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Three crew members who worked on Rust have settled a lawsuit over the accidental shooting of the cinematographer on the film’s set.

In a joint document filed last week, both sides notified the court of a deal to resolve the case. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed.

The lawsuit stems from an incident on Oct. 21, 2021, when an old-fashioned revolver Alec Baldwin was handling went off. Assistant director David Halls handed him the gun and said that it was “cold,” meaning that it didn’t contain live ammunition. But the revolver discharged in the direction of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed, and director Joel Souza, who was injured, while the actor was practicing a drawing maneuver.

In 2023, dolly operator Ross Addiego, set costumer Doran Curtin and key grip Reese Price sued Baldwin and the production companies behind Rust. They pointed to a disastrous safety culture on the set...

The one person who actually went to prison for the 2021 shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is free just weeks after the tragedy suffused Alec Baldwin starring indie Western premiered and then promptly disappeared in a cloud of box office dust earlier this month.

According to the New Mexico Department of Corrections, the film’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was granted parole earlier this week and released on May 23. Having served the state statute required 85% of her 18-month sentence and received extra marks for good behavior and the completion of a drug rehab program, records show Gutierrez-Reed having signed out of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility on Friday morning. She quickly headed to her home in Bullhead City, Arizona where she will serve out her parole.

A very situation specific part of that parole is that Gutierrez-Reed cannot have contact with Hutchins’ widower, child or any other member of the filmmaker’s family.

A movie armorer convicted in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western movie Rust was released from a New Mexico prison on Friday after completing an 18-month sentence.

Prison records show Hannah Gutierrez-Reed signed out of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants to return home to Bullhead City, Arizona, on parole related to her involuntary manslaughter conviction in the death of Halyna Hutchins in 2021.

Gutierrez-Reed also is being supervised under terms of probation after pleading guilty to a separate charge of unlawfully carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment.

Baldwin, the lead actor and coproducer for Rust, was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

A jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter in March 2024. Gutierrez-Reed has an appeal of...

Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film armorer convicted of manslaughter in the “Rust” shooting, was released on parole Friday after serving 14 months in prison.

Gutierrez Reed, 28, served her sentence at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility. She was released Friday morning and ordered to go to Bullhead City, Ariz., where she lives. Her attorney, Jason Bowles, declined to comment on the release out of respect for her privacy.

Gutierrez Reed was found to have acted with criminal negligence when she loaded a live bullet into Alec Baldwin’s gun on the Western set near Santa Fe, N.M., in October 2021. Baldwin was holding the gun when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

Baldwin — who denied pulling the trigger — was also put on trial for involuntary manslaughter last July, but the case was dismissed after the judge learned that prosecutors had withheld evidence from the defense. The...

In the opening moments of Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, we hear Halyna Hutchins’s voice calling, “That looks great,” just before the sun dips below the New Mexico horizon. It’s a haunting invitation into Rachel Mason’s deeply personal documentary, which stitches together Halyna’s final day on the Rust set with the wider story of how an indie Western shoot became the scene of a fatal accident.

Mason pays tribute to Hutchins’s vibrant creativity—her flair for wide, dynamic compositions and her passion for storytelling—while tracing the events of October 21, 2021, when a prop gun discharged live ammunition. Key figures step forward: Hutchins herself, viewed through personal footage; Alec Baldwin, whose role as actor and producer looms large; Joel Souza, the director who survived the same shot; and Mason, whose friendship with Halyna anchors the film’s heart.

This documentary weaves heartfelt remembrance...

There are some projects that simply can't be separated from the tragedy surrounding them. Whether it's a legal battle, a feud, or even a death, the project is forever tied to its controversy.

One of those cases is Alec Baldwin's latest release, the controversial Western Rust. The movie had been long in development, as it started filming in October 2021, but everything was halted when Baldwin accidentally fired a live round from a prop gun on the set, injuring the director and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The film's journey to the theater was long, and after an unimpressive reception from the critics, Rust received more encouraging reactions from the audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

Rust officially premiered in theaters on May 2 and debuted with a low score of 56% from the critics on the review-aggregator website. That automatically led to a "rotten" badge. As more reviews came in,Rust's score further dropped...

