History DistancedFromCurrentEvents / Film

* In 1966, Creator/{{CBS}} pulled an airing of ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' at the last minute in response to the murder U.S. Senator Charles H. Percy's daughter just days before it was to air, replacing it with ''Kings Go Forth''.

* The 2021 [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Rasberry Awards]] had a one-off "Worst Performance by Creator/BruceWillis in a 2021 Movie" category, making fun of the actor's prolific B-movie work. A week later, Willis' family publicly revealed that he had been diagnosed with aphasia (later confirmed to be dementia) and will retire from acting, which came after several years of rumors surrounding his physical health and ability to consent to accepting his film roles. After initial backlash to the Razzie's taking the announcement lightly, they revoked the award and apologised. Guess that's why you do '''not''' bash actors at worst movie awards.

* The 2021 [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Rasberry Awards]] had a one-off "Worst Performance by Creator/BruceWillis in a 2021 Movie" category, making fun of the actor's prolific B-movie work. A week later, Willis' family publicly revealed that he had been diagnosed with aphasia (later confirmed to be dementia) and will retire from acting, which came after several years of rumors surrounding his physical health and ability to consent to accepting his film roles. After initial backlash to the Razzie's taking the announcement lightly, they revoked the award and apologised.

* ''Film/GangsterSquad'' was hit badly because of the Aurora shooting. Not only was it pushed back from September 2012 to January 2013, but the entire ending had to be rewritten and reshot due to its depiction of gangsters shooting up a movie theater. The trailer, which included scenes from that shootout (and which [[HarsherInHindsight played in front of]] ''The Dark Knight Rises'' at many theaters), had to be pulled and redone for the same reason. Only time will tell if the offending sequence will ever see the light of day.

* ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPart1'': In an interview with Creator/GeneSiskel, Creator/MelBrooks revealed that he'd filmed a brief scene that made light of the notorious Three Mile Island incident. "I had a father and a mother made up to look like half a dog and half a cat as a result of a nuclear meltdown," Brooks told Siskel. When test audiences reacted poorly, this bit was removed. However, at least one journalist managed to see an extended cut which contained the footage.

* Ten days before ''Film/IdleHands'' came out, the Usefulnotes/{{Columbine}} massacre happened, casting a very dark shadow in the HorrorComedy about a high schooler whose EvilHand goes on a slaughter. Columbia thought about delaying but still released it, albeit cancelling the premiere and several theaters decided not to screen the movie(mainly those in Colorado since it was the state of the school shooting).

* '''Hours''' before ''Film/Bruno2009'''s red-carpet premiere in Los Angeles, Music/MichaelJackson died, so Universal [[http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/06/universal-trims-latoya-jackson-from-bruno.html cut a scene]] where Bruno interviews [=LaToya=] Jackson and steals her phone to get Michael Jackson's phone number, a trim that was confirmed for the [[http://us.imdb.com/news/ns0000002/#ni0870531 general release as well]](though it did later turn up on DVD as a deleted scene).

* Some of the promotional posters for ''WesternAnimation/Elemental2023'' were parodies of previous Pixar films, and were posted online. However, [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Elemental/Gallery?file=Elemental_-_Burning_Red.jpg Ember's poster]] (which parodied ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'') was quickly taken down due to the Canadian wildfires that were happening during the time.

* The release of ''Fly Away Home'', about a thirteen-year-old girl leading a flock of Canada geese to their nesting site by flying a hang-glider, was delayed for several months following the death of seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff in an attempt to become the youngest person to fly across the United States.

* One of the marketing posters for ''Film/PowerRangers'' showed the Yellow Ranger and had the text "Driver's Ed not required" on it. It was removed after fans complained that it was insensitive because Thuy Trang, who played the Yellow Ranger in [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers the series the film adapts]], died in a car crash in 2001. The film itself averts this, and the film's counterpart of Trini also wears a shirt with Trang's birthdate of 1973 on it.

* The James Bulger murder, which killed any chance of ''Film/{{Mikey}}'' [[BannedInChina ever being released in Britain for the foreseeable future (that, and the fact that it isn't really a film worth fighting for)]], also delayed a re-release of at least one {{Video Nast|ies}}y, ''[[Film/HellOfTheLivingDead Zombie Creeping Flesh]]'', for the next several years; the BBFC told the distributors that now would not be the best time to submit the film for rating. It wasn't until 2002 that the BBFC decided to accept a submission of the film, and the distributors' patience was duly rewarded: the film was rated 18 uncut. Interestingly, the video release of Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' was held up until 1995 for the same reason.

* The 2021 [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Rasberry Awards]] had a one-off "Worst Performance by Creator/BruceWillis in a 2021 Movie" category, making fun of the actor's prolific B-movie work. A week later, Willis' family publicly revealed that he had been diagnosed with aphasia and will retire from acting, which came after several years of rumors surrounding his physical health and ability to consent to accepting his film roles. After initial backlash to the Razzie's taking the announcement lightly, they revoked the award and apologised.

