LOS ANGELES: American network USA on Monday postponed sniper drama “Shooter” in the wake of the police killings in Louisiana, the latest in a string of releases hit by real-life violence.
Based on the 2007 film starring Mark Wahlberg, the show was originally due to air on July 19, but was pushed back a week after five officers were killed by a sniper in Dallas.
The network has now bumped it off the summer schedule altogether after three more officers were shot dead by a lone gunman in Baton Rouge on Sunday.
“After further consideration, USA Network, Paramount TV and Universal Cable Productions have decided to move the premiere of ‘Shooter’ to the fall,” USA network owner NBCUniversal said in a statement.
The show stars Ryan Phillippe as a marine coaxed out of retirement to stop the assassination of the president before he is framed for a crime he did not commit.
The announcement comes a month after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando left 49 people dead, and 10 days after the Dallas shooting during a protest against the killings of two black men by police.
It was the second premiere in recent days hit by gun violence after action thriller “Bastille Day,” starring Idris Elba, was pulled from French theaters following the Nice truck attack.
Based on the 2007 film starring Mark Wahlberg, the show was originally due to air on July 19, but was pushed back a week after five officers were killed by a sniper in Dallas.
The network has now bumped it off the summer schedule altogether after three more officers were shot dead by a lone gunman in Baton Rouge on Sunday.
“After further consideration, USA Network, Paramount TV and Universal Cable Productions have decided to move the premiere of ‘Shooter’ to the fall,” USA network owner NBCUniversal said in a statement.
The show stars Ryan Phillippe as a marine coaxed out of retirement to stop the assassination of the president before he is framed for a crime he did not commit.
The announcement comes a month after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando left 49 people dead, and 10 days after the Dallas shooting during a protest against the killings of two black men by police.
It was the second premiere in recent days hit by gun violence after action thriller “Bastille Day,” starring Idris Elba, was pulled from French theaters following the Nice truck attack.
