The Political Thriller Donald Trump Helped Cancel Is Coming Out After All

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Attacked by Trump and delayed by its studio, the political thriller The Hunt has a new release date.

movie, based on the 1924 Richard Connell short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” was originally scheduled to premiere last September 2019, but its release was

in August following a spate of mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton. Adding a political element to Connell’s oft-adapted story,from Donald Trump, who used as an occasion to call the members of “liberal Hollywood” the “true Racists.” Rather than running from that controversy, Universal Pictures has worked into the movie’s ad campaign. The new trailer foras “the most talked-about movie of the year […] that no one’s actually seen,” while doing away with lines like “We paid for everything, so this country belongs to us.” In thestar Hilary Swank, dressed like an urban elite, says those words against the backdrop of a high-rise office building.

The cuts and lines featured in the new trailer aren’t necessarily less on-the-nose, but indicate a slight shift in positioning, perhaps with stronger hints that the part about liberal elites hunting for sport might not be all that it seems. Instead, the new trailer features a new set of puzzlers, like “I’m not playing an Arab refugee. I identify as white. I think that’s problematic too, in some way.” Or: “What kind of sick people would even think of something like that? White people.

The hope seems to be that potential moviegoers take this bait and give the film a chance. The creators have emphasized that they’re not trying to take sides, expressing frustration over its mischaracterization in the media. “ We think the movie may actually, ironically, bring people together, ” said screenwriter Damon Lindelof in an

 

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