Paramount Pictures has tonight deleted from its Facebook and Twitter accounts its film poster for the opening of movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on September 11 which features its heroes falling from a burning New York skyscraper.
The poster was up for just a few hours but quickly drew social media comment about its apparent insensitivity, particularly as the film opens on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the US.
How Paramount Pictures tweeted the poster
The US version of the poster uses a different image featuring the movie’s mutant turtles in a group shot. The film opens in the US next week.
Although the image has been removed from Paramount Pictures’ Twitter and Facebook profiles, it was unclear at the time of writing this story whether the poster has been withdrawn altogether.
Mumbrella has approached both Paramount Australia and Paramount in the US for comment. Neither had responded at the time of posting.
Tim Burrowes