Nolan's Statement on The Dark Knight Rises Theater Shooting

The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan has issued the following statement on the theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado earlier today:

"Speaking on behalf of the cast and crew of The Dark Knight Rises, I would like to express our profound sorrow at the senseless tragedy that has befallen the entire Aurora community.

I would not presume to know anything about the victims of the shooting but that they were there last night to watch a movie. I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime.

The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me.

Nothing any of us can say could ever adequately express our feelings for the innocent victims of this appalling crime, but our thoughts are with them and their families."

Source : ign[dot]com

Warners Pulls Gangster Squad Trailer

Warner Bros. is pulling the trailer for its upcoming release Gangster Squad from theaters following today's shooting massacre in Colorado because the trailer features a sequence where gunmen open fire in a movie theater, killing audience members.

The trailer is playing before some prints of The Dark Knight Rises, another Warners movie and the film playing when the massacre occurred.

"A spokeswoman for Warner Bros. could not say whether the trailer will be re-cut to eliminate the offending footage," according to TheWrap. "Though the trailer had run prior to screenings of The Dark Knight Rises, it did not play before the Aurora screening."

The trailer remained widely available online at time of publish.

Gangster Squad is slated for release September 7, but it remains to be seen whether that will now be changed in light of today's tragedy.

Source : ign[dot]com