The first trailer for the western film Rust has been released over three years after the movie’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was killed on its set in the south-western US.
Alec Baldwin, who stars in and co-produced the film, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting in New Mexico before the case was dismissed three days into trial last year.
In the new trailer, Baldwin is seen as an outlaw on the run escaping town on horseback and engaging in wild west shootouts with his perceived adversaries. A description below the video sets the action in 1880s Kansas.
While the movie was in production in 2021, Baldwin fired a prop gun during rehearsal for a scene that had contained a live round. The shot killed Hutchins and injured the movie’s director Joel Souza.
Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter and pleaded not guilty at the time. The case was dismissed after the judge overseeing the case ruled prosecutors did not properly turn over evidence to the defence.
The actor could have faced up to 18 months in prison.
Last year, the film’s armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Rust will premiere in US cinemas and by video on demand in May.
