NEW YORK — Netflix will remove footage of a real fiery train disaster from its hit post-apocalyptic survival film “Bird Box” months after the streaming giant was criticized for exploiting a tragedy. Netflix licensed the footage from the stock image vendor Pond 5 and used it in “Bird Box” in an early TV news montage. Pond 5 in January said the footage “was taken out of context” and apologized. But Netflix said at the time it wasn’t planning to cut the clip, although said it was looking at ways to do things differently moving forward. Nexflix changed its mind and said Friday it will replace the footage with an outtake from a former TV series in the U.S.

Source: National Post March 15, 2019 21:11 UTC