Director John Adams has joined Form, the Los Angeles-based production house headed by executive producer Craig Rodgers and director Jesse Dylan. Adams comes over from Area 51 Films, Santa Monica, his roost for the past three years….Word is that bicoastal/ international Partizan and director Anthea Benton have parted ways….Bicoastal Naked Project has signed director Paul Vos for spotwork….Lisa Margulis has come aboard bicoastal Anonymous Content as an executive producer. She served in the same capacity at her former roost, bicoastal HKM Productions. Margulis joins Anonymous shortly after the departure of executive producer Shelly Townsend who became managing director of bicoastal Headquarters. Margulis becomes part of an Anonymous commercial management team that also consists of Dave Morrison and executive producer Andy Traines……Directors Sean Mullens and Wayne Holloway have departed bicoastal Brand, a satellite of bicoastal Headquarters. "Sean and Wayne are indeed moving on," Headquarters partner/president Tom Mooney said in a statement. "Sean and I have had a wonderful working relationship over the past few years, I have a great deal of respect for him, and I wish him all the best. Wayne was only with us for a year, but I enjoyed working with him, and I wish him well." Partner/executive producer Brian Farhy is also leaving the company. As for the future of Brand, Mooney said, "With regard to Brand, it’s certainly a possibility that we’ll maintain and restructure the company, but I haven’t made any decisions as yet"….Editor Dave Herman has joined Version2. Editing, New York….Veteran animation and visual effects producer Andrea Mansour has been named head of commercials for San Francisco-based animation studio Wild Brain. She last served in a production management role for CMT, a division of MTV Networks, in Nashville. Earlier in her career she was a senior producer at San Francisco-headquartered visual effects house Radium….Digital Kitchen, Seattle, Chicago and Venice, Calif., has hired executive producer Wendy McCarty, most recently of post facility Avenue, Santa Monica and Chicago. McCarty will work out of the company’s Seattle office…
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