Baldwin Set News Today

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico...

Last thursday, baldwin accidentally shot and killed 42-year-old cinematographer hutchins on the new mexico set. a search warrant indicates that the assistant director handed him a gun that was believed to be cold or not loaded. when baldwin fired it, he hit hutchins in the chest killing her. he was reportedly fired from the movie when a gun unexpectedly discharged injuring a sound member. halz was remorseful for that incident. trial attorney jeff harris who handled two wrongful death suits on fi...

Lot of guns are fired, on the mayor of east town they decided that every fine of every gun would be all cgi, it was all special effects. they didnt use prop guns loaded with blanks. they maybe lost the authentic recoil, and alive muzzle flash that they wouldve cut from using plants, but they decided that it wasnt worth the risk. they added in all of that after the facts, and a lot of productions do that now. but, a lot of movie and tv says study do use real sets. the prague massacre will annals ...

Discharges, this is super unsafe. and look, there is so much that we do not know, we have no idea when or where or why the breakdown in gun safety protocol happen, we dont know the basis of what was fired out of the gun, we do know there was trouble and said preceding the incident, as recently as the morning before it happened. with crewmembers complaining about safety conditions on set, including around that gun. we dont know if that played an immediate role at all, and how things fell apart he...

>> i mean, from what i am looking at now, i believe that -- the use of live ammo with bullets in it and bringing that to movie set is absolutely unconscionable, and putting that in the hands of an actor, and not telling the, after under no circumstances should you point this at, anyone im pretty sure that alec baldwin, had he been, told but not of pointed the gun at anybody. and they werent watching to see if he was following directions. so, you can have all the safety meetings you want, but if ...

Incident. and it gets more worrying, nbc news is reporting that among the safety concerns were concerns over the got prop gun involved in this incident, the same gun, had reportedly misfired multiple times, previously on the set. the l.a. times has further reporting on this tonight, a quote from what they just posted, baldwins stunt double accidentally fired two rounds out of the gun on saturday, after being told that the gun was cold, lingo for a weapon that doesnt have any in ammunition, inclu...

Also, when we say going live on set, as you said, going live doesnt mean that we are using live ammo, it means that we are about to do something noisy, we are doing the real thing. we are going live, we are gonna blow up the, carver gonna load the gun with the blanks. it doesnt mean that we are putting real ammunition and bullets into guns that -- and handling them onset. >> steve, because of all of the safety protocols that are being used, including, as you just described, making sure that you ...

Yesterday morning before the incident happened. we are learning more tonight there is reportedly a series of issues with the prop guns onset there were calls for safety concerns among crew members, before yesterday, still a lot of unanswered questions today, joining us now steve wulf a weapon safety expert, who is involved in the investigation of the brantley investigation, mr. wolf its a real pleasure to have with us. thanks rachel, its a pleasure to be with, you and i almost feel like you dont...

Part of the relevant backdrop for this truly bizarre and terrible story that we will -- we all woke up to this morning that we cannot avoid talking about it. youve seen the headlines. yesterday, on the set of a western filming in new mexico, the actor alec baldwin fired a gun that was supposed to be a prop in the scene. the resulting shot killed the films cinematographer. 42 year old woman named halyna hutchins, she was considered to be a rising star in her field, she was the cinematographer. th...