Alec Baldwin’s RUST will resume filming with both old and new crew members

A new report has come out stating that the Alec Baldwinwestern driven drama Rust is returning to production. More than a year ago, the film was cut short after Baldwin unknowingly fired a loaded prop gun, which killed the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin has since been charged with manslaughter, and the production has faced multiple lawsuits from former crew members against the film’s producers, leading to an investigation into alleged systemic safety issues on the set.

Bianca Cline (Marcel the Shell with shoes, American Horror Story) will join the film as cinematographer replacing Halyna Hutchins, according to Rust Movie Productions. A documentary about Hutchins’ life, including his work Rustled by the director Rachel Massone and producer Julee Metzfilming will also begin with the “full support” of production and Halyna Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, who will serve as executive producer on both titles.

Also, the scene that was being rehearsed when Hutchins was filmed had to be rewritten, said Melina Spadone, an attorney at Rust Movie Productions. She declined to comment on the nature of the changes.

The film also stars Travis Fimmel, Brady Noon, Frances FisherAND Jensen Ackles. Rust was written and directed by Joel Souza. The synopsis reads:

In 1880s Kansas, elderly outlaw Harland Rust comes out of hiding to save his 13-year-old nephew Lucas, after he’s been sentenced to hang for an accidental murder. Now on the run, the pair must outrun both Rust’s nemesis, US Marshal Wood Helm, and the vicious bounty hunter Fenton “Preacher” Lang.

The film’s release date is yet to be decided.