A horror movie about liberal elites hunting conservatives for fun will hit theaters after a monthslong delay.
The Hunt, which was promoted as political satire, told the story of a group of “elites” who hunt other people known as “deplorables,” ostensibly referring to the nickname given to Trump’s supporters by Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. The film was slated to hit theaters in September, but Universal Studios pulled it after the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
The movie will now hit theaters on March 13, according to a new trailer posted Tuesday.
“It’s probably the most judged movie that’s ever existed that everyone who judged it hadn’t seen,” producer Jason Blum told the Hollywood Reporter. “We weren’t going to win the conversation around that, and so it was our decision, in holding hands with Universal, to take the movie off the schedule.”
In August, President Trump shared his thoughts on the movie in the lead-up to its canceled release.
“Liberal Hollywood is Racist at the highest level, and with great Anger and Hate! They like to call themselves ‘Elite,’ but they are not Elite,” the president said on social media. “In fact, it is often the people that they so strongly oppose that are actually the Elite. The movie coming out is made in order to inflame and cause chaos. They create their own violence, and then try to blame others. They are the true Racists, and are very bad for our Country!”
