Paramount Pictures Australia has removed a movie poster from its Facebook and Twitter accounts after widespread criticism online.
The poster from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie shows the titular characters jumping from an exploding skyscraper in New York. The movie's release date in Australia is Sept. 11.
Paramount tweeted a photo of the poster, but quickly deleted the message when Twitter users compared the image and release date to the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
You had one job (not to offend everyone)“@ParamountAU: official poster for #TMNT in cinemas September 11 http://t.co/mBu9DrT3so”
— Holy Moly! (@HolyMoly) July 29, 2014
Oh. I thought it was fake. It is real. Nailed it, @ParamountAU (look at the release date) pic.twitter.com/fce1Y1Z6jd
— Angela Mary Claire (@AngeMaryClaire) July 29, 2014
@ParamountAU that appears to be in bad taste
— Hot Oyster (@HotOyster) July 29, 2014
@ParamountAU Really? 9/11? Jumping out of an exploding building?
— Ty Yilmaz (@yilmaz16) July 29, 2014
What a thoughtful poster for 9/11. RT @ParamountAU Check out the official poster for #TMNT in cinemas September 11! pic.twitter.com/7LPYXHWlVB
— Martin Wefail (@wefail) July 29, 2014
11 Septembre. Never Forget. #TMNT pic.twitter.com/Y31pDpSg8n
— Captain Marv (@CaptainMarv) July 29, 2014
Unfortunate tweet of the day. New #TMNT poster in AU has an exploding building + 9/11 release date = bad planning pic.twitter.com/J0000SN2gC
— Prashant Mistry (@prashant) July 29, 2014
Really? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles jump out of fiery NY tower in poster for film released Sep 11 #TMNT #TMNTMovie pic.twitter.com/r8H80v1sdw
— Suzanne Carbone (@SuzanneCarbone) July 29, 2014
