Daily Wire Filming Temporarily Suspended In Montana

Key Points:

• The city of Livingston, Montana, has temporarily suspended production on Daily Wire's film "Pawn Shop" following local protests over disruptions to businesses, the food bank, and lack of notification about dangerous stunts.
• Concerns include the use of blank gunshots, pyrotechnics, a staged car wreck, and a controversial opening scene dramatizing an ICE shooting, which have caused distress among residents and impeded access to the Livingston Food Resource Center.
• The Livingston City Commission passed a motion to suspend the film's permit pending legal review, with production originally scheduled to continue through October 10.
• The film, featuring actors Danny Trejo, Harvey Keitel, and Henry Thomas, is produced by Bonfire Legend and Daily Wire, with ties to Rust producer Carter Boehm, and is under a conditional SAG-AFTRA start but not an IATSE contract.
• Police have received daily complaints since filming began, though no violence has been reported, and the Livingston Fire Department was on call for stunts, despite some locals feeling inadequately informed.