TV (and particularly film) have been creating dramas with terrorist related plot lines for many years now (1994's True Lies by James Cameron for example). So when the attacks occurred there were many movies ready to be released or at least in development that had some event that could be recognised as being scarily similar to 9/11.
At the time 'Collateral Damage' with Arnold Schwarzenegger was delayed indefinitely.
'Swordfish' was pulled from cinemas worldwide.
'Pearl Harbour' had its international release delayed, and was pulled from British cinemas.
The comedies 'Big Trouble' and 'Bad Company' were both delayed because of the former featuring a bomb on an airplane and the latter Middle-Eastern terrorists.
'Windtalkers' with Nicholas Cage was pushed back almost a year.
Even movies with no terrorism in were pushed back. Martin Scorsese's 'Gangs of New York' was deemed to violent to be released in the wake of 9/11.
These were the immediate after effects of September 11 on the film industry, and for a year or so afterwards film studios were very hesitant about seeming exploitative, Television networks however moved much quicker and pushed development of shows that reflected the feelings of most Americans at the time, so either a sense of fear and insecurity or a desire to fight back and get them 'dead or alive'.
Wednesday, March 14
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