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| Release of film about French terror cell called off after Paris attacks | Release of film about French terror cell called off after Paris attacks |
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| Producers have cancelled the release of a French movie about a homegrown terror cell in Paris for the second time, following the attack which killed 129 people in the city on 13 November. | Producers have cancelled the release of a French movie about a homegrown terror cell in Paris for the second time, following the attack which killed 129 people in the city on 13 November. |
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| 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. | 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. | 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. | “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 | @paul_denton les affiches sont en cours de retrait par @GroupeRATP le film ne sortira pas mercredi et la campagne est évidemment annulée |
| 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. | 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 | #MadeInFranceFilm en avant-première ce lundi 9/11 au Majestic Compiègne de Jaux à 20H00 + équipe. @PrettyPictures3 pic.twitter.com/2iE7Jr7sIb |
| 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. | 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. |