Fantastic Four costs projectionist his job

An American projectionist who was able to see the new Fantastic Four movie early, and who then posted a review of it over at Aint It Cool News, has now lost his job. According to the projectionist, Jesse Morrison, he was fired because filmstudio 20th Century Fox threatened the theater chain where Morrison worked, that they would take away the press and trade screenings from the chain unless Morrison was fired. A spokesperson for the theater chain denied these rumors, and told Hollywood Reporter that he did receive a call from Fox, but only to tell him that one of his employees was posting the early reviews. Jimmy Tashie, senior VP for Malco Cinemas, denied that Fox made any threats. "No one asked us to do anything. We have been in business 95 years, and this is the first time anything like this happened. And this boy knew what he was doing was the wrong thing. . . . He was in a position of trust and he violated that trust." Aint It Cool News is supporting Morrison in this case, so it will be interesting to see what will happen.

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