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New Mexico denies film incentive application on 'Rust' movie after fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
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FILE - In this image taken from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico taxation authorities in April denied an application for tax incentives worth as much as $1.6 million to Rust Movie Productions, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. - photo by Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office via AP, File
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Producers of the western movie “Rust” may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as they try to sell the film to distributors and fulfill financial obligations to the immediate family of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal in 2021. New Mexico tax authorities denied an application this spring by Rust Movie Productions for incentives worth as much as $1.6 million, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. A late July deadline for producers to appeal the decision is approaching.