Your Thoughts on 'Watch' Movie Name Change?
Twentieth Century Fox shortened the title of the film, which had parts filmed in Powder Springs, in the wake of the Trayvon Martin case.
A movie that had scenes filmed in Powder Springs underwent a name change in May to distance itself from the Trayvon Martin case. According to UPI, Twentieth Century Fox shortened Neighborhood Watch—which features Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill as they form a neighborhood watch group and discover a plot by aliens to destroy the planet—to The Watch. In February, 17-year-old Martin was shot and killed in Florida by a neighborhood watch volunteer, 28-year-old George Zimmerman. The second bond for Zimmerman, who remains in jail on a charge of second degree murder, was set at $1,000,000 on Thursday, the New York Times reports. "As the subject matter of this alien-invasion comedy bears no relation whatsoever to the recent tragic events …
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Sissy
9:17 pm on Saturday, April 21, 2012
Good grief! I agree, let law enforcement do their job and investigation, stop "trying this in the media" and move along. I will continue to keep my eyes peeled in my neighborhood and hope others do, as well. And, when a good movie that may bring a little laughter to a day comes along, AND brings a boost to the local economy and mood, WHY in the world even dose it up in the same hype of what … more ›