Rust” will resume production in January, more than a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on set. But the production will not return to New Mexico, where a criminal investigation and state workplace safety proceedings remain unresolved.
The production is still looking for a new location, but California is a possibility, said Melina Spadone, the attorney for Rust Movie Productions LLC.
Earlier this month, it was reported that the production company had reached a settlement with Matthew Hutchins, the widower of Halyna, and in his statement, said that completing the film would be a way “to pay tribute to Halyna’s final work.”
It’s been almost a year since Halyna was shot while preparing a scene in a church with 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.
Earlier this year, the production company was hit with a $137,000 fine for “willfully” violating safety measures.
