mo4ch:>‘Elites’ hunting ‘deplorables’!? Hollywood studio yanks gory movie ads after mass shootings | Mo4ch News

A violent thriller in which blue-state elites hunt red-state “deplorables” for sport has been forced to pull some of its ads in the wake of US mass shootings as studio execs fear the tragedies will eclipse the ultra-dark satire.Universal Pictures, which picked up the controversy-guaranteed script for “The Hunt” after other studios recoiled in horror, is re-evaluating an advertising blitz planned for the month leading up to the film’s September 27 release after a trio of mass shootings in Texas, Ohio, and California left 36 dead in the space of a week. The studio has already pulled some TV and internet ads out of concern “for content and placement,” according to one high-level source who spoke to the Hollywood Reporter, though another said the matter has not yet been decided.TV station ESPN has yanked the trailer without waiting for Universal to make up its mind, opting not to air the clip at all in the next few weeks, according to a source at the station. While one Universal insider c…