MUMBAI: In respect of the families of the victims of Friday‘s Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting, Paramount Pictures has postponed the premiere of Tom Cruise‘s thriller Jack Reacher out of respect for the families of the victims of Friday‘s Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting that it had planned to hold in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
"Due to the terrible tragedy in Newtown, Conn., and out of honor and respect for the families of the victims whose lives were senselessly taken, we are postponing tomorrow‘s Pittsburgh premiere of Jack Reacher," Paramount said in a statement. "Our hearts go out to all those who lost loved ones," it added.
Yesterday (Friday) morning, gunman Adam Lanza, 20, went on a rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, leaving 26 people dead including 20 children many of whom were kindergartners. Among the dead was also the school principal Dawn Hochsprung; one teacher was wounded.
In Jack Reacher, Cruise stars as the mysterious title character, a drifter and former police officer who tries to solve a case involving a hired killer and a shady Russian operative known as The Zec.