The history surrounding the movie Rust has put a stain on it after more than three years since an incident on set ended with a filmmaker tragically losing their life. The film first made news in 2021 after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed following the accidental discharge of a prop gun that the film's star, Alec Baldwin, believed was loaded with blank rounds. In the years since the tragic accident, Rust has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, and that continues with the movie's arrival in cinemas. Rust was finally released over the weekend, but the film's box office haul indicates that many people chose not to show up.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Rust grossed a mere $25,000 during its opening weekend while showing in 115 theaters. The film ranked 27th on the box office chart, behind the documentary Secret Mall Apartment, which managed to gross $29,750 on just 39 screens. In Rust's defense,...

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More than three years after the on-set incident that put the movie on the world's radar, Alec Baldwin's "Rust" has arrived. In late 2021, during the initial phase of production, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when Baldwin accidentally discharged a prop gun that he thought only had blank rounds in it. It's a tragedy that has reshaped the conversation about on-set safety regarding firearms. But in part because Hutchins' family is benefiting from the proceeds generated by the movie, it has officially been released both in theaters and on digital marketplaces.

Despite the high-profile nature of everything surrounding the production of the film, its theatrical debut was all but ignored. "Rust" made just $25,000 during its opening weekend, playing on 115 screens. That put it at 27th on the domestic charts, just behind the documentary "Secret Mall Apartment," which made $29,750 on just 39 screens,...

This weekend’s box office saw Thunderbolts*easily take the No. 1 spot with $76 million from 4,330 theaters. However, it was another story for Rust, the problematic film from actor and writer Alec Baldwin. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Rust, directed and co-written by Joel Souza, took in $25,000 in its debut weekend in limited release. The film had a budget of around $8 million.

The $25,000 total comes from just 115 theaters after the movie was finally released four years after its star, Baldwin, accidentally discharged a weapon on set that killed the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and wounded Souza. Baldwin thought the weapon contained only blanks, but the chamber contained a live round of ammunition.

The Lawsuit was Ultimately Settled

A lawsuit followed the events, with Hutchins’ family settling and all charges being dropped against Baldwin. Baldwin paid a settlement to the cinematographer’s family, and Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, was made an executive producer on the film.

Four years after the on-set death of its cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the independent western “Rust” received a limited theatrical release this weekend alongside a home release on video on-demand. But the film has gone largely ignored, grossing just $25,000 from 115 theaters.

“Rust” stars Baldwin as Harland Rust, a wanted outlaw who comes out of hiding to rescue his estranged grandson, who is sentenced to death for accidentally killing a rancher. Twenty-six reviews have been logged for the film on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 42% score.

In 2021, Hutchins was killed when Baldwin, who co-wrote and produced the film along with starring in it, accidentally discharged a gun he thought had blanks inside while rehearsing a scene. The live round struck Hutchins and also wounded director Joel Souza.

Prop armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Baldwin was also charged with involuntary manslaughter, but those charges were...

A group of misfits and outsiders are making headlines at the box office after winning over audiences and critics in a major way.

Marvel and Disney’s Thunderbolts* soared to the top of the domestic chart with an estimated domestic opening of $76 million from 4,330 theaters, slightly ahead of expectations for a superhero pic that features lesser-known characters. While Marvel and Disney would no doubt have liked north of $80 million, the biggest factor will be how the $180 million movie legs out.

Overseas, the star-studded ensemble pic led by Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan pulled in $86.1 million for a global start of $162.1 million; again, in line with expectations. The global Imax haul was a huge $20 million.

It drew impressive audience sentiment across the board, including boasting a glowing 95 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the third-highest score for a title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a tie with Spider-Man: Far From Home...

After Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were criminally charged due to their involvement with the Rust shooting, the movie is now available to general audiences. The Western, which stars Baldwin as outlaw Harland Rust, was originally intended to be a small-scale production with a budget of under $10 million. Tragically, a devastating accident led to cinematographer Haylna Hutchins' death, after Baldwin's prop gun proved to hold live ammunition. Three years after the incident, the movie was officially released on May 2, despite initial speculation that it would never be finished.

In an interview with ScreenRant's Grant Hermanns, Josh Hopkins (Wood Helm) explained exactly why the cast returned to the production. While Hutchins' death was extremely painful for everyone involved, the profits will go directly to her family. Hopkins stated that "her husband asked me to come back and finish this," which was his primary reason for returning. He believes that...

