New Mexico tax authorities have denied an application by the producers of “Rust” that would have been as much as $1.6 million, and are facing a late-July deadline to appeal, according to the Associated Press.
Rust Movie Productions had filed for the incentives, which were denied sometime this spring, the AP reported, citing documents it obtained. Alec Baldwin, producer and star of the ill-fated production, is set to go to trial starting next week on involuntary manslaughter charges from the accidental fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
An attorney representing the production company said the tax incentive would have helped fund a legal settlement already struck between producers and Hutchins’ family.
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