FRANCE: Batman star interviews, red carpet premiere cancelled in France after U.S. shooting

Record ID: 593357

  • Title: FRANCE: Batman star interviews, red carpet premiere cancelled in France after U.S. shooting
  • Date: 20th July 2012
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 20, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF PARIS CINEMA WHERE FRENCH PREMIERE OF 'DARK KNIGHT RISES' DUE TO BE HELD VARIOUS OF WORKERS PUTTING AWAY CROWD BARRIERS THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR PREMIERE (SOUNDBITE) (English) PASSERBY SAYING: "I understand why would they do this. They probably want to prevent the bad things that happened in Denver. But I think it's kind of extreme that they cancelled it." EXTERORS OF CINEMA DARK KNIGHT RISES POSTER (SOUNDBITE) (French) PASSERBY SAYING: "I'm really disappointed as we hoping the see all the actors tonight and then we heard that everything had been cancelled less than an hour ago. So it's a shame." VARIOUS FORK LIFT TRUCKS REMOVING STAGING (SOUNDBITE) (French) PASSERBY SAYING: "There were several dead during a showing so they've cancelled it. It's really sad as we'd come especially for the occasion. We'd come five hours early." VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF CINEMA 10 VARIOUS OF TF1 WEBSITE ANNOUNCING CANCELLATION OF EVENT
  • Embargoed: 4th August 2012 13:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Crime,Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA26G6M0E7HL4RAKY31YJOM6RCF
  • Story Text: Leading French broadcaster TF1 said on Friday (July 20) that red carpet and interviews with stars of a new Batman movie that were due to be held in Paris had been cancelled following the killing of 12 people at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Denver a few hours earlier as the U.S. film company scales back promotion of the work.
    Officials at Warner Brothers' Paris office were not immediately available to comment. But several employees at the Paris cinema where the premiere was due to take place said the whole event had been cancelled -- much to the chagrin of fans who had already begun queuing.
    "I'm really disappointed as we hoping the see all the actors tonight and then we heard that everything had been cancelled less than an hour ago. So it's a shame," said one Batman fan.
    About 50 people including children were wounded in the attack in a mall in the Aurora suburb in what police described as an horrific event.
    TF1 said on its website that recording of an interview with Marion Cotillard had been cancelled as were several red carpet interviews with other stars.
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