Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ filming to relocate to Yellowstone after cost dropped

“Rust” has discovered a brand new filming location because it’s set to maneuver manufacturing from New Mexico to the Yellowstone Movie Ranch in Montana.

Filming is about to renew within the spring as Alec Baldwin, who faces involuntary manslaughter costs for the 2021 demise of Halyna Hutchins regardless of his insistence he didn’t pull the set off, returns because the lead within the Joel Souza-directed Western flick.

“We’ve realized a lot about Halyna as a pal and colleague, the depth of her artistry, and the lasting impression she had on so many,” Yellowstone Movie Ranch co-founders Richard Grey, Carter Boehm, and Colin Davis stated in a joint assertion, per THR.

“We’re honored to play a task within the realization of her imaginative and prescient and to hold ahead her inspiring legacy by means of championing this movie.”

“The dedication and keenness of the whole ‘Rust’ manufacturing crew to honor Halyna’s imaginative and prescient has deeply moved us,” they added.

The movie’s new filming location served because the backdrop for a number of movies, together with final yr’s “Homicide at Yellowstone Metropolis” in addition to Nicolas Cage’s 2023 movie “The Outdated Manner.”

In a separate assertion, the movie’s director Joel Souza, who was injured within the capturing, stated resuming the movie’s manufacturing and “honoring Halyna means the world to me and our whole manufacturing crew.”

“The fantastic thing about Montana surpasses phrases, and the nice and cozy hospitality and kindness prolonged by everybody I’ve met has been each humbling and provoking,” he stated, including that it’s a “privilege to work with such nice companions as we see this by means of on Halyna’s behalf.”

The movie’s relocation comes days after the Santa Fe County District Lawyer’s Workplace dropped the firearm-enhancement rap tied to an involuntary-manslaughter cost Baldwin, 64, is dealing with.

Nevertheless, the “30 Rock” star nonetheless faces a cost of involuntary manslaughter for the capturing, which might carry a lesser sentence of 18 months if convicted.

The gun enhancement cost was additionally dropped towards the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot on the film set outdoors Sante Fe, N.M., on Oct. 21, 2021, after Baldwin’s prop gun discharged a stay spherical and struck her within the chest.

The daddy-of-eight settled a wrongful demise lawsuit with Hutchins’ household final yr earlier than submitting a negligence swimsuit towards 4 crew members.

The grievance alleged that a number of crew members failed to keep up security on set by handing him the loaded gun.