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Still a lot less blatent than the reported elements of The Hunt’s script. I really am stunned this script was given the go ahead.
"Did anyone see what our rat******-in-chief just did?" one character asks early in the screenplay for The Hunt, a Universal Pictures thriller set to open Sept. 27. Another responds: "At least The Hunt's coming up. Nothing better than going out to the Manor and slaughtering a dozen deplorables."
The script for The Hunt features the red-state characters wearing trucker hats and cowboy shirts, with one bragging about owning seven guns because it's his constitutional right. The blue-state characters — some equally adept with firearms — explain that they picked their targets because they expressed anti-choice positions or used the N-word on Twitter. "War is war," says one character after shoving a stiletto heel through the eye of a denim-clad hillbilly.
From the Hollywood Reporter article. I don’t know how anyone involved in this film thought this would release without massive controversy, justified or not.
DL: The Hunt Theatrical Release Pulled By Universal Aug 10, 10:17
saving it for Unversal+ {nm} Aug 10, 10:19
I guess Universal will dump the film, like what they did with "Happiness" and "House of 1000 Corpses" {nm} Aug 10, 10:53
Trump successfully diverts attention from guns to films. It will have long-term effect on Hollywood. {nm} Aug 10, 11:02
How or why would it affect Hollywood? Thank you. {nm} Aug 10, 12:15
Not much interest to begin with {nm} Aug 10, 11:03
The event will affect the releases of more violence films (not just "The Hunt") {nm} Aug 10, 11:10
I believe you overestimate the respect for Trump and his fans among educated, informed, decent Americans Aug 10, 12:20
I'm embarrassed for them. And this was a big change from their initial internal stance. {nm} Aug 10, 12:33
There's nothing about that problem that isn't likely to be solved in 18 months {nm} Aug 11, 16:26
+1...Mads makes anything awesome. {nm} Aug 10, 12:43
they've made like four Purges and a TV show {nm} Aug 10, 12:45
Exactly what I was thinking. I don't see much difference between this one and the Purges. {nm} Aug 10, 13:04
The right is using THE HUNT to distract from the extreme gun violence of late. That's the difference. {nm} Aug 10, 13:06
I'm likely as far right as exists in this space. Universal would've had my $20 opening thurs or fri. Aug 10, 13:43
I think this is incorrect. For example, PURG4 (spoils) Aug 10, 16:24
Still a lot less blatent than the reported elements of The Hunt’s script. I really am stunned this script was given the go ahead. Aug 10, 16:52
As pointed out on the boards, PURG4 was marketed with a MAGA hat. {nm} Aug 10, 17:11
So I guess that marketing is equivalent to scripting your entire movie entirely around today’s heated political divide. {nm} Aug 10, 17:42
As PURG4 was scripted? {nm} Aug 10, 17:43
No, it had a plot about the killing of poor people organized by politicians who didn’t want to spend money on social programs. Aug 10, 18:52
I wouldn’t greenlight this, not because it’s “pretty offensive” (I love offensive content)... Aug 10, 19:29
Blumhouse has a first look deal with Universal so stating other studios saw this coming and passing on the script is untrue. Aug 10, 19:42
Project didn’t originate at Blum. LOST showrunners wrote it, then Blum acquired it. After others passed on it (per HR) {nm} Aug 10, 19:57
you should watch one. Its entirely obvious as its been in other hunting human narratives. They are all class critiques Aug 10, 19:38
DL: ‘The Hunt’ Theatrical Release Pulled By Universal Following Mass Shootings & Donald Trump Slam Against Hollywood [THHNT] Aug 10, 12:35