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A year and a half after accidentally killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the filming of the film "Rust", American actor Alec Baldwin is working on a documentary dedicated to the drama. A few days ago, his lawyers indicated that the legal proceedings against him would be dropped.

The gun was not supposed to contain any bullets, but it fatally wounded cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021. That day, while the filming of the movie Rust was in full swing, actor Alec Baldwin (65) activated the trigger of a gun and accidentally killed his 42-year-old colleague. The shot also wounded Joel Souza, the film's director. A tragedy that the main interested party wishes to tell through a documentary on which he is currently working.

According to information from the Daily Mail, the actor has hired documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy, a direct descendant of the former US president and nominated for an Oscar in 2014 for his film Last days in Vietnam. The director was even photographed alongside Alec Baldwin in Montana, where filming of Rust has just resumed. Previously, pictures of them, taken in front of the actor's New York apartment had circulated. The two parties have been in contact for several months and had already been spotted together in October 2022, alongside Hilaria Baldwin, the actor's wife.

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In parallel, reports the American magazine Variety, the director Rachel Mason, and the producer Julee Metz, two former friends of Halyna Hutchins, are also working on a production dedicated to the event.

Lawsuits against Baldwin, dropped

As for Alec Baldwin, the actor first intends to finish filming Rust which must end within a month. First charged with manslaughter, the actor had reached an agreement with the victim's family to end the prosecution. A denouement confirmed last Thursday by Alec Baldwin's lawyers who revealed the closure of the case. Nevertheless, the actor is not totally out of the woods because the prosecutors who took control of the case at the end of March have the possibility to initiate new prosecutions if necessary.

On the other hand, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer of the film accused by the police of inserting the ammunition in the weapon supposed to contain only dummy bullets, is still facing prosecution for manslaughter. In a country regularly bereaved by accidents related to the use of firearms, the drama had caused a stir, even pushing Hollywood studios to think about reviewing the conditions of shooting and filmmaking.