Batman events canceled

— Warner Bros. Pictures has canceled appearances by the cast and filmmakers of The Dark Knight Rises in Mexico and Japan after Friday’s attack in a Colorado theater during a midnight premiere of the newest Batman movie.

Actors Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt will not hold media or red carpet events Monday at Mexico City’s National Auditorium, Warner Bros. announced. The studio will continue with screenings for special guests and promotion winners.

Premiere events in Paris were canceled Friday.

In Finland, public broadcaster YLE television said movie distributor FS-Film’s entire Internet campaign for the film has been shut down temporarily and TV spots have been withdrawn.

Meanwhile, Sony, Fox, Disney, Universal and Lionsgate said Saturday that they are joining Warner Bros. in withholding their weekend box-office numbers.

Warner Bros. announced Friday that it would forgo the usual revenue reports until Monday out of respect for the shooting victims and their families.

Information for this article was contributed by Jake Coyle and staff members of The Associated Press.

Front Section, Pages 8 on 07/22/2012

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