The Volokh Conspiracy

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"North Korea-based thriller with Gore Verbinski and Steve Carell canceled"

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So reports Deadline Hollywood, as well as Entertainment Weekly and Hollywood Reporter. Extremists who want to shut down movies that depict China, Russia, Iran, or Islam unfavorably—or depict, say, abortion or hunting favorably—are doubtless taking note. Thugs 2, free speech 0.

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.