A controversial London bombing scene in Hugo Weaving's new action film, V for Vendetta, will not be removed, the movie's Hollywood producer has confirmed.
Joel Silver said the scene in the film should not be compared to the July 7 terrorist bombings of London's transport network that killed 52 people.
"It has nothing to do with what happened," Silver, in LA promoting another film, his new comedy, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, said.
V for Vendetta, also starring Natalie Portman and directed by Australia's James McTeigue, is based on the popular DC comic of the same name.
Silver, one of Hollywood's most successful producers, bought the rights to the film in 1988 and filming was completed in June.
Despite the comic and script being written years ahead of the July 7 bombings of London's Underground and a bus, there are hauntingly similar themes.
V for Vendetta, due for release in Australia in March, is set in London in the future and involves V, played by Australia's Weaving, leading a revolution against a totalitarian government that has taken control of Britain following World War III.
"V ignites a revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the government-controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression," a synopsis on the official V for Vendetta website states.
