'Rust' cinematographer lawsuit settled, filming to resume in Jan: Report

Baldwin has said the gun went off accidentally and that he did not pull the trigger

The family of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on the set of the film Rust has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the actor and the movie’s producers, and production will resume on the project in January.

“We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, for our wrongful death case against the producers of Rust including Alec Baldwin,” Matthew Hutchins, widow of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, said in a statement on Wednesday. “As part of that settlement, our case will be dismissed. The filming of Rust, which I will now executive produce, will resume with all the original principal