Relatives of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer tragically killed on the Santa Fe set of Western Rust, have come out in support of the film, encouraging movie lovers to see it.

Olga Solovey, the Dp’s mother, said, “I watched my daughter’s stunning film twice. I was so happy for the success of my daughter because it was filmed so beautifully. I would want everybody to watch it because it was the dream of my daughter and she would want people to see it.”

Solovey continued, “I would want people to see the talent, the beauty, the success, and I’m just so immensely proud of [Halyna]. She had a very specific style of cinematography and she saw the world differently. She could see and capture how the sun sets and how animals behaved. She saw the beauty of it all. She could capture it. She could capture nature. I like the film.

Four years after the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, Alec Baldwin’s Western is finally releasing in theaters. Despite, or perhaps because of, the controversy surrounding it, this film will likely go under most people’s radar. It’s a surprisingly heartfelt Western about the bond between a young vagrant and an aging cowboy, beautifully shot and nicely paced. Still, it’s difficult to watch without the weight of its history looming over it.

Rust Review

Rust is, unfortunately, doomed to always be overshadowed by the tragic events of its production. In October 2021, Hutchins was killed after a live bullet was discharged from Baldwin’s prop gun. This horrifying accident came as a result of multiple catastrophic failures in the production process. The film now carries an unavoidable legacy of tragedy that colors every frame.

The story follows Lucas Hollister (Patrick Scott McDermott), a...

Rusthas become one of the most talked-about films in years due to the tragic events surrounding its filming. Four years after an accidental shooting left the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchinsdead and director Joel Souza injured, the Western has finally been released courtesy of distributor Falling Forward Films. But viewers appear to be unmoved, as Rust's Rotten Tomatoes score is largely underwhelming.

At the time of this article's publication, Rust is sitting at a "rotten" critic's score of 48% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 21 reviews. However, it should also be noted that the film currently has no audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, so there is a chance that audiences could end up liking it far more than the critics, as is the case with many films. The film is as "about as standard a Western as you can imagine, one that hits all the narrative beats and clichés expected of the genre,...

Rust director Joel Souza has shared his opinion of the TLC reality show The Baldwins, in which Alec Baldwin finds himself facing the cameras after the Rust shooting incident dramatically changed his life. Souza is not exactly friends with Baldwin today, and when asked if he saw The Baldwins when it premiered, the director candidly replied: "I think I was busy hitting myself in the face with a frying pan that night."

Souzais not enjoying the release of his latest film. Rust, the western thriller starring Baldwin, has finally seen the light of day, but the incident that took place during its production is still hard to process for most. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot in 2021 during a rehearsal in which Baldwin manipulated a pistol that contained a live round. After a dense judicial process, people were sent to jail, others had their charges dismissed, and production eventually resumed.

Alec Baldwin's latest film, Rust, has just hit theaters. However, the film had been long in the making following the fatal shooting accident on set and the controversial release.

Rust has officially released in theaters on May 2, and it's already not a favorite. The Western, which was written and directed by Joel Souza, stars Baldwin in the leading role, besides his role as co-writer and producer. As Rust hit theaters, the movie debuted with an unfortunate score of 56% from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes, which makes the movie considered "rotten." After this debut score, the number has begun to sink lower.

Rust had its world premiere last year on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Camerimage Festival in Poland, but to smaller audiences. The movie's release at the festival was also controversial, as Hutchins' former cinematography peers were wondering if premiering the movie was the right thing. Now, the movie is officially...

Alec Baldwin is best known for his leading and supporting roles in a variety of genres, from comedy to drama, in both film and television. He's received a whopping 20 Emmy nominations for his work on the sitcoms Will & Grace, winning three for playing network executive Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock, and Donald Trump on the sketch comedy series, Saturday Night Live. Baldwin also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for playing a casino manager in the 2003 film, The Cooler.

Baldwin's film career began in 1988 with a series of roles in Beetlejuice, Working Girl, and Married to the Mob before playing Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990). Baldwin has made brief, but memorable appearances in movies like Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Along Came Polly (2004), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Blue Jasmine (2013), and the Mission: Impossible movies Rogue Nation (2015) and Fallout (2018). Now, Baldwin's controversial Western movie has finally been released.

