Alec Baldwin Reaches Settlement With Halyna Hutchins' Family -- And Rust WILL Resume Filming Soon!

Wow. Didn’t see this coming!

Alec Baldwin has reached a settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit lobbied against him, the producers of Rust, and other key members of the crew by Halyna Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins.

The lawsuit was originally filed in February in Santa Fe. In the filing, Matthew claimed the production companies and producers involved “cut corners” and “chose to hire the cheapest crew available” thus resulting in the accidental shooting death of the cinematographer on set. The suit also argued they “knowingly hired a wholly unqualified armorer,” Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and required her to split time in a second role as assistant props master.

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In a shocking statement released on Wednesday, Matthew not only announced a settlement had been reached pending court approval but that Rust would go back into production this January — with his support! WHAT?! He revealed via CNN:

Whoa…

As part of the deal, Matthew will also receive a portion of the film’s profits. We never thought the western would see the light of day, to be honest. And with “all the original principal players”?? We assume that means the actors and director — and hopefully not any of the staff who allegedly allowed this catastrophe to happen in the first place!

For his part, Alec Baldwin addressed the settlement on Instagram, writing on Wednesday morning:

It is nice to hear Halyna’s family is getting what they wanted after this tragedy. We cannot imagine the pain they must still be feeling, including her young son, Andros.

According to IMDb, the upcoming film stars Alec, Jensen Ackles, and Travis Fimmel. It was written and will be directed by Joel Souza, who was