At the beginning of July the movie Transformers 3: Dark side of the moon was released worldwide of course including in Latin America. And the country of Venezuela was no exception. The movie had been featured in the local charts for two weeks previous to the release date until two days before that it was taken out of the charts. At the moment the theater companies announced through their twitter accounts that the movie was no longer going to be shown nor released and the reasons were not disclosed. What generated a wave of anger within the Venezuelan population as the movie was highly expected. So the audience and the media started speculating about the real reason why the movie was not going to be shown.
The first reason they said why the movie was banned was because apparently there was a scene in the movie where the country was mentioned, which for those of us who have seen the movie know it’s not true, and the second reason was because the Venezuelan government was not giving enough money to the theater companies for them to purchase the movies from the distributors. One week after all this happened Paramount Pictures announced and confirmed the non-release of the movie in Venezuela and said the reasons would be communicated later on.
Currently we are in the month of August and this first week Paramount Pictures announced that not only Transformers 3 was not going to be released in the mentioned country but also that non of their movies would be shown including next worldwide scheduled releases like: Captain America, Mission Impossible 4, Puss in Boots, Hugo, Super 8 and The Adventures of Tin Tin. The note by Reuters (2011) says as follows: "Paramount reports that, until further notice, it is postponing the dates of its screenings in Venezuela"...
The first reason they said why the movie was banned was because apparently there was a scene in the movie where the country was mentioned, which for those of us who have seen the movie know it’s not true, and the second reason was because the Venezuelan government was not giving enough money to the theater companies for them to purchase the movies from the distributors. One week after all this happened Paramount Pictures announced and confirmed the non-release of the movie in Venezuela and said the reasons would be communicated later on.
Currently we are in the month of August and this first week Paramount Pictures announced that not only Transformers 3 was not going to be released in the mentioned country but also that non of their movies would be shown including next worldwide scheduled releases like: Captain America, Mission Impossible 4, Puss in Boots, Hugo, Super 8 and The Adventures of Tin Tin. The note by Reuters (2011) says as follows: "Paramount reports that, until further notice, it is postponing the dates of its screenings in Venezuela"...
"We offer our most sincere apologies for the annoyance or inconvenience this may cause. Paramount appreciates your interest in the titles, which is why we will disclose more information when we have it”.
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http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/23/idINIndia-58409420110723
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