* ''Film/OperationFortuneRuseDeGuerre'' had already been pushed forward due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but then the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused nearly a year in the shelf, given the filmmakers thought it would be in bad taste to issue a movie with Ukrainian henchmen. Eventually the film came out overseas in January 2023 with the U.S. release date moved to March 3rd of that year.

* '''Hours''' before ''Film/Bruno2009'''s red-carpet premiere in Los Angeles, Music/MichaelJackson died, so Universal [[http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/06/universal-trims-latoya-jackson-from-bruno.html cut a scene]] where Bruno interviews [=LaToya=] Jackson and steals her phone to get Michael Jackson's phone number, a trim that was confirmed for the [[http://us.imdb.com/news/ns0000002/#ni0870531 general release as well]].

* The red-carpet premieres of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' in France, Mexico, and Japan were cancelled in the wake of the horrific shooting on the film's North American opening day (July 20, 2012) when a SpreeKiller stormed a midnight showing in Aurora, Colorado. Twelve people were killed and seventy more were injured, and to make matters worse, the gunman called himself ComicBook/TheJoker after he was arrested. Ads touting the movie have also reportedly been pulled, and Warner Bros. opted to give final box office updates for the film on Monday, rather than through the weekend, out of respect for the victims of the Aurora shooting.

* Ten days before ''Film/IdleHands'' came out, the Usefulnotes/{{Columbine}} massacre happened, casting a very dark shadow in the HorrorComedy about a high schooler whose EvilHand goes on a slaughter. Columbia thought about delaying but still released it, albeit they cancelled the premiere and saw several theaters (mainly those in Colorado since it was the state of the school shooting), decide not to screen the movie.

* In the city of Aurora, Colorado, the theater where the shooting happened opted [[https://news.avclub.com/the-theater-targeted-in-the-2012-aurora-mass-shooting-w-1838413952 not to show]] the film ''Film/Joker2019'' for this reason. It didn't help that the film was already intensely controversial before its release, due to concerns about its portrayal of the Joker as a [[LonersAreFreaks beaten-down loner]] who [[RageBreakingPoint snaps and turns to crime and terrorism]], which many felt was evocative of any number of then-recent mass shootings, Aurora included.

* ''Film/OperationFortuneRuseDeGuerre'' had already been pushed forward due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but then the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused nearly a year in the shelf, given the filmmakers thought it would be in bad taste to issue a movie with Ukrainian henchmen. Even then, when the movie came out in 2023 a theatrical release in the U.S. was skipped with plans to instead give the film a direct-to-streaming release in the U.S.

* The DVD copies of Dreamworks movies {{WesternAnimation/Shark Tale}}, {{WesternAnimation/Madagascar}} (all 3), and {{WesternAnimation/Bee Movie}} have been banned in stores in March-July 2022 due to {{Creator/Will Smith}} slapping {{Creator/Chris Rock}} for making a joke about {{Creator/Jada Pinkett Smith}}'s baldness.

* ''Film/OperationFortuneRuseDeGuerre'' had already been pushed forward due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but then the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused nearly a year in the shelf, given the filmmakers thought it would be in bad taste to issue a movie with Ukrainian henchmen. Even then, when the movie came out in 2023 a theatrical release in the U.S. was skipped.

* ''Film/PhoneBooth'', the Colin Farell movie with his character stuck in a phone booth at the mercy of a sniper (voiced by Keifer Sutherland), was originally supposed to be released in October 2002. In light of the D.C. Sniper attacks, it was moved to April 2003.

* The DVD copies of Dreamworks movies {{WesternAnimation/SharkTale}}, {{WesternAnimation/Madagascar}} (all 3), and {{WesternAnimation/BeeMovie}} have been banned in stores in March-July 2022 due to {{Creator/WillSmith}} slapping {{Creator/ChrisRock}} for making a joke about {{Creator/JadaPinkettSmith}}'s baldness.

* The DVD copies of Dreamworks movies [[WesternAnimation/SharkTale]], [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar]] (all 3), and [[WesternAnimation/BeeMovie]] have been banned in stores in March 2022 due to [[Creator/WillSmith]] slapping [[Creator/ChrisRock]] for making a joke about [[Creator/JadaPinkettSmith]]'s baldness.

* ''Film/{{O}}'' was delayed after the Columbine shootings, since the film featured gun violence among high school students. It was postponed from its October 1999 release date and wasn't released until August 2001, with Creator/{{Miramax}}[[ChannelHop selling the distribution rights]] to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.

* ''Film/{{O}}'' was delayed after the Columbine shootings, since the film featured gun violence among high school students. It was postponed from its October 1999 release date and wasn't released until August 2001, with Creator/Miramax [[ChannelHop selling the distribution rights]] to Creator/Lionsgate.