” in his new film , a slave - turned - bounty hunter ( christoph waltz ) track down a plantation owner .
hollywood continued to rejigger its publicity plans for holiday releases monday in the wake of the school shooting in newtown , conn. paramount has decided to make several tweaks to the marketing materials for jack reacher , the gritty crime - action pic starring tom cruise as a hard - boiled former military cop trying to prove that an alleged sniper was framed .
video : ' jack reacher ' trailer : tom cruise is ' not a hero , ' but werner herzog is the villain the studio would n't officially say what the changes are , but a source confirmed that a scene of cruise 's character firing off a semi - automatic weapon is being cut from promotional spots .
jack reacher , rated pg-13 and opening with sniper fire , is n't the only christmas movie laced with violence .
story : ' jack reacher ' lincoln center screening postponed ; pittsburgh premiere set for dec. 19 on monday , the weinstein co. announced it was cancelling tuesday night 's django premiere in los angeles because of the school tragedy .
the weinstein company said that a premiere scheduled tuesday in los angeles of “ django unchained ” – which is due to open on christmas day in us theaters – had been called off .
a string of movies and tv shows have been pulled or postponed since friday ’s shootings , while sporting events have held moments of silence and players have worn black armbands to honor the victims , 20 of whom were young children .
 
“ our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in newtown , connecticut , and in this time of national mourning we have decided to forgo our scheduled event , ” said a weinstein company spokesperson .