Sniper Attacks May Delay Phone Booth Release

By Cmaster2 on 2002-10-15 12:23:17

(WENN) Upcoming Hollywood thriller Phone Booth is set to be delayed because of the plot's similarity with the current sniper attacks in and around Washington D.C.

Nine people have been killed by a sniper this month, leading local citizens of the nation's capital and the neighboring Maryland and Virginia states living in fear while police try to track down the assailant. And now executives at 20th Century Fox are deciding the fate of Phone Booth, which stars Minority Report star Colin Farrell as a man stuck in a phone booth at the mercy of crazed sniper, (originally shot with Ron Eldard then reshot with Kiefer Sutherland).

Director Joel Schumacher is keen to avoid a delay and he says comparisons between the flick and the real-life events are "different cases" and he hadn't even thought about negative parallels. Joel says, "I mean, there are many serial killers that haven't been caught. Should they not release Red Dragon?" Phone Booth has already taken a long time to finally be made.

The movie has been in development for some time and at various points Jim Carrey and Will Smith were set to star, but dropped out.

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