Bicoastal Coppos Films and director Scott Gillen have agreed to part company…..Director Jeremy Goodall has joined New York-based Taxi Films, coming over from Highway 61, also New York. Goodall is based in South Africa and is repped there by Thunderbird Commercial Film Production, Cape Town….….The directing team of Saul+Elliot (Saul Blinkoff and Elliot Bour) has signed with New York-based Curious Pictures….Compass Films, New York, has signed director Jonathan Lennard….Andrew Denyer, formerly of bicoastal Headquarters, is taking on an executive producer’s post at bicoastal/international Propaganda Films. He replaces Roger Zorovich, who recently joined Santa Monica-based F.M. Rocks, and Shelly Townsend, who moved over to bicoastal Anonymous Content….Editor Agusta Einarsdottir and producer Corey Evans have come aboard Jigsaw Editorial, Santa Monica. Additionally, Jigsaw has promoted assistant editor Alexis Chavez to editor…. Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Visual Music, headed by creative director/composer Tom Seufert, has added 20 composers to its virtual network. This builds upon the Web-based model launched by the company three years ago whereby an ensemble of composers/artists was linked via the Internet to Seufert for collaboration on projects. The latest additions include composers Steve Morrell, Tim Kelly, David Russell and Lori Robinson, and sound designer Arnie Schulze….
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More