23 saying that he plans to introduce legislation banning live ammunition and firearms from movie sets and theatrical productions. Any risk is too much risk.”Īnd a proposed new law might take the decision out of the hands of filmmakers - at least in California. “The safety of our cast and crew is too important.
“There will be no more ‘live’ weapons on the show,” Hawley wrote. 22 that the production no longer would use quarter- or half-load blanks while filming the Nathan Fillion drama. ABC’s The Rookie showrunner Alexi Hawley announced Oct. Sam Wasson/Getty Imagesįollowing the Rust tragedy, more shows are following suit. I got excited because it was one less risk and seemed like a win-win.”Ī vigil in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for ‘Rust’ cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died Oct. The fact that it was more affordable and safer to use CG made it a no-brainer to change, but it’s just one of those things you never think to look at. “Usually there’s this assumption there will be live guns. “It was a real eye-opener for me,” Henderson recalls. Lucifer co-showrunner Joe Henderson recalls a production meeting two years ago when the question occurred to him: Would it be easier and cheaper nowadays to use CG for gunfire given all the safety checks involved with using live weapons? He was surprised when the answer came back yes. Productions already were increasingly relying on airsoft prop guns (which simulate a slight kick with a plastic BB but do not use explosive gunpowder) and then decorating the footage in postproduction with CG muzzle flashes. Screenwriters use guns for excitement, effect, drama, comedy. Unfortunately, we live in a society where guns are part of the culture. The technology is there to do most things without live fire.”Īgreed Cassian Elwes, who produced Lee Daniels’ The Butler and the upcoming New Mexico-set science-fiction movie Robots: “The time has come to say that we shouldn’t even be firing blanks on sets. “This can’t happen again,” declares Black Panther director of photography Rachel Morrison, the first woman nominated for an Oscar for cinematography for the 2017 film Mudbound. Amid Linear TV's Slow Slide, New Warning Signs Emerge
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