Alec Baldwin's next move before the 'Rust' trial? A TLC reality show

• Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin are bringing their family to reality television.

• "The Baldwins," which follows Alec, Hilaria, and their seven children, hits TLC in 2025.

• The announcement comes approximately a month before Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial.

A month ahead of his involuntary manslaughter trial tied to the 2021 death of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin is announcing a new project: a TLC reality series about his family.

Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, along with their seven children, will star in "The Baldwins," which is set to premiere in 2025. On Tuesday, the couple announced the project through an Instagram video that features Alec and Hilaria introducing the show spliced with footage of their seven young children.

"We're inviting you into our home to experience the ups and downs, the good, the bad, the wild, and the crazy," Alec says in the video clip.

"Home is the place we love to be most," he continues.

Baldwin's acting career hasn't ground to a halt in the wake of the "Rust" shooting: He's since starred in several films, including "97 Minutes" and "Atrabilious," which were both filmed after the October 2021 incident and released in 2023.

Still, as a reality show, "The Baldwins" is a different type of project that will purportedly show Baldwin not as an actor, but as a father, husband, and human. It's also a somewhat unexpected choice, given Baldwin saying, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, that he didn't "want to be a public person" anymore.

'The Baldwins' announcement comes a month before the actor's trial on 'Rust' shooting charges is set to begin

People first reported in November 2023, citing an anonymous source, that Alec and Hilaria Baldwin were pitching a reality series about their family but that they were only interested if it was "an authentic portrayal of who they are as a family."

While the series won't air on TLC until 2025, its announcement comes weeks before Baldwin is expected to stand trial for charges related to the "Rust" shooting. The trial is currently set to begin on July 9, Deadline reports.

In April 2023, prosecutors dismissed two counts of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin. However, in January 2024, a New Mexico grand jury indicted the actor on one charge of involuntary manslaughter.

In March, Baldwin's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the new involuntary manslaughter charge, ABC News reported. But in May, a New Mexico judge turned the motion down. According to the Los Angeles Times, Baldwin has pleaded not guilty and faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted.

The October 21, 2021 shooting occurred on the "Rust" set, when Baldwin was practicing a draw that included pointing his gun, a Colt .45 revolver, toward a camera, according to an affidavit released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office. A bullet from the gun hit Hutchins.

Baldwin's lawyers said that the actor wasn't aware that the gun contained a live round, and Baldwin said in 2021 that he did not pull the trigger. According to an FBI report, the gun could not have been discharged if the trigger was not pulled.

The "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was responsible for the film's prop weapons, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March 2024 and sentenced to 18 months in prison in April.

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