“We are pleased to announce today the settlement of the civil case brought on behalf of the Hutchins family,” Baldwin said on Instagram. “During this difficult process, everyone kept the desire to do what was best for Halyna’s son,” he added.
The details of the agreement in which Rust Movie Productions, a company that was created for the production of the film, is included, were not revealed.
To Baldwin, producer and star of rustThey told him the gun was safe and previously said that he did not pull the trigger, despite the fact that the FBI report determined that the weapon could not be operated in any other way.
no recriminations
Production on the film will continue in January, its directors said in a statement Wednesday, and the Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, will take over as executive producer.
“I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attributions of blame (to the producers or to Mr. Baldwin),” Matthew Hutchins said in the statement. “All of us believe that Halyna’s death was a terrible accident,” he added.
He also said that “all the original lead actors” will return. Director of rustJoel Souza, who was also injured in the incident, said that would dedicate his work on the film “to honor Halyna’s legacy and make her proud.”
“While it is certainly bittersweet, I am pleased that together we are now completing what Halyna and I started,” he said in a statement also on Wednesday.
The family’s lawsuit was among a series of civil proceedings over the incident that shocked Hollywood and led to a permanent ban on guns on sets.
Criminal charges?
Almost a year after the tragedy, investigators did not file criminal charges against any of those involved in the tragedyalthough they have not ruled them out against anyone either.
Baldwin said in August that he didn’t think he would be charged and told CNN that he had hired a private investigator to assess possible guilt.
While there was no doubt that the gun was in the actor’s hands when it was fired, the question that remains is how the gun came to be loaded with a live bullet. Film studios are subject to strict rules regarding prop weapons.
Attention then turned to weapons handler and assistant prop Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director Dave Halls, who handed the gun to the Baldwin, apparently saying “cold,” industry slang for an inert weapon.
Gutierrez-Reed sued the film’s ammunition supplier, accusing him of leaving live bullets among the blank cartridges.