'Rust' Is About a Teenager on the Run After a Killing

U.S.|‘Rust’ is astir a teen who goes connected the tally aft accidentally sidesplitting someone.

• Oct. 22, 2021Updated 4:30 p.m. ET

“Rust” is simply a occidental acceptable successful Kansas successful the 1880s, astir a 13-year-old lad who goes connected the tally with his estranged gramps — a notorious outlaw named Harland Rust, played by Alec Baldwin — aft the lad accidentally kills a section rancher. The movie, which was scheduled to beryllium filmed this period and adjacent period successful New Mexico, is being directed by Joel Souza and stars Frances Fisher and Mr. Baldwin, who is besides listed arsenic 1 of respective producers of the film.

A statement from the New Mexico Film Office connected Oct. 6 said Rust Movie Productions would employment 75 unit members, 22 actors and 230 “background talent” from New Mexico. The Santa Fe Film Office told The Santa Fe New Mexican connected Oct. 11 that enactment connected the movie had been underway for a fewer weeks.

The movie tells the communicative of a teenage lad who is “left to fend for himself and his younger member pursuing the decease of their parents,” the New Mexico Film Office said successful the statement. The lad “goes connected the tally with his long-estranged gramps aft he’s sentenced to hanging for the accidental sidesplitting of a section rancher,” according to the statement.

According to Screen Daily, aft the boy, Lucas, is convicted, Mr. Baldwin’s quality breaks him retired of prison, and they are pursued by a U.S. marshal, Wood Helm, and a bounty hunter, Fenton “Preacher” Lang.

The main formed includes Mr. Baldwin; Travis Fimmel, who plays Fenton Lang; Ms. Fisher; and Brady Noon, who plays Lucas, according to IMDb. Jensen Ackles plays Wood Helm.

Mr. Souza besides has manager credits for the movies “Crown Vic,” “Break Night,” “Christmas Trade” and “Ghost Squad.”

Mr. Baldwin is credited with conceiving the thought for the movie with Mr. Souza. Speaking astir the movie successful an interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter successful June, Mr. Baldwin said the thought had begun with a question astir the youngest idiosyncratic ever to beryllium hanged successful the American West, and helium explained wherefore helium was attracted to the project.

“I was conscionable looking for thing a small much cinematic with a small little talking,” helium said. “There’s large dialogue, but the movie is balanced by immoderate truly stunning cinematics.”

The cinematographer connected the film, Halyna Hutchins, 42, was killed successful the shooting connected Thursday. Mr. Souza was wounded.

Mr. Baldwin compared “Rust” to the Clint Eastwood movie “Unforgiven.” “That clip was filled with immoderate acheronian realities and immoderate harsh realities,” helium said.

Asked successful the interrogation astir his gunslinging and horse-riding skills, Mr. Baldwin said: “They’re ever astatine the ready. I’m an histrion of the aged school. So if you work my résumé — my motorcycle riding, my French, juggling, my horseback riding, my gunplay — is each close astatine my fingertips astatine each times.”

According to the website of Highland Film Group, which was handling planetary income of the movie, the quality played by Mr. Baldwin “has had a bounty connected his caput for arsenic agelong arsenic helium tin remember, and a estimation for being a ruthless outlaw.”

The movie goes connected to archer the communicative of their journey, erstwhile Lucas has small prime “but to travel the unpredictable patriarch connected a perilous travel to a caller beingness successful New Mexico.”