Rust' was denied a portion of New Mexico's film & TV tax incentives, despite the fact that it was made at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe.

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.

Producers of the western movie "Rust" may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as they try to sell the film to distributors and fulfill financial obligations to the immediate family of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal in 2021.