{"id":925989,"date":"2026-10-09T02:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925989\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T02:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:00:12","slug":"film-shoot-appearing-to-echo-renee-good-killing-roils-montana-town-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925989\/","title":{"rendered":"Film shoot appearing to echo Renee Good killing roils Montana town | Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Daily Wire film production that appears to re-enact elements of Renee Good\u2019s killing has been allowed to continue<\/a> filming in a rural Montana town.<\/p>\n

Production of Pawn Shop, the conservative media company\u2019s upcoming movie, was temporarily halted earlier this month after residents of Livingston complained about inconvenient road closures, as well as the film\u2019s portrayal<\/a> of the Trump administration\u2019s ongoing immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

The project, which reportedly<\/a> stars Danny Trejo and Harvey Keitel, follows an ICE agent\u2019s arduous effort to escape an angry mob seeking to free an immigrant he has detained, according to its logline.<\/p>\n

During a Livingston city commission meeting last week<\/a>, several residents took to the lectern to air a slew of grievances about Pawn Shop\u2019s presence in the town. Little to no public notice was given, they said. Street closures were impeding access to a food pantry. The sound of gunfire was unsettling.<\/p>\n

In one video of the shoot that surfaced online<\/a>, a female actor portraying a protester can be seen driving a beat-up car into a flock of law enforcement agents, knocking one officer down, as another fires his weapon. Then, the car abruptly lurches back.<\/p>\n

That scene drew backlash \u2013 and real protesters \u2013 over its resemblance to an ICE agent fatally shooting<\/a> Renee Good in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cA production can hijack our downtown with hired guns and re-enact mob beatings while blocking the entrance to a beloved non-profit,\u201d area resident Bex Frucht said at the commission meeting. \u201cThey are simulating a highly controversial murder in our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project\u2019s filming permit was temporarily revoked amid the outcry, before being reinstated with new parameters around noise and any depictions of violence.<\/p>\n

The Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro blasted the city commission for deferring to what he described as \u201cradical leftwing protesters\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you put together a film it takes a lot \u2013 a lot in terms of production. You have to get the permit, which we did. You have to get everybody there, which we did. Every single day costs you hundreds of thousands of dollars to film. All these people decided to show up and disturb the filming,\u201d he said in a video posted<\/a> to X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Livingston city commissioner Melissa Nootz did not immediately respond to an inquiry about Shapiro\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n

Pawn Shop was originally set to wrap up production in Livingston on 10 October, according to town officials. It\u2019s unclear if the temporary shutdown has pushed back that date.<\/p>\n

Kaya Patten-Fusselman, executive director of the Livingston Food Resource Center, voiced support for the new conditions attached to the filming permit in a Wednesday statement<\/a> posted to social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was about access. Having blocked access to the entrance of our one-way parking lot didn\u2019t and doesn\u2019t work for some of our clients,\u201d Patten-Fusselman said. \u201cI\u2019ll keep working with the city so the next non-profit, business, or neighbor gets notice well before a street has multi-week closures.\u201d<\/p>\n