‘The Hunt’ Director: Our Film Pokes Fun At ‘Both Sides Of The Aisle Equally’

Conservatives (and President Donald Trump) may have made a mistake in launching a cancel campaign against the social satire film, “The Hunt,” with recent reports indicating that the movie would have portrayed the deplorables from flyover country in a fairly nuanced light.

Earlier this month, in the wake of the horrible shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, controversy swirled around “The Hunt” when it was revealed that the movie’s plot would focus on liberal elites hunting down Trump supporters for fun. Fearing that the film would stoke the flames of political hatred and lead to more gun violence, NBC pulled several ads for “The Hunt” from TV and eventually decided to delay the film’s release. Though the plot description sounded grotesque on paper, the trailer indicated something more nuanced by actually depicting the Trump supporters as heroes. Speaking with Variety, director Craig Zobel indeed confirmed that the movie offers more than meets the eye.