According to a report from Variety, Universal Pictures recently announced they were canceling the release of their thriller, The Hunt, which was previously scheduled to hit North American theaters next month on the 27th of September.

A spokesperson for the studio said in their statement that they decided to pull the movie altogether after initially putting the marketing campaign on hold as well. Universal stated now wasn’t the right time to release such a film.

Insiders close to the studio told reporters from Variety that Universal Pictures, with the decision of the filmmakers as well, agreed that now wasn’t the best time to release the movie. Universal stopped marketing The Hunt following multiple mass shootings in the United States.

Reportedly, Universal put a stop to the marketing of the film on account of the mass shootings, because their latest thriller featured stars such as Ike Barinholtz and Betty Gilpin strolling the streets on the hunt for a victim while holding assault rifles and other weapons.

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