Sam Swisher and Trevor Shepard have secured space in Culver City, Calif., to house their recently launched Woodshop, a production company focused on design and animation....
Sam Swisher and Trevor Shepard have secured space in Culver City, Calif., to house their recently launched Woodshop, a production company focused on design and animation. As creative director, Shepard leads WoodShop’s design, animation and live-action projects. He previously served as creative director at Elastic, a sister company to Rock Paper Scissors. Prior to that he had been an art director with Stardust, and animator/designer at Blind and Motion Theory. Woodshop exec producer Swisher was former EP/head of sales for Public VFX….Director/writer Kevin Samuels has joined the roster of MAKE + MODEL, the studio headed by exec producers George Cawood and Mark Hyatt. Samuels’ directorial credits span such clients as AT&T, Home Depot, Hyundai, Budweiser and Skechers. For the latter, Samuels recently wrapped a spot starring hockey great Wayne Gretzky….
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