It took several weekends of mass shootings for Universal Pictures to yank ads for (but not postpone, or cancel) an R-rated 'murder-porn' movie in which elite liberals hunt Trump supporters for sport .

"Did anyone see what our ratfucker-in-chief just did?" asks one character early in the screenplay for The Hunt - set to open Sept. 27. "At least The Hunt's coming up. Nothing better than going out to the Manor and slaughtering a dozen deplorables ," is the reply.

The film from producer Jason Blum - a former executive with Bob and Harvey Weinstein's Miramax - was also behind The Purge, a movie similarly about hunting human beings.

Universal is re-evaluating its strategy for the certain-to-be-controversial satire. The violent, R-rated film from producer Jason Blum's Blumhouse follows a dozen MAGA types who wake up in a clearing and realize they are being stalked for sport by elite liberals. Over the Aug. 3 weekend, ESPN pulled an ad for the film that it had previously cleared, while AMC ran the spot during the season premiere of its drama The Preacher. It's unclear whether the ads were identical, but the one yanked by ESPN opened with a sound resembling an emergency broadcast signal. A rep for ESPN parent Disney declined to comment on the move, but an ESPN source says no spots for the film will appear on the network in the coming weeks. -Hollywood Reporter

Meanwhile, the movie itself has caused outrage amid one of the most politically divided periods in recent American history.

"Leftists are making movies about killing you and want to disarm you," writes Newsmax host and former NYPD officer John Cardillo.

"Did anyone see what our ratfucker-in-chief just did?...The Hunt's coming up. Nothing better than going out to the Manor and slaughtering a dozen deplorables."



Dialogue from ‘The Hunt.’ Leftists are making movies about killing you and want to disarm you. https://t.co/KU6KjAUrzZ — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) August 8, 2019

@UniversalPics is calling it *satire*.



Apparently other studios wouldn't touch it with a 10-ft pole. — America Is Not *Sick* Murderers Are! (@emilykholcomb) August 8, 2019

as usual it it the left - in this case Hollywood - that calls for violence and then it comes, they blame conservatives. The devil made me do it — Frank LaSaracina (@FrankLasCPA) August 8, 2019

"The same people who want you to give up the right to bear arms are the same people making movies about killing Trump supporters for sport," tweeted OANN Chief White House Correspondent Emerald Robinson.

The same people who want you to give up the right to bear arms are the same people making movies about killing Trump supporters for sport. Think about it. https://t.co/M8sh3nkkIK — Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) August 8, 2019

Others on the right had similar reactions:

Is this why they want to take away our #2A?



Hollywood Movie Depicts Liberals Hunting & Killing Trump Supporters



Universal pulled ads (NOT the MOVIE) for "The Hunt," a new horror flick about liberals hunting “deplorables” for sport after recent shootings!https://t.co/2GEREs4fRT pic.twitter.com/hdvdlS2ZaG — Amy Mek (@AmyMek) August 8, 2019

Universal is releasing a movie next month called “The Hunt” that depicts Trump supporters being hunted down like animals.



That is BEYOND sick.



But can you imagine the outrage if this movie was about hunting liberals instead?



They would probably commit another mass shooting. — Educating Liberals (@Education4Libs) August 7, 2019

You can’t make this up, they choose the victims in "The Hunt" based on them expressing views leftists disagree with on Twitter like being pro-life.



Hollywood continues to glorify violence toward Republicans. When will GOP billionaires say enough is enough and fund a film studio? https://t.co/QCtGDr4Khc — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) August 8, 2019

No wonder they want your guns...