Alec Baldwin’s next movie is about a tragic shooting set at height of the Vietnam War | Ents & Arts News

Simply days after wrapping on the ill-fated movie Rust, Alec Baldwin has reportedly signed on to his subsequent movie.

He’ll be a part of the solid of Kent State, in response to the Hollywood Reporter, about what occurred on the Ohio college on 4 Might 1970 when 4 college students had been shot and killed throughout a campus protest in opposition to the warfare in Vietnam.

Baldwin will star because the Kent State president, Robert White.

The Hollywood Reporter mentioned the movie will comply with what occurred on the day, the place the Ohio Nationwide Guard opened hearth on protesters, who had been in search of a gathering with President White.

“The Kent State taking pictures was a darkish and pivotal second in our nation’s historical past,” producer Tom Ortenberg advised the Hollywood Reporter final yr.

“This can be a story that must be advised and surprisingly by no means has.

“We’re trying ahead to bringing it to the large display to coach and encourage each the younger and previous alike.”

The film, which can even reportedly query why mass shootings nonetheless happen within the US, is presently being touted at Cannes, within the hopes it will likely be picked up by a distributor.

Additionally being bought at Cannes is Rust, which wrapped filming this week.

The film, which hit headlines after the deadly taking pictures of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set, sees Baldwin play a well-known outlaw.

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All criminal charges against Baldwin were dropped in April however a civil lawsuit introduced in opposition to Baldwin by Hutchins’ household remains to be going forward.

Armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was answerable for weapons and ammunition for the manufacturing, is dealing with an involuntary manslaughter cost.

Sky Information has contacted Baldwin’s representatives for remark.