Bastille Day' pulled from French theatres

The action film

'Bastille Day'

, starring Idris Elba, has been pulled from French cinemas following the

Nice

truck attack that killed 84 people and wounded over 200. Directed by James Watkins, the movie centres around a CIA agent trying to counter a bombing in France. It was released in cinemas on Wednesday, just a day before the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice. The release date of the movie was postponed following the terrorist attacks in Paris in November last year as well.

A spokesperson of the film's production house said that "the film has been withdrawn from cinemas out of respect for the victims and their families."