It's no secret that Rust is one of the most controversial projects to get completed in recent memory due to the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. However, despite that fact, critics have weighed in on the final product, and it seems to be a heavily divisive entry in the Western genre. It's hard to separate the behind-the-scenes tragedy from what is on-screen, but thankfully, it seems Hutchins' work is getting the bulk of the praise despite mixed reviews.

As of this writing, Rust debuted with a 50% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes based on 20 reviews, which gives it a rotten label. The middling score is reflective of the deeply controversial nature of the film and everything surrounding it. Some critics were quick to point out the film's "bare-bones" plot, while others were impressed by the film's grim visual aesthetic. Meanwhile, MovieWeb's own review by Julian Roman praised Rust as...

There is an alt-timeline in which Rust, writer-director Joel Souza’s pulpy and pathos-fueled Western, is just another tale of an outlaw in his autumn years. It’s simply the latest entry in a genre whose century-plus history is filled with similarly modest sagebrush epics. After a brief theatrical run, a slightly longer tenure on VOD and a lifetime of cable re-runs every Father’s Day, this frontier opus would trot off into the sunset as a footnote in Alec Baldwin’s post-30 Rock, pre-reality TV show career. You know,...

Reviews are in for Rust, the long-delayed Western starring Alec Baldwin. While critics praise the film's striking cinematography by the late Halyna Hutchins, they agree the film is defined by the tragic incident that occurred during its production in 2021, when Baldwin discharged a revolver he believed was loaded with blanks. Instead, a live round was fired, killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.

"Halyna Hutchins’ dusk-and-sunset cinematography, abetted by the work of Bianca Cline, may be the best thing about Rust; the film has a moody sensuality to it," says Variety's Owen Gleiberman. "It's a handsome and watchable indie art Western, set in 1882, that turns into a sentimental cross-generational buddy film. Yet I can’t say that the movie, in the end, is especially good."

Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter also notes the cinematography: "Rust feels more accomplished in other areas, like the cinematography and the coordination of the fight scenes.

After several years and enormous tragedy, the ill-fated Rust will finally be released on Friday.

And the Western’s writer-director, Joel Souza, has complicated thoughts on his creation — given the death of the movie’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was accidentally shot in 2021 by the film’s star, Alec Baldwin. After much debate, Souza and the cast and crew returned to finish the film.

“[Hutchins’ family] wanted it completed,” Souza told The Guardian. “I’d been repelled by the thought of going back, but [then] it started to appeal. And I couldn’t live with the idea of someone else doing it.”

That said, Souza quite naturally wishes he could go back in time and have never made the film. “Talk about the butterfly effect — I wish I never wrote the damn movie,” he said. “You think about the chain of events that started that morning [of the shooting]. Bad decision after bad decision was made.

In the dusty expanse of Wyoming Territory, 1882, life meant balancing scarcity and steel (and occasionally a misplaced bullet). Rust arrives as an indie art–Western that tiptoes between a grim morality tale and an unlikely buddy film—think True Grit with a generational twist.

Lucas Hollister, a 13-year-old orphan, accidentally kills a rancher while defending his little brother. The frontier court’s answer is swift: the gallows. Enter Harland Rust, a laconic gunslinger with more past sins than sermons, who busts his grandson out of jail and leads him toward the Mexican border.

That setup carries the weight of classical tragedy and a wry nod to our fascination with outlaw folklore.

Behind the camera, the film bears a solemn dedication to Halyna Hutchins, whose final frames linger like a silent elegy. Her dusk-and-sunset compositions haunt every scene, reminding us that art and loss often ride in tandem.

Here, the Western...

More than three years after an on-set shooting killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, Rust is opening to the public. The film will be available through a limited theatrical release beginning May 2 and for digital purchase on platforms including Apple TV and Prime Video starting May 1.

Souza, who co-wrote the script and directed the film, has spoken about the decision to complete the project following the incident. “I’d been repelled by the thought of going back,” he said in an interview with The Guardian. “But now it started to appeal. And I couldn’t live with the idea of someone else doing it.”

The October 2021 shooting occurred when Alec Baldwin discharged a prop revolver that was believed to be safe. A live round was in the chamber, resulting in Hutchins’ death and Souza’s injury. Production was suspended, and the film’s future was uncertain until Hutchins’ family encouraged its completion.

Rust is certainly one independently made movie that doesn’t need publicity.

