We can’t confirm the online petition had anything to do with it. We’re not sure the possibility of free Stride Gum played a part. But it looks the planned May 23rd release of Uwe Boll’s Postal has hit a snag.

Per CinemaBlend, Boll has issued a statement claiming that the wide release scheduled for next weekend will not happen. “Theatrical distributors are boycotting Postal because of its political content…We were prepared to open on 1500 screens all across America on May 23rd. Any multiplex in the U.S. should have space for us, but they're afraid.”

You may recall that Postal, Boll’s latest videogame-based opus, is intended as a “shock comedy” and opens with a scene of the 9/11 terrorists accidentally slamming into the Twin Towers when passengers overwhelm their attempts to divert the hijacked plane to the Bahamas. It also features a Nazi theme park owned by Uwe Boll, and a scene in which little person Verne Troyer is shoved into a suitcase. I know, now you really want to see it, but you’re out of luck unless you live near one of the four theaters in which the film will actually open.

“We have even tried to buy a few screens in New York and Los Angeles,” the statement continues, “and they won't let us even rent the theaters! I urge independent exhibitors to contact us and book Postal! Audiences have been expecting the film and I don't think exhibitors should censor what gets played in U.S. theaters.”

At least he’s not urging audiences to go postal on theater employees. Not yet, anyway.