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Warner Bros On ‘Joker’ Fears From Aurora Families: No Intention To “Hold This Character Up As A Hero”
Warner Bros. has responded to the note this morning from five of the 300-plus Aurora, Colorado victim base expressing concerns over the release of the movie Joker on Oct. 4.
Says a Warner Bros. rep: "Gun violence in our society is a critical issue, and we extend our deepest sympathy to all victims and families…
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‘Newtown’ Filmmakers Pull Film From 100+ Cinemark Theaters To Stand With Aurora Theater Shooting Families
EXCLUSIVE: Newtown filmmakers Kim Snyder and Maria Cuomo Cole, whose documentary chronicles the pain and suffering of the parents of murdered children Daniel Barden, Benjamin Wheeler and Dylan Hockley in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre, have pulled their feature documentary from Cinemark…
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Cinemark Again Denied Attempt To Toss Colorado Theater Shooting Lawsuits
Cinemark increasingly looks like it will have to face a jury over liability for the July 20, 2012 fatal shooting rampage at the Aurora, Colo., midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. For the second time in a year and a half, a federal judge in Colorado has refused Texas-based Cinemark's legal efforts to end the la…
Why Harvey Weinstein’s Comments On Movie Violence Matter
COMMENTARY: The Weinstein Company’s co-chairman Harvey Weinstein made some bold statements Friday on CNN to Piers Morgan about backing away from violent content. He spoke about his own children and how he no longer wanted to feel like a hypocrite. "The change starts here," the man who produced Quentin Tarantino’s…
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Court Rules Fox News Reporter Won’t Have To Name Sources For Aurora Shooting Coverage
“Today’s ruling is a major win for all journalists,” Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes said this morning, after New York’s top court ruled one of his reporters can’t be forced to reveal sources used to cover the Aurora, Colorado movie theater mass murder. The New York Court of Appeals ruled 4-3 that the state’s…
Alleged Colorado Theater Shooter Will Face Death Penalty
James Holmes originally had a not guilty plea entered for him during his arraignment last month, then last week his lawyers offered a deal in which he was willing to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life in prison without parole in order to avoid the death penalty. Arapahoe County District Attorney George…
Accused Colorado Theater Shooter To Offer Guilty Plea, Lawyers Say
James Holmes’ attorneys said in court filings today that the Aurora movie theater shooting suspect is willing to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life in prison in order to avoid the death penalty. The defense attorneys said the case could end Monday if the Arapahoe County district attorney accepts the deal, the…
Colorado Theater Shooting Lawsuits Against Cinemark Should Be Dismissed, Says Judge
Cinemark should not be sued in civil court for the shooting rampage and deaths last July in its Aurora, Colorado theater at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, says a federal magistrate judge. Cinemark moved in late October to have the civil claims dismissed. At the time, the exhibitor argued that each suit…
Cinemark’s Aurora Movie Theater Opens Today With Private Ceremony
The Colorado multiplex where a gunman opened fire in a crowded theater watching a July 20 midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises is reopening today. A private ceremony is planned for victims, first responders and officials, the AP says. Twelve people were killed and 58 were wounded in the attack. Cinemark said it…
Accused Colorado Theater Shooter’s Arraignment Pushed Back To March
The accused gunman in the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting will now not be arraigned until March 12, a judge ruled today. James Holmes was scheduled for arraignment Friday but Judge William Sylvester delayed the hearing at the request of the suspect's public defenders. Twelve people were killed and 58 were…
Colorado Theater Shooting Lawsuits Get May 2014 Trial Date
The seven lawsuits filed against Cinemark over the July 20 theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado will go forward as one, and they will go to trial in a year and a half. In a short hearing (read the minutes here) in Denver yesterday, U.S. District Judge R. Brook Jackson set a jury trial date of May 5, 2014 for the…
Cinemark Wants Latest Colorado Shooting Lawsuits Dismissed
Like it did with the first round of lawsuits, the theater chain has quickly responded to the most recent legal actions against it for the July 20 shooting at its Aurora, Colo, cinema. Late last week, Cinemark filed motions (read two of them here and here) to dismiss the October 11 civil complaints from parents of…
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