Parent Of Parkland Shooting Victim Urges Blumhouse To Delay Upcoming 'Happy Death Day 2U' Release

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February 14 is right around the corner, and for many people, Valentine’s Day is a time to go out with your partner on a date, celebrating true love. And Blumhouse Productions hopes you celebrate with dinner and a movie, with the movie being the upcoming “Happy Death Day 2U.” However, for a parent of a Parkland shooting victim, the date has a darker, more tragic meaning and he feels that the upcoming horror film shouldn’t come on on the anniversary of the tragedy.

Fred Guttenberg lost his daughter, Jaime, on February 14, 2018 during the events of the Parkland school shooting. 16 other people were killed that day, leading to a group of students to becoming some of the leading voices in the gun control movement of the last year. And considering this year marks the one year anniversary of that tragic day, Guttenberg is using social media to reach out to people to try to get “Happy Death Day 2U” moved to another release date.

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Guttenberg tweeted, “My daughter and 16 others were killed on February 14th. Universal Studios is releasing a move a movie called Happy Death Day 2 U? I get the pun on Valentines Day, for me it will always be the day my daughter was murdered. Please reconsider this!!!!”

It’s unclear whether or not Jason Blum or the folks at Blumhouse or Universal have seen this plea, but the father tweeted again today, saying that he’s personally reached out to them to again try to get them to reconsider.

He tweeted, “I sent you an email about this earlier. Please, take a look at my email. I am pleading with you to move this date. I will work with you in any way to help make your movie successful, just please move the release date. Thank you.”

Previously, studios have delayed releases of TV shows and films if they’re coinciding with a tragic event, but that’s normally done when the event first occurs. This happened with the recent TV reboot of “Heathers,” which was set to premiere shortly after the Parkland incident.

Last year, Quentin Tarantino and Sony faced a similar decision when the family of Sharon Tate expressed concerns that “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which would feature the murder of Tate, was going to be released on the 50th anniversary of her death. It was decided that the film would move back a week, to avoid the controversy. However, that film is still over half a year away from being released.

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The likelihood of Universal pushing the release date for a film that is expected to be very profitable less than a month away from hitting theaters seems a bit slim. Valentine’s Day weekend has always been a fairly big movie-going weekend and couples (especially younger people) tend to enjoy horror films or thrillers on those days, so again, we don’t see how Universal could move the release.

That being said, it’s a tragic coincidence and something that Jason Blum and the executives behind the scenes would rather not have happen.