Warner Brothers responds to complaints about Orphan movie

May 28, 1:06 PMInternational Adoption ExaminerCathy Doheny

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Leonardo DiCaprio's company, Appian Way, is also producing "Orphan"*

Much to the adoptive community's surprise, Warner Brothers responded to complaints about the upcoming anti-adoption horror movie, "Orphan".  Many parents had written to express their concern about the movie, especially the trailer, which contains the line, "It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own." Several of those individuals received this response via email yesterday:

Thank you very much for writing to express your concern about the trailer for the film "The Orphan." We always appreciate consumer feedback and would like to inform you that we are changing the marketing materials related to this film on a forward-going basis.

"The Orphan" is a work of fiction, and we apologize if we appeared insensitive in advertising the film, as it's never our intent to offend anyone with our products.

Once again, thank you for sharing your opinion with us.

Sincerely,
Warner Bros. Corporate Communications and Public Affairs

As of today, Warner Brothers had not amended the "Orphan" trailer on their site. It is not clear when or how they will be changing the marketing materials.

In the meantime, the Facebook group, created to encourage the public to boycott the film, has grown exponentially in membership each day, now with 882 members. 

In addition, the contact information for Leonardo DiCaprio's company, Appian Way, who is co-producing the film was posted on the Facebook group. Members are also encouraged to express their concern to them using the following information:

Producers Jennifer Davisson Killoran and Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as writer Alex Mace, can be contacted at Appian Way at the address below:

Appian Way    rob@appianway.net
9255 Sunset Blvd
Ste 615
West Hollywood, CA 90069
USA
Phn: 310-300-1390
Fax: 310-306-1388

 *AP photo