{"id":1352200,"date":"2022-03-01T10:54:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352200"},"modified":"2022-03-01T10:55:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:55:09","slug":"warner-bros-cancels-the-batman-release-in-russia-over-ukraine-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warner-bros-cancels-the-batman-release-in-russia-over-ukraine-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Cancels &#039;The Batman&#039; Release in Russia over Ukraine Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwarner-bros-cancels-the-batman-release-in-russia-over-ukraine-invasion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352200&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ebatmanrussia1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Russians anticipating Director Matt Reeves\u2019 upcoming feature length rendition of <em>The Batman<\/em>\u00a0will be disappointed to learn that Warner Bros. has canceled the film\u2019s release in their country in response to Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, a WarnerMedia spokesperson said the company will continue to monitor the situation in Ukraine as it hopes for a peaceful resolution.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, WarnerMedia is pausing the release of its feature film\u00a0<em>The Batman<\/em>\u00a0in Russia,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe will continue to monitor the situation as it evolves. We hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film stars Zo\u00eb Kravitz, Robert Pattinson, Colin Farrell, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and, Jeffrey Wright. They have yet to respond to the Warner Bros. decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Warner Bros. has pulled <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheBatman?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheBatman<\/a> from the Russian release calendar. The decision comes amid Russia&#8217;s continued invasion of Ukraine: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/at7oWBqJtt\">https:\/\/t.co\/at7oWBqJtt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CvzWrSBanS\">pic.twitter.com\/CvzWrSBanS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THR\/status\/1498486386613182468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>The Batman\u00a0<\/em>was set for an international release on March 3. Warner Bros. did not specify if it will halt the release of its future titles in the country. Disney, which earned $44.5 million in Russia with the release of\u00a0<em>Spider-Man: No Way Home<\/em>, also announced on Monday it will be halting releases in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis, we are pausing the release of theatrical films in Russia, including the upcoming \u2018Turning Red\u2019 from Pixar,\u201d a Disney spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/28\/media\/disney-russia-movies\/index.html\">said in a statement<\/a> on Monday night. \u201cWe will make future business decisions based on the evolving situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that it will be working with\u00a0its non-governmental-organization partners to \u201cto provide urgent aid and other humanitarian assistance to refugees\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Also, on Monday, FIFA announced that Russia would be banned from the 2022 World Cup after initially resisting calls to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u00a0has been kicked out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by FIFA after the world governing body and the European association, UEFA, issued a joint statement to confirm that all Russian national teams and clubs have been suspended until further notice following the\u00a0invasion of Ukraine,\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/uefa-europa-league\/story\/4605670\/uefa-removes-russian-teams-from-all-competitions-following-ukraine-invasion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>\u00a0ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/28\/international-olympic-committee-recommends-barring-russia-belarus-from-competitions\/\">also recommended<\/a> that international sporting competitions ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in sporting events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russians anticipating Director Matt Reeves\u2019 upcoming feature length rendition of The Batman\u00a0will be disappointed to learn that Warner Bros. has canceled the film\u2019s release in their country in response to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}