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In the wake of Rust producers being hit with two lawsuits stemming from the fatal shooting of that film’s DP Halyna Hutchins, Variety reports this morning that producer Ryan Donnell Smith is co-financing a Dustin Hoffman-Sissy Spacek movie entitled Sam & Kate.  Deadline has reached out to the Rust producer’s reps for…

A month after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the New Mexico set of Rust by a prop gun "discharged" by Alec Baldwin, those closest to the cinematographer are holding a private ceremony to say a final goodbye. With only family and close friends in attendance, Hutchins' ashes will be interred this…

Last week it was Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy, and Wednesday the second of what will likely be many lawsuits over the fatal October 21 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchinson the New Mexico set of the indie Western was filed by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell. “Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or…

“Alec has no blame in this at all” said Daniel Baldwin today about his brother Alec Baldwin, who discharged a prop gun on the set of the western film Rust on Oct. 21, killing DP Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. Daniel Baldwin’s comments were made today in an Instagram Live interview on The Domenick Nat…

Mere hours after the first of what is expected to be many lawsuits was filed over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust last month, the main lawyers for one of the crew members at the center of the police investigation have turned up the volume on their sabotage theory…

As New Mexico police continue their investigation into the October 21 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust, the first of what is expected to be many lawsuits has been filed. Seeking a wide range of unspecified damages, Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy has filed a complaint of…

Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, appeared on Good Morning America on Wednesday, pushed back on the possibility that the Oct. 21 shooting incident on the Alec Baldwin set of Rust could be an act of sabotage. “I know that some defense attorneys have come up with conspiracy theories and have used…

Alec Baldwin has stated that police officers should be employed on all film and TV sets that utilize guns. Tweeting from his now private account, and also sharing the same message on his personal Instagram page, Baldwin wrote, "Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police office on set…

Hours after a charged Today appearance by her lawyers postulating that the October 21 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin may have been the result of “sabotage,” Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed is now pouring fuel on the still theoretical fire. "Never in a million years did Hannah…

UPDATE: This story previously said that the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office would be holding a second press conference this week. That was a mistake on our part, we apologize for the error. Deadline has confirmed that Matthew Hutchins, the husband of late Rust DP Halyna Hutchins, has hired L.A.-based firm Panish Shea Boyle…

EXCLUSIVE: Indie feature The Locksmith, among the first to begin filming in New Mexico after the Rust tragedy, will use rubber guns and CGI instead of real firearms. As we revealed yesterday, Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth and Ving Rhames are starring in movie, which was launched for sales during the virtual <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/afm/" id="auto-tag_afm"…

UPDATED with video, 7:55 AM: The attorneys for Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who is being investigated by the Santa Fe Sheriff’s department in the wake of DP Halyna Hutchins’ death from a prop gun discharged by Alec Baldwin, told NBC’s Today this morning that they’re looking into whether a live bullet was placed…