unresolved, Variety reported. Alec Baldwin Pens Emotional Note Post Rust Shooting Incident, Says ‘My Family Has Kept Me Alive’.
The filmmaking team is planning to restart production in California. The production company announced a settlement on Oct. 5 with Matthew Hutchins, the widower of the cinematographer. Under the agreement, the production will be able to resume after a 15-month hiatus. Matthew Hutchins said in a statement that completing the film would be a way “to pay tribute to Halyna’s final work.”
Halyna Hutchins was shot while preparing a scene in a church with actor Alec Baldwin on October 21, 2021. Baldwin unholstered a gun, which he had been told was “cold,” and it fired. The bullet passed through her body and lodged in the shoulder of director Joel Souza. She was airlifted to a hospital, where she died. Souza, who is returning to complete the film, was released from the hospital later that day. Alec Baldwin Reaches Settlement over Death of Halyna Hutchins.