Universal Won't Release "The Hunt" Movie After Backlash From Trump And Fox News

Universal photos has determined to scrap the discharge of the coming film The Hunt once an obvious backlash from President Trump and Fox News over the satiric movie's depiction of conservative Americans being gruesomely sought for sport by liberal "elites."

The decision to withhold the moving picture, that had been set to hit cinemas on Sept. 27, was conjointly wedged by the recent mass shootings in city, Dayton, and Gilroy, California — events that had already prompted studio executives to halt the violent film's promoting.

“While Universal photos had already paused the promoting campaign for The Hunt, once thoughtful thought, the studio has determined to cancel our plans to unharness the film," a representative told BuzzFeed News in associate email on Saturday. "We stand by our filmmakers and can still distribute films in partnership with daring and visionary creators, like those related to this satiric social heroic tale, however we have a tendency to perceive that now's not the correct time to unharness this film.”

The website for the moving picture has currently been closed, with solely a replica of that statement remaining on the page. The film's trailer has conjointly been taken down on YouTube by Universal photos, however copies still exist on alternative non-affiliated channels.

Universal's call comes each day once President Trump perceived to tweet concerning the disputed moving picture.

"Liberal Hollywood is Racist at the very best level, and with nice Anger and Hate!" he wrote weekday. "They wish to decision themselves 'Elite,' however they're not Elite. In fact, it's usually the people who they therefore powerfully oppose that are literally the Elite. The moving picture starting off is formed so as to inflame and cause chaos. They produce their own violence, and so try and blame others. they're truth Racists, and ar terribly dangerous for our Country!"

The president conjointly told reporters earlier on weekday that Hollywood was doing a "tremendous disservice" to the country thanks to its "very dangerous" movies.

His comments came once days of coverage concerning the film on his favorite channels Fox News and Fox Business, still as right websites and blogs.

Laura Ingraham spoke of the moving picture on her show on Wed night and same it "sounds love it one thing that already ought to are force from production."

On Fox & Friends on Thursday, the moving picture was introduced as "a new moving picture concerning killing 'deplorables' — some line of work it 'evil' and 'demented.'"

That night, Fox Business host and Trump supporter Lou Dobbs known as it a "sick, twisted new moving picture," adding that the concept of "globalist elites looking deplorables sounds a touch too real.”

Dan Bongino, filling sure Sean Hannity on weekday night, conjointly told viewers, "the Hollywood hate machine seems to be taking its anti-Trump derangement syndrome to troubling new levels."

On Saturday morning, before the movie's unharness being scrapped, the weekend hosts of Fox & Friends once more mentioned the film. "How did a movie like this even get made?" asked host Dean Cain.

The president creating comments concerning Hollywood on weekday.

The moving picture should be free at a later date either in cinemas or on streaming platforms.

In addition to Oscar-winner Hilary Swank, the film stars Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts, and Justin David Hartley.

According to selection, Swank told reporters Saturday at the Locarno fete in European nation that she didn't need to debate the film.

"No one’s seen the film," she more. "You can’t extremely have a speech concerning it while not understanding what it’s concerning.”