Two documentaries about the Rust shooting involving Alec Baldwin and cinematographer Halyna Hutchins are in the works. Rachel Mason , a close friend of the Hutchins family who directed the 2019 Netflix documentary Circus of Books , has been working on a film about Halyna with the help of producer Julee Metz and Halyna’s husband, Matthew Hutchins , according to The Hollywood Reporter . The outlet also reported that Mason and Metz have interviewed director Joel Souza — who was injured in the shooting, sustaining a gunshot wound to the shoulder — as well as other cast and crew members, including cinematographer Bianca Cline , who joined the film as Halyna’s replacement.
A second documentary centered around Baldwin, 66, is being filmed by Rory Kennedy , who directed the Academy Award-nominated film, Last Days in Vietnam , and the Emmy-winning documentary Ghost of Abu Ghraib . Both documentaries are still in production, according to THR . The Rust film itself, which picked up filming again in Montana in 2023 with about 25 cast and crew members who worked on the original set, wrapped in May that year.
Producers have yet to find a distributor for the movie. While filming the Western in October 2021, Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed Halyna and injured Souza. Both were rushed to receive medical attention after being struck.
Halyna was pronounced dead at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, while Souza was released from the hospital the day after the shooting. .
