From what I can glean, it has only been shelved temporarily. They will probably wait until the lawsuit is settled?

https://movieweb.com/rust-might-be-finished/#:~:text=The%20Alec%20Baldwin%20western%20movie,life%20of%20cinematographer%20Halyna%20Hutchins.

Thanks for the info!

According to Baldwin, the other cast and crew members had agreed to return to complete the film with some of the proceeds going to the Hutchins family. Those plans were halted when Hutchins' widower filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Baldwin and others involved with Rust, seemingly leaving the movie unfinished forever.

"My statement that I was confident the film could be completed was just my optimism, and not an actual plan. Many of those who were involved hope to honor Halyna by completing her last work, but at this point it is just hope.” ~ producer Anjul Nigam

You are welcome.

Filming to resume in January

Sadly, fatalities can happen on set. It's not frequent, but it happens. Productions go on to release - two that immediately come to mind are The Crow (Brandon Lee was killed, also by firearm mishap) and the miniseries World War III (Katey Sagal's father Boris was killed on the set by a helicopter tail blade).

@DRDMovieMusings said:

Sadly, fatalities can happen on set. It's not frequent, but it happens. Productions go on to release - two that immediately come to mind are The Crow (Brandon Lee was killed, also by firearm mishap) and the miniseries World War III (Katey Sagal's father Boris was killed on the set by a helicopter tail blade).

Don't forget Twilight Zone: The Movie.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/15301-twilight-zone-the-movie

@bratface said:

@DRDMovieMusings said:

Sadly, fatalities can happen on set. It's not frequent, but it happens. Productions go on to release - two that immediately come to mind are The Crow (Brandon Lee was killed, also by firearm mishap) and the miniseries World War III (Katey Sagal's father Boris was killed on the set by a helicopter tail blade).

Don't forget Twilight Zone: The Movie.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/15301-twilight-zone-the-movie

Right? Recently, Alec Baldwin was charged (I posted separately). Given what John Landis did (and, make no mistake, John Landis is a scumbag) and how little he was punished, I can't see Baldwin going down for this.

@NeoLosman said:

It should get released...
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...Hollywood...
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Money talks, so unless things have changed in Hollywood, I expect it to be released in a theater near you. Of course it could be limited or go directly on a streaming service.

The question is, should it be released at all?

... Excerpts from It’s shameful to release Alec Baldwin’s tragic movie ‘Rust’ :

Coming soon to a theater near you: the worst decision ever.

“Rust,” the film that had its production shut down last October after Alec Baldwin shot a loaded gun that tragically killed the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, will in a boneheaded move resume filming and hit theaters.

How deranged can these people possibly be?

Extremely, it turns out. Hutchins’ family also supports and is involved in this misguided mess. As part of the settlement of the wrongful death lawsuit Baldwin reached with Hutchins’ estate on Wednesday, her husband, Matthew, is now an executive producer on the movie.

No matter the new arrangement, impressive titles and pay-outs, the irrevocably tainted film should absolutely not be finished. It should not be released. Nobody is rooting for “Rust,” which sits at the center of an overwhelmingly sad saga of needless death due to obvious negligence on the part of many that is still being investigated. If “Batgirl” can be shelved for merely being bad, so too can an indie project that saw a young mother in a behind-the-scenes, normally risk-free job killed while making it.

But no, money and ego have won out and are being gussied up as a monument to Hutchins’ legacy.

Director Joel Sousa, who was injured in the shooting, said in a statement: “My every effort on this film will be devoted to honoring Halyna’s legacy and making her proud. It is a privilege to see this through on her behalf.”

However, releasing “Rust” rewards a workplace so unsafe and frankly perilous that no one has been able to figure out how, exactly, multiple rounds of live ammunition wound up on set. The Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has said she is preparing to criminally charge as many as four people involved. The original cast, meanwhile, are heading back there in three months with no clear answer as to what allowed Hutchins’ death to happen. Madness.

And who will go see it? I’ll tell you who — vulturous creeps. “Rust,” after all, is not a movie anymore, but a morbid sideshow attraction for the sinisterly curious. More folks will buy tickets now that the awful situation has been blown up on front pages around the world, and, queasily, more profit will be reaped. (No one was clamoring for a small-scale Western starring Alec Baldwin.)

@wonder2wonder said:

@NeoLosman said:

It should get released...
...
...Hollywood...
...

Money talks, so unless things have changed in Hollywood, I expect it to be released in a theater near you. Of course it could be limited or go directly on a streaming service.

The question is, should it be released at all?

Good question!

The thing is, money has been spent, and producers want a chance to recoup as much of it as they can. Getting her husband's blessing is clearly an attempt to win over the public's emotions and hesitations as well as perhaps, in some twisted way, providing financial return to him for his loss (like how families sue police departments for wrongful death even while they claim no criminal responsibility).

I'm not saying it's the right move but, as we've discussed, there is lots of precedent for "the show must go on" after tragic deaths on set.

Having just typed that, I'd be remiss not to recommend Babylon for anyone who has not yet seen it. Forget the box office woes, the movie was splendid, and it shows how Hollywood - from its very beginning - has always been a meat grinder that can chew people up and spit them out; if the message of that movie is clear, this turn of events is no surprise at all.