Nolan, Studio Address Dark Knight Rises Tragedy

The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan has issued the following statement on the theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado earlier today. (A statement from Warner Bros. on their plans for the film's release and marketing follows Nolan's statement.)

"Speaking on behalf of the cast and crew of The Dark Knight Rises, I would like to express our profound sorrow at the senseless tragedy that has befallen the entire Aurora community.

I would not presume to know anything about the victims of the shooting but that they were there last night to watch a movie. I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime.

The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me.

Nothing any of us can say could ever adequately express our feelings for the innocent victims of this appalling crime, but our thoughts are with them and their families."

Warner Bros. immediately canceled the film's Paris premiere in the aftermath of the Aurora shooting, but has quashed rumors that they might yank The Dark Knight Rises from theaters altogether this weekend. “We are not cancelling any screenings or showings of the film,” Warner Bros. spokeswoman Sue Fleischman said. In the meantime, TV spots for the Batman movie have been pulled from the air on NBC, CSB and ESPN.

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