Amy Hassler has joined editorial/post house charlieuniformtango
Amy Hassler has joined editorial/post house charlieuniformtango, Dallas and Austin, as marketing director. Founded by Lola Lott and Jack Waldrip in 1995, charlieuniformtango added two sister shops in ’08–production house Liberal Media Films, and web content creation/production firm DigiTango. Hassler, who has a decade-plus of production and post experience, will head up business development and target opportunities in the digital space, especially in 3D. Her most recent work includes a viral campaign for Microsoft Office via Razorfish and other digital work for Honda from RPA. Prior to charlieuniformtango, Hassler worked as an EP for Santa Monica-based Shade…..Cinematographer Jakob Ihre has completed principal photography on Daryl Wein’s Lola Versus and is again available for commercials and features through The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica….Dattner Dispoto and Associates has signed production designer Jason Fijal….Costume designer Jason Alper has wrapped The Dictator directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, and is again available for spots via WME….
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