‘Rust’ Director Joel Souza Out Of Hospital – Update

UPDATED: Director Joel Souza is out of the hospital, Deadline has confirmed with the filmmaker’s reps.

PREVIOUSLY: Rust director Joel Souza is now out of hospital, according to one of the film’s stars Frances Fisher. During a Twitter conversation with Patricia Arquette, veteran actress Fisher tweeted that Souza told her he was out of hospital:

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She reiterated the same during an online interaction in which she takes an article to task for issuing false information about the incident.

We have reached out to Souza’s reps and the production for confirmation.

Souza was injured Thursday during an incident on the set of Western Rust, which saw DoP Halyna Hutchins tragically lose her life. Authorities confirmed that the incident arose after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun. Baldwin has been released without charge after questioning.

Hutchins, 42, died not long after being transported to a hospital in Albuquerque, NM.

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