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Just days before “It looks like we need to knock down Bruce’s page count by about 5 pages,” Mike Burns, the director of “Out of Death,” wrote in a June 2020 email to the film’s screenwriter. “We also need to abbreviate his dialogue a bit so that there are no monologues, etc.” Burns did not outline one of the reasons why Willis’ lines needed to be kept “short and sweet.” But on Wednesday, the public learned what he and many other filmmakers have privately been concerned about for years: The 67-year-old’s family said “As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him,” the actor’s daughter Rumer Willis wrote in an Instagram post also signed by her siblings, the actor’s wife, Emma, and his former wife, Demi Moore. According to those who have worked with the elder Willis on his recent films, the actor has been exhibiting signs of decline in recent years. In interviews with The Times this month, nearly two dozen people who were on set with the actor expressed concern about Willis’ well-being. These individuals questioned whether the actor was fully aware of his surroundings on set, where he was often paid $2 million for two days of work, according to documents viewed by The Times. Filmmakers described heart-wrenching scenes as the beloved “Pulp Fiction” star grappled with his loss of mental acuity and an inability to remember his dialogue. An actor who traveled with Willis would feed the star his lines through a...

County and state officials exit the Santa Fe County Public Safety Building in New Mexico ahead of a news conference to update members of the media on the shooting accident on the set of the movie Rust. Sam Wasson/Getty Images For months, actor Alec Baldwin has said that he did not pull the trigger of a gun that fatally shot a crew member while they were filming in New Mexico. But new forensic evidence may tell a different story. The FBI recently finished and sent a report to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, which is handling the investigation. Officials found that the weapon, meant to be a prop, could not be fired without pulling the trigger. Baldwin's lawyer called the FBI's findings "misconstrued," adding that the gun in question was in "poor condition," in a statement to NPR. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, and so far no one has been charged with any wrongdoing, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office. What happened and Baldwin's response The incident took place in October, while Baldwin was rehearsing a scene on Santa Fe's outskirts for an upcoming Western movie, Rust. At the time, the actor was practicing how to draw a revolver and point it at the camera. When the In a "Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is," Baldwin added. "But I know it's not me." A number of lawsuits are ongoing After the fatal incident, Hutchins' family filed a Others who were on set when Hutchins was killed, including the film's scrip...

Treat Williams, a star of stage, television and film, has died in a motorcycle accident, his family said Monday evening. He was 71. "It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Treat Williams has passed away tonight in Dorset, Vermont after a fatal motorcycle accident," his family said in a statement. "As you can imagine, we are shocked and greatly bereaved at this time." Vermont State Police said in a statement that Williams was critically injured in Dorset about 4:53 p.m. Monday when a Honda SUV turned in front of him, ending in a collision that threw Williams from his 1986 Honda motorcycle. He was taken to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead, state police said. The driver of the SUV, who was uninjured, was not cited; an investigation into the collision was ongoing, police said. Williams recently guest starred in HBO's "We Own This City," a drama about corruption in Baltimore that was aired and streamed this spring. In 2016, he played the title character in the theatrical and streaming release of "The Congressman." He developed as an actor's actor by starting as an understudy for the Broadway hit "Grease" in the 1970s before he took the lead role as Danny Zuko. But his real breakthrough was as director Miloš Forman's hippie character George Berger in a defining film of the counterculture, "Hair," in 1979. That opened the door to roles in countless films, including Steven Spielberg's "1941," Sidney Lumet's "Prince of the Ci...

"When you're fortunate enough to get a job, you're playing another character, someone else's script, directed by someone else, lens in a camera by someone else, edited by someone else, before our own expression is shared." "The writing of the book got rid of four of those filters for me. There's the written word so there's still one of those filters," he continued, referring to his 2020 memoir, " However, the actor said that he's now readying himself to make a return to acting. "I am now becoming more interested in actually going to play another character in a movie or a TV show because all of the last four years of culminating and writing and getting these things together and getting more into some public service," said McConaughey. According to rumors, Matthew McConaughey has been approached to star in a new "Yellowstone" universe series. Kevin Winter/Getty Images He added: "To go have some structure like, 'I got a call time, I've got lines, I've got scenes, I've got a character.' The sounds like a vacation right now to me." McConaughey's His comments come after Paramount Media Networks president Chris McCarthy confirmed to It had been previously reported by The outlet reported that it was one of more than 10 projects that "Yellowstone" universe co-creator and showrunner Taylor Sheridan has lined up for the network. As for Costner's future, McCarthy didn't have any updates to share, but days later at PaleyFest LA, Paramount Network's president of development and producti...

Actor Treat Williams attends the world premiere of Second Act in New York on Dec. 12, 2018. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP DORSET, Vt. — Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movie Hair, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71. Shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with Williams' motorcycle in the town of Dorset, according to a "Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle. He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead," according to the statement. Williams was wearing a helmet, police said. The SUV's driver received minor injuries and wasn't hospitalized. He had signaled the turn and wasn't immediately detained although the crash investigation continued, police said. Williams, whose full name was Richard Treat Williams, lived in Manchester Center in southern Vermont, police said. His agent, Barry McPherson, also confirmed the actor's death. "I'm just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented," McPherson told People magazine. "He was an actor's actor," McPherson said. "Filmmakers loved him. He's been the heart of the Hollywood since the late 1970s." The Connecticut-born Williams made his movie debut in 1975 as a police officer in the movie Deadly Hero and went on to appear in more than 120 T...