Troubled indie WesternRustwas finally unveiled at the Camerimage cinematography festival in Poland late last year with asomber world premiere.
That shift came after theRustworld premiere triggered controversy, with some in the cinematography communitycriticizing itas insensitive.
Hutchins motherdistanced herselffrom the launch, claiming there is still no justice for my daughter.
Alec Baldwin on the set of ‘Rust’Mega Agency
That settlement is understood to include profit from domestic distribution.
Weve reached out to family members and their lawyers for comment.
Behind the scenes, talks have been taking place for months with potential buyers.
The initial hope was for some kind of theatrical play.
A sales rep is understood to be helping broker the domestic deal.
Capstone is the third international sales company to have taken the project to market.
Highland had initially launched the movie for presales back in 2021.
CAA Media Finance was aboard for domestic sales at that point.
International deals have been struck on the film, first by Highland, and then more recently by Capstone.
Eagle Entertainment is the buyer in Australia.
Only one buyer is understood to have backed out.
That said, a number of territories remain open on the film.
There are hopes of more deals.
The projects domestic distribution prospects became more complicated as it endured a torrid production and months of legal wrangling.
In any case, that prospect faded away late last year.
A film such as Brandon LeesThe Crow(1994) endured on-set tragedy and made middling box office.
It also went on to become a cult movie.
So far, there has only been one English-language review ofRust, on Vulture.
The project doesnt have a page on Rotten Tomatoes.
Joel Souza, who teamed with Baldwin onCrown Vic, directs from a story they both conceived.
Travis Fimmel, Frances Fisher, Jake Busey and Josh Hopkins also star.
Highland Film Group, Goodfellas, Capstone, CAA Media Finance and Alec Baldwin declined comment.
Zac Ntim contributed to this report.
