Sunday, October 14, 2001
Movies affected by Sept. 11 attacks
Production / Title/ stars / content / status / post-attack action
Bad Company/ Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock/ comic spy thriller involving nuclear bomb/ post-production/ Dec. 25 release delayed indefinitely.
Big Trouble/ Tim Allen, Rene Russo/ comedy involving nuclear bomb on an airplane/ completed / release delayed indefinitely
Collateral Damage/ Arnold Schwarzenegger/ thriller about South American terrorism / completed / release delayed indefinitely.
Hearts in Atlantis / Anthony Hopkins / supernatural drama / in release / opening delayed one week.
The Last Castle / Robert Redford / prison escape drama / completed / images of upside-down flag removed from ads, release delayed one week.
Men in Black 2/ Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones / sci-fi comedy sequel / in production / rewritten to eliminate action scenes set in World Trade Center.
Nosebleed / Jackie Chan / action-adventure about WTC window-washer / in production / postponed for script rewrite.
Sidewalks of New York/ Edward Burns, Heather Graham/ romantic comedy/ completed / September release delayed to November.
Smoke and Mirrors/ Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones/ romantic adventure / script development / location switched from Morocco to U.S. for security reasons.
Spider Man / Tobey Maguire / live-action version of popular comic book/ post-production / shots of hero on WTC cut from posters and trailer, WTC images cut from movie.
The Time Machine/ Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons/ science-fiction fantasy/ post-production/ scenes of debris falling on New York cut and release date moved from Dec. 25 to February 2002.
Training Day / Denzel Washington/ police thriller / in release / Sept. 19 opening date delayed to Oct. 5.
Windtalkers/ Nicolas Cage/ graphic WWII combat drama/ completed/ release rescheduled from Nov. 9 to June 14, 2002.
Zoolander / Ben Stiller / comedy / in release / WTC digitally removed from background of several scenes.
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