Owen Wilson's Been Banned In Thailand
Or at least his new thriller No Escape has.
Owen Wilson's known more for comedy than action, but that might change this summer with thriller No Escape. Unless you live in Thailand, where the film shot and has now been banned. Following a family's attempts to escape a coup in an unidentified Asian country, No Escape was allowed to shoot in Thailand on the understanding the country would not be name-checked. It's unclear if that agreement has been violated by the movie, but Page Six are reporting the Thai government have banned it anyway. This all seems a little benign in the wake of Interview-gate last Christmas, and the film's trailer certainly promotes more of an action movie vibe than any sort of deep social commentary, but it's always interesting to see censorship executed to such an extreme degree. This isn't particularly new for Thailand though, who entered into a similar fracas involving last years's Hunger Games sequel Mockingjay.