The Landmark Theaters chain said on Thursday it will ban moviegoers from wearing...
DENVER - The Landmark Theaters chain said on Thursday it will ban moviegoers from wearing costumes or masks during screenings of the film “Joker” following concerns by families involved in a 2012 mass shooting during a Batman film in Colorado.
“But no masks, painted faces or costumes will be permitted into our theaters,” the company said in a written statement provided to Reuters.However, the move follows a letter from the families of some of the victims of a shooting at a 2012 showing of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colorado, to Warner Bros., the studio behind the “Joker,” expressing their concerns about the movie.
Some moviegoers in the packed Aurora theater for the midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” were wearing costumes at that screening.
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