The Western starring Alec Baldwin, who also came up with the story and serves as a producer, was hit by tragedy during production in October 2021 when Baldwin’s prop gun discharged during a rehearsal, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and also injuring director-screenwriter Joel Souza. Production on the film halted immediately and finally resumed in April 2023. Legal cases involving Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, both charged with manslaughter, ended with Baldwin’s case being dismissed and Gutierrez-Reed found guilty.

The events of this tragedy made headlines around the globe and certainly raised doubts that the film itself would be finished, let alone see the light of day. In the end it was decided that to honor Hutchins’ final work the film would be completed, no profits would be shared by the original producers, and Hutchins’ widower Matthew Hutchins would...

More than three years after an accidental on-set tragedy claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Rust will be available to watch in theaters and at home.

Film producer and co-writer Alec Baldwin stars as Harland Rust, a misanthropic outlaw on the run with his 13-year-old grandson, Lucas (Patrick Scott McDermott). Premiering May 2, Rust will have a limited theatrical release and will be available to buy for $14.99 to stream online on Apple TV, Prime Video and other video-on-demand platforms.

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Joel Souza’s Western film has been “haunted by death and scandal,” notes The Hollywood Reporter film critic Lovia Gyarkye, as a result of the legal issues surrounding the accidental death of Hutchins.

Baldwin accidentally discharged a prop firearm he thought contained only blanks.

“Rust,” as the whole world knows, is a movie that was the seat of a horrific on-set tragedy. During the shooting of a scene at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Alec Baldwin, who is the film’s star and one of its producers, discharged a gun that was being used as a prop and that somehow contained live rounds. The weapon went off, killing the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring the director, Joel Souza.

Now that “Rust” has been completed and is finally being released, this terrible event regrettably but inevitably places “Rust” on that small but dicey roster of films that become famous because someone got violently killed in the process of making them. Is it part of the tainted karma of this category that the films themselves end up struggling to justify their existence? Vic Morrow was beheaded by a helicopter blade...

It’s nearly impossible to critique a film like Joel Souza’s western “Rust” because, in many respects, the film itself feels irrelevant. No matter how “Rust” turned out the inescapable truth is that on October 21, 2021 a tragedy occurred on set, ending the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The film’s star, Alec Baldwin, was rehearsing a shot, brandishing a gun in front of the camera. It fired. It should not have. Regardless of who is to blame — which is a very important question, but not one I’m qualified to answer — Hutchins died from her wounds. The film was put on hold, then finally resumed production, and now… here we are.

Is it a good movie? That depends on your definition of “good,” I suppose. It’s hard to celebrate any production where such an unthinkable, avoidable event took place. And it’s nearly impossible to stop thinking about...

In another timeline, Joel Souza’s Rust would come and go with mild fanfare and maybe some critical praise. The film follows a 13 year-old boy (Patrick Scott McDermott) who runs from the law — he’s been sentenced to death after accidentally shooting a local rancher — with his estranged grandfather (Alec Baldwin). It’s a no-frills Western, a classic story of cowboys and outlaws that revels in gorgeous scenery and the Puritanical moral dilemmas foundational to much of this nation’s mythology.

But Rust is a more fraught cultural product. Four years ago, Baldwin, who co-wrote as well as produced the film, accidentally discharged a weapon he thought only had blanks. A live round was in the chamber, and the bullet fatally wounded cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and also hit Souza. What followed was a dramatic, closely reported story that revealed on-set negligence and raised questions about industry practices around gun safety.

“Rust” director Joel Souza says he couldn’t have imagined anyone else completing the Western movie after the on-set accident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when Alec Baldwin’s gun accidentally discharged, also injuring Souza. Three and a half years later, the movie is finally opening in theaters Friday.

Souza told the Guardian that when he first considered finishing the film, “I’d been repelled by the thought of going back, but now it started to appeal. And I couldn’t live with the idea of someone else doing it.” But Hutchins’ family wanted to honor her by having the film with her final work completed, so he agreed to complete the Western.

It wasn’t easy returning to the set, Souza said: “I was a mess going in and a mess coming out. The crew carried me through. My family carried me through. Emotionally, I was all over the map.

He was hit by the same bullet that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The film-maker talks about his hopes for his western, his complicated feelings towards star Alec Baldwin – and why the industry hasn’t learned

Joel Souza never liked guns. “I didn’t grow up around them and I don’t like the culture,” says the grey-haired 51-year-old film-maker sitting at a desk at his home in Pleasanton, California. “Guns make me recoil. The idea of touching one, picking one up, I find very off-putting.”

