Warner Bros. Opts to Re-Shoot 'Gangster Squad' in Wake of Aurora Tragedy

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• Dgaith | July 25, 2012 5:19 AMReply

  This will only add to the legacy Holmes will be associated with make even more memorable as not just a man who committed a horrible act, like many those before, but also as man who, in a sense, is now changing the rules of cinema and its artistic value. I'll be really disappointed if this goes through. Maybe josh brolin or Sean penn, who appear to be in the scene, refuse out of artistic integrity. If necessary push the release date a month or two. Albeit unlikely, what if this film has Oscar potential, we won't know until it's release. Let emotions cool down and keep it the way it is please.

• Silho-wet | July 24, 2012 3:11 PMReply

  If they take out the scene then I will not watch the film. I'm so down for neo-noir/noir flicks. I thought I we were entering that class of film again. The Execs need to grow a backbone and stick to their original idea.

• Joliene | July 23, 2012 9:36 PMReply

  It's a tough call, but I believe it shouldn't be compromised. It's looked amazing in the trailer... and if they take it out... than that choice is going to be distracting and enter into the moviegoers experience. People will start talking to each other during the movie and whisper ... Oh yeah, they took out the scene because it "it home" or it was too "real"
  
  What's next? Metal detectors have been installed at the ticket booths to insure your safety because this film is "so violent" and might encourage uncivil behavior.

• indiefilmfan | July 23, 2012 5:01 PMReply

  I do not think they should do it. Art is storytelling and if one decides to allow external events to dictate limitations on one's art, I believe it becomes compromised. I was looking forward to this film. Now, I am not.

• jononfire | July 23, 2012 2:48 PMReply

  They shouldn't do it; it's motivated more by b.o. concerns than sensibility. Art (if we can call it that) lends itself to manipulation for only limited reasons, and this isn't one of them. It betrays reality, and reality itself isn't manipulated by betrayal.

• Dave | July 23, 2012 2:11 PMReply

  I think Warner Bros is making a huge mistake. We can't let the terrible and tragic actions of one person compromise our culture's creative outlets. I can understand re-cutting the trailer, but don't change a prominent scene in the film.
  
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• Leon | July 23, 2012 2:08 PMReply

  Bad move, once again terrorism wins and we are left with sub par movies. Damn you Holmes for ruining movies....
  
  :-(