The release of a French movie about a homegrown terror cell in Paris has been postponed for the second time, following the attack which killed 129 people in the city on 13 November.
Made in France, whose poster features a provocative image of an assault rifle shaped in the image of the Eiffel Tower, was previously delayed in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January.
The film was due to be released on 18 November in around 100 cinemas, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Directed by journalist turned film-maker Nicolas Boukhrief, it details a French Muslim journalist’s efforts to infiltrate a jihadi cell before it can mount an attack on Paris.
“Following the tragic events of last night, the distributor Pretty Pictures and producer Radar Films have immediately decided to postpone the release of the film to a later date,” said the film-makers on 14 November. Press events surrounding the release have also been cancelled, and Paris’s public transport authority has been removing posters from Métro stations.
@paul_denton les affiches sont en cours de retrait par @GroupeRATP le film ne sortira pas mercredi et la campagne est évidemment annulée
— Pretty Pictures (@PrettyPictures3) November 14, 2015
Two Hollywood movies which had planned to premiere in Paris this week, the Steven Spielberg espionage drama Bridge of Spies and Natalie Portman-led western Jane Got a Gun, have also been postponed. Bridge of Spies had been scheduled to premiere on 15 November, with Jane Got a Gun due on 16 November.
Gaumont-Pathé, Paris’s largest chain of cinemas with 18 sites in the city, remained closed on 15 November . Another chain which has 10 sites, MK2, reopened on 15 November after closing on the afternoon of 14 November.
#MadeInFranceFilm en avant-première ce lundi 9/11 au Majestic Compiègne de Jaux à 20H00 + équipe. @PrettyPictures3 pic.twitter.com/2iE7Jr7sIb
— infoscine (@infoscine1) November 9, 2015
The president of Euro Disney, Tom Wolber, said in a statement that the site would remain closed until 18 November to mark France’s three-day period of national mourning in the wake of Friday’s terror attacks.
- This article was amended on 17 November to clarify that the film’s release has been postponed, rather than cancelled.
