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Hollywood Sniper Film ‘Phone Booth’ Put on Hold
Wednesday October 16 4:14 AM ET
A Hollywood thriller about a sniper has been pulled from its Nov. 15 release slot while a real-life gunman terrorizes residents around the nation’s capital, Hollywood paper Daily Variety reported on Wednesday.
“Phone Booth,” which centers on a man who answers a ringing pay phone and learns he will be shot by a sniper if he hangs up, does not have a new release date. But it could be released in early 2003, the paper said, citing insiders at the film’s distributor, Twentieth Century Fox.
The $12 million thriller stars Irish actor Colin Farrell and “24” TV star Kiefer Sutherland. It was directed by Joel Schumacher, who has shot a string of flops in recent years, including “Bad Company” and “Batman & Robin.”
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In a review published last month, Daily Variety said “Phone Booth” was “simple and surprise-deficient” and would have been better suited to a half-hour TV slot.
The Washington sniper has killed nine people in a wide area around the capital since launching a 15-hour shooting spree earlier this month.
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