Finland scales back Batman campaign
The Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colorado is pictured following an overnight shooting that killed 12 people at a midnight premiere of the new "Batman" movie in a suburb of Denver on July 20, 2012.
Image by: EVAN SEMON / REUTERS
Image by: EVAN SEMON / REUTERS
A broadcaster says the Finnish film industry has cancelled large parts of its marketing campaign for the new Batman movie because of the killing of 12 people at a showing of the film in Colorado.
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YLE television says the entire Internet campaign for "The Dark Knight Rises" has temporarily been shut down and that TV spots have been withdrawn. It was not clear Saturday how long the suspension will last, but it may only be this weekend.
The Paris premiere of the Batman movie was canceled Friday when the shooting spree occurred in a Colorado suburb.
In Finland, where the movie is to open Friday, a teenager killed eight people at his high school in 2007. In 2008, a 22-year-old Finn fatally shot 10 people at a college.
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