Live Bat Released During ‘The Batman’ Showing in Texas – But Most of Audience Was Unfazed by the ‘Prank’
thewrap.comCBS Austin. I was there. They tried to bait it into flying out pic.twitter.com/tkPLMJdtbm“Local animal control was immediately contacted, and they have been overseeing the situation to ensure guest, associate and animal safety,” Annelise Holyoak, a spokesperson for theater owner Cinépolis, said in a statement. “To ensure a prank like this does not again occur, we’ve added additional security and are checking all bags upon guest entry.” That’s right — any wiseacre who tries to sneak another bat into a theater will be stopped.
Probably.It should be noted that Austin has a huge bat population (the city even has a minor league hockey team called the Ice Bats and bats emerging from underneath a bridge downtown has become a nightly event), so the sight of a bat in a theater isn’t exactly out of the ordinary.
Warner Bros.’ “The Batman,” a reboot starring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, opened to an impressive $134 million this weekend in North American theaters.
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