In October 2021 he was in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the set of his sixth feature, the western Rust, when a gun being held by the film’s star, Alec Baldwin, was discharged accidentally during rehearsals. The weapon should have been loaded with blanks but a live round had found its way into the chamber. The movie’s Ukrainian cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally wounded.

"This ain't no game boy... Some things in this life you can't get back." Falling Forward Films & Ascending Media Group have debuted the full official trailer for the western action thriller film Rust, directed by Joel Souza. Now set for release in theaters starting in May this summer movie season. In Rust, a boy left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents' deaths in 1880s Kansas, ends up going on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he is sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher. The film stars Alec Baldwin, Frances Fisher, Josh Hopkins, Travis Fimmel, Patrick Scott McDermott, Devon Werkheiser, Rhys Coiro, Xander Berkeley, and Jake Busey. During filming in 2021, Baldwin's gun discharged and struck cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and Souza, killing Hutchins. A few years later filming resumed and the final film premiered at the Camerimage Film Festival last year.

“Rust” is the notorious ‘Old West’ feature, directed by Joel Souza, releasing in theaters, May 2, 2025, starring actor Alec Baldwin as an aging killer, who during rehearsals, accidentally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, when a live round was discharged from a prop gun he was handling:

“…’Rust’ is a heartfelt and emotional story forged in the struggles of the new frontier…

“….with the ripples that a single violent act can send through generations…

“….and the hard-fought redemption to be found in a world…

“…where the line between good and evil can often be unclear…”

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Four years after the tragic on-set shooting that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the trailer for Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” has been released, prompting renewed scrutiny and outrage. Exclusive crime scene photos obtained by RadarOnline.com offer a chilling glimpse into the horrific aftermath of the incident.

The tragedy unfolded in October 2021, when Baldwin, 66, was rehearsing a scene with a prop gun on the “Rust” set. The gun discharged, fatally wounding Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.

‘Rust’ Crime Scene Photos Reveal Horrifying Aftermath of Halyna Hutchins Shooting, Sparking Outrage Over Film’s Release

The newly released case files contain disturbing evidence, including photos of the Colt .45 revolver Baldwin was holding and the shell casing of the projectile that struck Hutchins and lodged in Souza’s shoulder.

Reports detail the chaotic moments leading up to the shooting. Baldwin allegedly stated, “So, I guess I’m gonna take this out,...

Rust, the long-delayed Western film starring Alec Baldwin, is finally set for release after years of uncertainty caused by a tragic on-set accident. Many believed the project would either be permanently shelved or become lost media. The fatal incident occurred on October 21, 2021, during a rehearsal when Baldwin discharged a firearm containing a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. The tragedy led to widespread scrutiny of on-set firearm safety and raised concerns about how real weapons are handled in the film industry. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film’s armorer responsible for handling firearms on set, was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter. A jury found that she displayed reckless disregard for safety, resulting in her sentencing of 18 months in prison—the maximum penalty for the charge. The accident was compared to the 1993 tragedy on the set of The Crow, where actor Brandon Lee was fatally shot due to mishandled prop ammunition.

"Some things in this life you can't get back..." Falling Forward Films & Ascending Media Group revealed the first trailer for the western action thriller Rust, directed by Joel Souza. Unfortunately this is the film where the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed while on set from a prop gun loaded with a live round. After the incident, they decided to come together and finish filming anyway, and now it's ready to be released. In Rust, a boy left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents' deaths in 1880s Kansas, ends up on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he is sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher. Featuring Alec Baldwin, Frances Fisher, Josh Hopkins, Travis Fimmel, Patrick Scott McDermott, Devon Werkheiser, Rhys Coiro, Xander Berkeley, and Jake Busey. During filming in 2021, Baldwin's gun discharged and struck Hutchins and Souza,...

On October 21, 2021, a fatal accident occurred on the set of Alec Baldwin's latest film, Rust. The actor accidentally discharged a live round from a prop revolver which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza. Despite the tragic incident and the subsequent, highly-publicized trial, the film will still be released, and the studio has just debuted a trailer which shows Baldwin in the film's leading role.

