Universal Pictures on Saturday canceled plans to release “The Hunt” — a thriller about a group of “globalist elites” killing people for sport — after two recent mass shootings that left a total of 31 people dead in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio.

“The Hunt,” which stars Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank and Emma Roberts, was scheduled to be released on Sept. 27.

“While Universal Pictures had already paused the marketing campaign for ‘The Hunt,’ after thoughtful consideration, the studio has decided to cancel our plans to release the film,” said a statement from Universal Pictures posted to the film’s website. “We stand by our filmmakers and will continue to distribute films in partnership with bold and visionary creators, like those associated with this satirical social thriller, but we understand that now is not the right time to release this film.”

A spokeswoman for Blumhouse Productions , the company behind the movie and others like “The Purge” and “Get Out,” said it was not issuing a statement. It was not clear if the movie might be released at some later date.