The Old "The Wrong Files Went to the Printer" Excuse

Apparently, images of Elisha Cuthbert being abducted, abused and killed are too much for even the desensitized residents of in NY and LA to bear. After public outcry, graphic ads for her upcoming film Captivity will be taken down today. We were following this story yesterday as fingers were pointed from marketers to production company to distributor (man, there are a lot of people to blame when you make a movie). But today’s article from the Hollywood Reporter places blame squarely on the poster’s design team:

After Dark said the posting of the billboards was an accident.

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