An ugly coincidence December 24, 2009

As everyone knows, actress Brittany Murphy died tragically last week after she went into cardiac arrest. She was found in the shower by her mother.

By dire chance, the movie Deadline is currently on DVD release in the US and its poster (partially pictured above) depicts Murphy seemingly dead in a bath tub.

The company RedBox, who distribute the film through their 19,000 rental machines throughout the US, are now working to remove the posters from every one of their units and change the DVD cover.

The company said it started removing the artwork following the actress’s death on Sunday, but it will take 7 to 10 days to get rid of it all.

“To my knowledge, it was art that we had scheduled at all of our locations,” said Laura Dihel, a spokeswoman for Redbox.

Brittany’s funeral will be held today, on Christmas Eve, which was, apparently her favourite time of year. R.I.P.