Studio Blackout

Universal Pictures is caught in the middle of controversy over its decision to change the marketing material for the new Vince Vaughn movie "Couples Retreat" for the film's UK release. The studio removed the black actors from both the poster's photo and their names from those actors listed on the poster.


The film, which features four couples who go on vacation together, costars Faizon Love as a divorced man who takes his new girlfriend along, played by Kali Hawk.

A Universal spokesman said the revised advertising aimed 'to simplify the poster to actors who are most recognizable in international markets'. The studio said it regretted causing offense and has abandoned plans to use the revised poster in other countries.