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Bicoastal/international Chelsea Pictures has joined forces with Sydney-based Luscious International to create a division, Luscious@Chelsea. The new venture gives the Aussie shop a stateside office while Chelsea gains an Australian foothold. Luscious’ directorial roster includes Richard Gibson, James Holt, Michael Joy and Damien Toogood. Exec producers Katy Greene in Los Angeles and Andrew Morris in Sydney–along with Chelsea partners/executive producers Allison Amon and Lisa Mehling–will manage Luscious@Chelsea…..Director Justin Reardon has joined bicoastal Anonymous Content for U.S. spot representation. Reardon, who had been at Turnpike Films, Santa Monica, also gains representation in the U.K. and Europe through Anonymous Content’s deal with Independent Films, London….Roe Bressan, former managing director of The Whitehouse, New York, has launched Navigating, a production and postproduction management consultancy. Among her first clients are editorial house Consulate, New York, the bicoastal repping firm Kingdom, and Big Foote Music, New York….Nexus Productions, London, has added Cyril Houplain to its directorial roster. Houplain’s credits include a promo for French author/singer Matthieu Chedid that was featured in both onedotzero and Resfest. It went on to win second prize at Le Club des Directeurs Artistiques and was selected to appear at Annecy and several other festivals…..Jeff Nodelman has joined New York-based The Creative Group as creative director in charge of animation. He had been at Noodlesoup Productions, an animation studio that he founded in New York. Nodelman and Noodlesoup recently agreed to part ways. Noodlesoup is currently ramping up its original content development, and will continue to be active in commercials….Commercial editor Chris Hafner–who recently departed Brass Knuckles, the Venice, Calif.-based editorial house that he founded–has teamed with Oak Park, Mich.-based post house GTN to launch Ringside Creative. The new venture, based at GTN’s Oak Park studio, offers creative editorial, motion graphics design, print design and related creative services to ad clients on a national basis. The Ringside Creative staff will include GTN creative editors Chris Chynoweth, Charlene Dwyer and Sarah Fisher, and GTN’s Jeff Dobrow, who as creative director will lead the design group….
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