Rep Report
Independent rep Barrie Isaacson will team with Pamala Buzick to handle the East Coast for bicoastal/international HSI….Independent Midwest reps Marci Miles and Kristina “KK” Kovacevic have formally teamed up under the Reelize banner. Reelize was the rep firm formed by Miles four years ago. Miles and Kovacevic will combine their rosters and work as a team to handle Midwest representation for their ensemble of talent. The lineup repped by Chicago-based Reelize includes Rhythm + Hues, Curious Pictures, Mirror, Playroom, Red Rover, Picasso, Yu+Co. and JSM Music…..Ear to Ear Music & Sound Design, Santa Monica and London, has named Tanja Crouch to serve as its exclusive rep on the East Coast and in the Midwest. Ear to Ear is headed by creative director Brian Banks and exec producer Amy Lyngos….Dattner Dispoto and Associates, Los Angeles, has added Academy Award winner Russell Carpenter, ASC, to its roster. The DP recently wrapped the Lena Olin, Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen thriller Awake, directed by Joby Harold, and is currently available for commercials and features. Carpenter won a best cinematography Oscar for director James Cameron’s Titanic….Agent Jeannine Angelique has departed LSP Agency and come aboard the Stacy Cheriff Agency, Venice, Calif., bringing along with her a coterie of talent consisting of DPs Sergio Arguello, Scott Buttfield, Douglas Cooper, Brandon Cox, Jim Hawkinson, Joe Maxwell, Tom McGrath, Zeus Morand, Mike Ozier, Dave Perkal, Sebastian Pffaffenbichler, Adam Santelli, Florian Stadler and Checco Varese as well as production designers Benjamin Bamps, Robert de Vico, Matthew Holt, Brock Houghton and Teri Whittaker….DP Michael Trim has signed with the Montana Artists Agency, Los Angeles, for exclusive representation in all areas….Production designer Happy Massee has signed with Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, for commercials and music videos. He recently wrapped The Gardener of Eden with director Kevin Connolly…..DP Roberto Schaefer is now available for all work through Innovative Artists after completing principal photography on For Your Consideration, directed by Christopher Guest…..
Judge Upholds Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Charge Against Alec Baldwin In “Rust” Shooting
A New Mexico judge has upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
In a ruling Thursday, state District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stood by her July decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. She said prosecutors did not raise any factual or legal arguments that would justify reversing her decision.
"Because the state's amended motion raises arguments previously made, and arguments that the state elected not to raise earlier, the court does not find the amended motion well taken," the judge wrote, adding that the request was also untimely.
A spokesperson for Baldwin's lawyers said Friday that they had no immediate reaction to teh decision.
The case was thrown out halfway through trial on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
Baldwin's trial was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into the Santa Fe County sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammo unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers say investigators "buried" the evidence in a separate case file and filed a successful motion to dismiss.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey can now decide whether to appeal to a higher court.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for "Rust," was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe in October 2021 when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer —... Read More