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[spoiler]Paramount Pictures Australia is apologizing for and immediately discontinuing a poster from the upcoming “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film that contains an image reminiscent of the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy.
On the Australia poster, the four hero turtles are shown jumping out of an exploding skyscraper with the Australia release date of Sept. 11 in red lettering below.
“We are deeply sorry to have used that artwork for the marketing materials promoting the September 11 opening in Australia,” said Tom Roache, head of publicity for Paramount Pictures Australia, in an email. “Combining that image and date was a mistake. We intended no offense and have taken immediate action to discontinue its use.”[/spoiler]
Would you say this is political correctness gone too far?
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I never would have caught that refrence without their help actually. I'm fine with the political correctness but srsly, no need to go ahead and type up an apology if nobody caught the mistake. Anyway this was a better advertising stunt than the actual poster. I had no idea this movie was almost out. Thought they were still filming lol.