Crew Member On Alec Baldwin’s New Movie Dies After Prop Gun Misfire

Last week, it was announced that Supernatural star Jensen Ackles would be teaming with 30 Rock alum Alec Baldwin on a Western titled Rust. That movie has since begun filming in New Mexico, but sadly, its already been tainted by tragedy. A crew member from the Rust production has died due to a prop gun misfiring. Rust is currently rolling cameras at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico, and officials say that at around 1:50 pm MST, sheriffs deputies were sent to the set after a 911 call came in about someone having been shot. Its since been confirmed by the Santa Fe County Sheriffs Office that a female crew member died from injuries sustained by the misfire, and a male crew member, reportedly aged 42, is in emergency care at Christus St. Vincents Hospital. Heres what the Sheriffs Office said in an official statement (via Deadline): Detectives are investigating how [the prop firearm was used] and what type of projectile was discharged. This incident remains an active investigation. As more information becomes available, updates will be provided. Sources who spoke with Deadline claimed earlier in the day that one of Rusts principal cast members cocked a gun during Rust rehearsal, and whatever was discharged from the firearm hit the aforementioned man and woman. The man was reportedly hit in the shoulder and the woman was taken to the hospital for stomach surgery, but she sadly didnt make it. Production on Rust has now been halted, with the set being put on lockdown and an old church on the grounds specifically being blocked off. This isnt the first time a tragedy like this has happened on a film set. On 1994s The Crow, star Brandon Lee died when he was struck in the head by a blank round from a gun fired by costar Michael Massee. That incident was determined to be an accident, and well just have to wait and see what an investigation into what happened on the Rust set turns up. Rust is the latest Western to make use of the Bonanza Creek Ranch, with others including 3:10 to Yuma and Netflixs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Rust sees Alec Baldwin playing Harland Rust, an outlaw whos had a bounty on his head for as long as he can remember. After learning his estranged 13-year-old grandson Lucas, played by Good Boys Brady Noon, has been sentenced to death after being convicted of an accidental murder, Harland hightails it to Kansas and breaks the boy out of custody. From there, the two fugitives must avoid Jensen Ackles U.S. Marshal Wood Helm and a bounty hunter named Fenton Preacher Lang, played by Vikings Travis Fimmel, and while theyre traveling across the American frontier, Harland and Lucas will form a closer connection. The Rust cast also includes Watchmens Frances Fisher, while behind the scenes, Joel Souza is writing and directing, and he hashed out the story with Alec Baldwin. We here at CinemaBlend will keep you apprised on Rusts progress, including any new information that comes to light about the prop gun misfire. The post Crew Member On Alec Baldwin’s New Movie Dies After Prop Gun Misfire appeared first on Patabook Entertainment.

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