The trailer marks the first footage that has been released to general audiences since the 2021 incident. The film did premiere at Poland's Camerimage international film festival, but to a much smaller audience. Since the film is a Western, the minute-and-nineteen-second-long trailer features horseback riding, grand desert vistas, and a fair amount of shooting – which some viewers might find particularly hard to watch considering the tragedy. The film and its premiere have been criticized, though others have supported its release as a way...

Several years after the tragic death of Ukrainian cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a teaser trailer for Joel Souza’s contentious Western Rust is moseying over the horizon. The preview finds a bearded Alec Baldwin leading a dour-looking story about order, justice, and retribution for untimely ends, shattered futures, and lives changed by the acts of wicked men.

Rust tells the story of a boy left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents’ deaths in the 1880s. Kansas goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he is sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher. Baldwin plays Harland Rust in the film. Travis Fimmel, Frances Fisher, Jake Busey, Josh Hopkins, and Devon Werkheiser star as primary cast members.

Today’s Rust teaser trailer arrives after years of controversy inspired by an accidental shooting on the film’s set. According to reports, “on October...

The Alec Baldwin-led Western, “Rust,” resumed the New Mexico production in 2023 after the shooting death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021 at the hands of the producer/actor who plays an outlaw, Harland Rust, in the film that now has a first-look trailer ahead of a theaterical release in May.

“Rust” was written and directed by Joel Souza from a story put together by both Souza and Baldwin.

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The time has finally come for the arrival of the Rusttrailer. It’s a bittersweet day for those who’ve been waiting to see if the film would even make it into cinemas following the tragic accidental on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, but here we are. Gearing up to take on the justice system is an old outlaw played by Alec Baldwin(30 Rock). The actor has been at the center of the film’s controversy, but today he buckles his belt and laces up his boots as he steps into the titular role of Harland Rust. Featuring supporting performances from Travis Fimmel (Dune: Prophecy), Frances Fisher (Titanic), Patrick Scott McDermott (Chicago Med) and Josh Hopkins (Cougar Town), the Joel Souza-helmed feature is overflowing with the grit of the West.

The harsh realities of the 1800s are painted all over today’s first look at Rust. Baldwin’s character...

It's difficult to know how to feel about the potential release of Joel Souza's "Rust." This is the independently produced Western that became a major news story in 2021 when a .45 Colt revolver brandished by star Alec Baldwin -- who continues to claim he did not pull the trigger, hence the bizarre wording here -- fired a live round directly through the chest of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and into Souza's shoulder. The set's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was ultimately found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for her negligence in loading the weapon. Meanwhile, involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin were dismissed with prejudice by New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer.

Principal photography on "Rust" was eventually completed in 2023. This delay caused cast members Brady Noon and Jensen Ackles to drop out of the movie, but Souza and company dragged the film across the finish line and screened it at the Camerimage film...

Alec Baldwin plays the the notorious outlaw Harland Rust in the first footage for Rust, the indie western with a 2021 on-set tragedy that claimed the life of director of photography Halyna Hutchins.

“Some things in this life you can’t get back, I reckon,” Baldwin’s character says at one point in the teaser full of guns aims and blazing. It’s 1880s Kansas and recently orphaned Lucas McCalister, played by Patrick Scott McDermott, accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to hang.

In a twist of fate, Harland Ruse breaks him out of jail and they go on the run towards Mexico. But the fugitive pair must outrun the determined U.S. Marshal Wood Helm (Josh Hopkins) and a ruthless bounty hunter named “Preacher,” played by Travis Fimmel.

The trailer, below, marks the first footage of Baldwin in Rust ahead of a limited theatrical release on May 2 by Falling Forward Films,...

The trailer for “Rust” has been released.

The feature, the production of which was forever marked by the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after a prop gun fired, has unveiled its first footage with lead star Alec Baldwin. Director Joel Souza was also injured in the accident. The official synopsis reads: “Set in 1880s Kansas, the film follows orphan Lucas McCalister (Patrick Scott McDermott), who “accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to hang,” according to its plot description. “In a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico. As they flee across the unforgiving wilderness, the fugitive pair must outrun the determined U.S. Marshal Wood Helm (Josh Hopkins) and a ruthless bounty hunter named Preacher (Travis Fimmel).”

The October 21, 2021 accident involved actor/producer Baldwin, who was holding the gun during...

