By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Universal Pictures.
Back in February we were asked to pull the first poster for The Kingdom for undisclosed reasons. The secret came out (immediately) when Universal Pictures announced that they were pushing the film back to September - it was originally attended for theatrical release this month.
I don't know how long we are going to be able to keep this puppy up, but it looks like Universal Pictures felt like throwing out the first copy anyway.
Movie Poster: The Kingdom
Director Peter Berg, who blisteringly reinterpreted the high-school sports drama with the celebrated Friday Night Lights, producer Michael Mann, who has defined the high-tension crime genre for more than a decade, (Heat, Collateral, Miami Vice) and producer Scott Stuber (You, Me and Dupree, The Break-Up) join Oscar winner Jamie Foxx in a timely thriller about the explosive clash that happens when Middle East meets West: The Kingdom.
New poster formula: More Jennifer Garner, less Muslims. Maybe they thought the last poster was a bit too racy.
Update: Well, that didn't last too long, did it? Universal alerted me to the fact that the poster was not (exactly) official. Wham, bham, image removed.