{"id":967477,"date":"2021-11-04T12:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=967477"},"modified":"2021-11-04T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:44:00","slug":"dwayne-johnson-to-stop-using-real-firearms-on-projects-produced-by-his-company-following-alec-baldwin-movie-set-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dwayne-johnson-to-stop-using-real-firearms-on-projects-produced-by-his-company-following-alec-baldwin-movie-set-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson to Stop Using Real Firearms on Projects Produced by His Company Following Alec Baldwin Movie Set Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdwayne-johnson-to-stop-using-real-firearms-on-projects-produced-by-his-company-following-alec-baldwin-movie-set-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=967477&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">He\u2019s made millions from his movies using bigs guns but now Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson has pledged to stop using real firearms on all projects produced by his company following the death of&nbsp;cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.<\/p>\n<p><em>Variety<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/news\/dwayne-johnson-gun-safety-movies-halyna-hutchins-death-rust-1235104627\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;in the wake of the tragic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/22\/stars-react-to-halyna-hutchins-death-on-rust-set-a-horrible-tragedy\/\">death<\/a> of Hutchins on the set of Alec Baldwin\u2019s film <em>Rust<\/em>, Johnson says his Seven Bucks Productions will no longer use weapons in pursuit of authenticity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I was heartbroken,\u201d Johnson began, speaking to <em>Variety<\/em> at Wednesday night\u2019s premiere of his latest film&nbsp;<em>Red Notice<\/em> in Los Angeles. \u201cWe lost a life. My heart goes out to her family and everybody on set. I\u2019ve known Alec, too, for a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RED NOTICE | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pj0wz7zu3Ms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The pro-Black Lives Matter actor who endorsed Joe Biden and and Kamala Harris, is shooting some big guns in <em>Red Notice<\/em>, which also stars&nbsp;Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. Johnson said he will only use rubber guns on his sets, and will enforce that rule with any studio he is working with:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p>I can\u2019t speak for anyone else, but I can tell you, without an absence of clarity here, that any movie that we have moving forward with Seven Bucks Productions \u2014 any movie, any television show, or anything we do or produce \u2014 we won\u2019t use real guns at all.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to switch over to rubber guns, and we\u2019re going to take care of it in post. We\u2019re not going to worry about the dollars; we won\u2019t worry about what it costs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s endorsement to end the use of real firearms was reinforced when he revealed he&nbsp;was on the phone with his team within a couple of hours of the tragedy to discuss what changes were needed going forward to create a safe workspace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18603378\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-notice-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18603378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-notice-2.jpg\" alt width=\"900\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love the movie business,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThere are safety protocols and measures that we have always taken in the movie business and we take very seriously, and these sets are safe sets, and we\u2019re proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson conceded accidents do happen, but cautioned that doesn\u2019t mean change can\u2019t happen for the betterment of all, \u201cI think the most prudent thing and the smartest thing to do is just pause for a second and really re-examine how you\u2019re going to move forward and how we\u2019re going to work together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor\u2019s commitment to gun-free productions came just 24-hours after lawyers representing Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the woman who loaded Alec Baldwin\u2019s gun, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/rust-shooting-may-have-been-sabotage-say-armorers-lawyers\/\">said<\/a> an act of \u201csabotage\u201d by disgruntled crew members may have caused the tragic shooting on the set of <em>Rust<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A petition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/25\/petition-demands-alec-baldwin-push-for-ban-on-real-guns-on-movie-sets\/\">launched<\/a>&nbsp;in the wake of Hutchin\u2019s death has put pressure on Baldwin to push the effort to ban real guns from movie sets.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the <em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em> is <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/rust-shooting-ban-functional-firearms-1235040758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;that \u201croughly 200 cinematographers\u201d have signed a letter demanding a ban on \u201cfunctional firearms\u201d on movie sets.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Rust&nbsp;<\/em>movie set shooting is still under&nbsp;investigation. Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/28\/santa-fe-d-a-baldwin-pulled-the-trigger-doesnt-mean-charges-will-be-filed-doesnt-mean-they-wont\/\">told<\/a> NBC News last week that Baldwin \u201cpulled the trigger.\u201d She said her office hasn\u2019t ruled out pressing charges in the case.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s made millions from his movies using bigs guns but now Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson has pledged to stop using real firearms on all projects produced by his company following &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}