The first trailer for the controversial Western, Rust, has been released at last, revealing our first look at Alec Baldwin as an aging outlaw. The footage also offers our first look at the cinematography of Halyna Hutchins, who was tragically killed when a live round was discharged from a prop gun being used by Baldwin while filming a scene.

Alongside the trailer, you can also read the newly revealed official synopsis for Rust below.

“In 1880s Kansas, recently orphaned Lucas McCalister (Patrick Scott McDermott) accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to hang. In a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin), breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico. As they flee across the unforgiving wilderness, the fugitive pair must outrun the determined U.S. Marshal Wood Helm (Josh Hopkins) and a ruthless bounty hunter...

The trailer for Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” dropped on Wednesday, three and a half years after the on-set shooting incident that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza injured.

Since this is a Western, the clip features multiple shooting scenes despite the real-life tragedy. People was first to premiere the trailer.

As seen at the end of the video, Hutchins’ widower Matthew Hutchins gets an executive producer credit, which was a stipulation in her family dropping their initial wrongful death lawsuit. Baldwin is also a producer on the movie and gets a story by credit alongside writer/director Souza.

According to the logline, “In 1880s Kansas, recently orphaned Lucas McCalister accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to hang. In a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico. As they flee across the unforgiving wilderness,...

A trailer has been released for “Rust,” Alec Baldwin’s Western film that took a tragic turn when a prop gun being used by the actor accidentally killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza during production.

Set in 1880s Kansas, the film follows orphan Lucas McCalister (Patrick Scott McDermott), who “accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to hang,” according to its plot description. “In a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico. As they flee across the unforgiving wilderness, the fugitive pair must outrun the determined U.S. Marshal Wood Helm (Josh Hopkins) and a ruthless bounty hunter named Preacher (Travis Fimmel).”

The on-set death of Hutchins in October 2021 resulted in Baldwin being charged with involuntary manslaughter, but the case was dismissed in July of last year on the...

Despite several years of interviews and investigations, the Rustshooting that caused the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins still feels like an unresolved case for many. Director Rachel Mason seeks to answer some of these questions in her brand-new documentary Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, which is currently occupying the #1 spot on Hulu's streaming charts.

On Oct. 21, 2021, Hutchins was fatally shot on the set of Rust, a Western film starring Alec Baldwin. Baldwin had discharged a prop gun that was mistakenly loaded with live rounds instead of blanks, killing Hutchins and seriously injuring director Joel Souza. In the years since, both the court of public opinion and the New Mexican judicial system have battled ceaselessly to determine culpability, eventually charging Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed with involuntary manslaughter, and declaring Baldwin's innocence. But many people, including Hutchins' colleagues, were not satisfied by this outcome, feeling as though justice hadn't yet been served.

For the past four years, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has been known to the public for the tragic end to her life. Director of the new Hulu documentary, “Last Take: ‘Rust and the Story of Halyna,” Rachel Mason wants to remind the world that she was an artist.

“What I hated to see was that she was seen as this sort of tragic victim because that’s the exact opposite of who she was,” Mason told TheWrap. “She was a very forthright person. She was motivated. She was absolutely not the kind of person that you would think of as a victim.”

The documentarian and performance artist sought to show a lesser-known side of the Dp whom she befriended a decade ago in, “Last Take: ‘Rust’ and the Story of Halyna,” which is now streaming on Hulu.

The documentary recounts the accident on the set of the independent Western that took...

Rachel Mason’s Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna makes its point crystal clear from the title: Halyna Hutchins, the talented Dp who landed on American Cinematographer’s list of “10 up-and-coming directors of photography who are making their mark” in 2019, will not be upstaged by the celebrity who in 2021 accidentally shot and killed her (and injured director Joel Souza) during the filming of the western Rust. Which makes sense since Mason was a close friend of Hutchins, and was asked by her devastated widower to take on the project. And while the film is rightly a celebration […]

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Rachel Mason’s Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna makes its point crystal clear from the title: Halyna Hutchins, the talented Dp who landed on American Cinematographer’s list of “10 up-and-coming directors of photography who are making their mark” in 2019, will not be upstaged by the celebrity who in 2021 accidentally shot and killed her (and injured director Joel Souza) during the filming of the western Rust. Which makes sense since Mason was a close friend of Hutchins, and was asked by her devastated widower to take on the project. And while the film is rightly a celebration […]

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