If you haven’t been following this story for a while, there have been a number of developments. Last month, Alec Baldwin reached a settlement with the family of Halyna Hutchins, the woman he shot on the set of the film Rust last year.

The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the “Rust” movie set in 2021, and Alec Baldwin have reached an undisclosed settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the actor and others, according to a statement released by the actor’s attorney.

The lawsuit, filed in February in Santa Fe, against Baldwin, the film’s production companies, its producers and other key members of the crew, alleged numerous industry standard violations.

Matthew Hutchins, widower of Halyna Hutchins who was killed on set, will be an executive producer on film, the statement adds.

“We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, for our wrongful death case against the producers of Rust, including Alec Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions, LLC. 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 players on board in January 2023. I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attribution of blame (to the producers or Mr. Baldwin). All of us believe Halyna’s death was a terrible accident. I am grateful that the producers and the entertainment community have come together to pay tribute to Halyna’s final work,” Hutchins said in a statement.

At first it seemed a bit strange to me that Hutchins’ widower would not only want the film to go forward but would want to sign on as producer. But I guess on second thought he’s thinking that this was his wife’s profession and he wants to honor her work by finishing the film.

The size of the settlement hasn’t been reported but it must have been significant because in September (just a couple weeks before the settlement announcement) Baldwin put his mansion in the Hamptons up for sale.

Actor and long-time Hamptons homeowner Alec Baldwin has hoisted a “for sale” sign up in front of his Amagansett estate in the affluent New York beach town. The 10-acre compound hit the market earlier this week for $29 million.

The bucolic spread is described as a “marriage of nature and luxury,” according to the listing with Scott Bradley and Michael Cinque with Saunders & Associates, who declined to comment on the property.

Mr. Baldwin, 64, has called the place home since 1996, when he purchased the property for $1.75 million, listing records show.

Of course that doesn’t mean the entire amount is going to Hutchins’ family but it could be several million dollars. Meanwhile, Baldwin was also sued by the script supervisor on the film who is claiming (somewhat plausibly) emotional distress. But earlier this month a judge refused Baldwin’s request that he be removed from that lawsuit.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday ruled that Rust script supervisor Mamie Mitchell can pursue her negligence and other claims against Alec Baldwin, who fired a loaded gun on the New Mexico set of the indie Western last year that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza…

Baldwin had filed a motion to be removed from the civil lawsuit filed in November 2021 by Mitchell, who was standing near Hutchins and Souza when the gun Baldwin was holding fired. Judge Michael E. Whitaker today also denied a motion from Baldwin and his El Dorado Pictures Inc to strike the script supervisor’s claim for punitive damages…

“We are very happy that we won, and that the Court today permitted us, over the objection of Alec Baldwin, to proceed in our lawsuit against him on our theories of assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence,” said Gloria Allred, one of Mitchell’s attorneys in the case. “In addition, the Court, over Mr. Baldwin’s objection, allowed us to proceed against him for punitive damages.”

And that brings us to today where, having failed to get himself removed as a target of the lawsuit, Baldwin has now filed a cross complaint against the film’s armorer:

The actor Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit on Friday against several people associated with the film “Rust” — including its armorer and first assistant director — accusing them of negligence for giving him a loaded gun on the set that fired, killing its cinematographer…

His suit names Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film’s armorer, who was in charge of handling guns and ammunition on set; Dave Halls, the first assistant director, who handed the gun to Mr. Baldwin that day and declared it safe; Sarah Zachry, the crew member in charge of props; and Seth Kenney, who has been described as the primary supplier of guns and ammunition to the film set. A lawyer for Mr. Baldwin, Luke Nikas, wrote in the complaint that they had not fulfilled their professional duty to maintain safety on set.

“This tragedy happened because live bullets were delivered to the set and loaded into the gun,” the lawsuit said. It accused Ms. Gutierrez-Reed of failing to check the bullets or the gun carefully; Mr. Halls of failing to check the gun carefully before announcing it was safe and handing it to Mr. Baldwin; and Ms. Zachry of breaching her duty as props master by failing to ensure the safety of the weapons and ammunition on the set.

So the script supervisor is blaming Baldwin (among others) for her distress and Baldwin is in turn blaming the armorer. The Sheriff’s office in Santa Fe delivered its report on the shooting to prosecutors last month but so far no decision has been reached on who will be charged.