{"id":21936,"date":"2014-07-30T16:44:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T15:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solopress.com\/blog\/?p=21936"},"modified":"2019-07-23T15:53:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T14:53:44","slug":"teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-poster-sparks-9-11-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solopress.com\/blog\/print-inspiration\/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-poster-sparks-9-11-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster sparks 9\/11 controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A promotional poster for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film has immediately been pulled by the movie studio responsible for posting it up on Twitter and Facebook…<\/em><\/p>\n

Showing the iconic heroes in a half-shell falling from a skyscraper, with a release date of September 11th slapped at the bottom of the poster, many people made the obvious connection between this fictional artwork and the tragic, real-life events that took place during New York\u2019s terrorist attack on 9\/11.<\/p>\n

Of course, it doesn\u2019t help matters that the four members of the pizza-lovin\u2019 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gang are supposed to live in the storm sewers of New York City itself. In other words, all the ingredients for a TV, newspaper and blogging furore were just waiting to be delivered into the hungry mouths of the world’s 24-hour news media. And it all happened faster than TMNT\u2019s Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo or Raphael central characters could gulp down a slice of pepperoni \u2018n\u2019 cheese.<\/p>\n

Quickly realising their mistake, Paramount Pictures Australia removed the poster from their Twitter and Facebook feeds, then issued this apology via an e-mail to news agency Reuters<\/a>:
\n“We are deeply sorry to have used that artwork for the marketing materials promoting the September 11 opening in Australia. Combining that image and date was a mistake. We intended no offence and have taken immediate action to discontinue its use.”<\/p>\n

This is yet another reminder that you really should get as many people as possible to proof your artwork before you print anything such as posters<\/a> or publish it online.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, proving the old saying that there\u2019s no such thing as bad publicity, this poster has made worldwide headlines for a new movie that only fans of comic books and Megan Fox had heard much about before Paramount’s unfortunate Tweet.<\/p>\n

Cowabunga On, Dude!<\/h2>\n

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman (Battle Los Angeles and Wrath of the Titans), and starring the aforementioned Megan Fox (Transformers and Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special) as reporter April O\u2019Neil, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opens in UK cinemas on the slightly less controversial release date of Friday 17th<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n

Here’s the official UK movie trailer, courtesy of YouTube:<\/p>\n