--- description: Oh, the irony title: Showing of "Noah" Canceled After Movie Theater Floods image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt642b6bbe0432854d/698689d43617602ad090b62e/n-07240-edit11.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Showing of _Noah_ Canceled After Movie Theater Floods  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 9, 2014 3:24 PM CUT  Niko Tavernise—Paramount  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 9, 2014 3:24 PM CUT Here’s a story you might want to share with people who love making puns about [the new _Noah_ film](http://time.com/43906/noah-movie-behind-the-scenes-russell-crowe/ "undefined") — such as a [“flood of complaints,”](http://time.com/41035/noah-russell-crowe/ "undefined") in reference to [the controversy surrounding the movie](http://time.com/52121/noah-ban-malaysia-indonesia/ "undefined"). The Vue Cinema in the English city Exeter confirmed to the newspaper [Exeter Express & Echo](http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Noah-movie-Real-life-flooding-affects-Exeter/story-20923450-detail/story.html "undefined") that its first showing of _Noah_ on opening day April 4 had to be canceled because “there was flooding” due to “a fault with an ice machine.” The staff did not need to find an ark for customers because the problem was reportedly discovered first thing in the morning, so the theater just didn’t open until mid-afternoon. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/55407/showing-of-noah-canceled-after-movie-theater-floods/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/55407/showing-of-noah-canceled-after-movie-theater-floods/"},"headline":"Showing of Noah Canceled After Movie Theater Floods","datePublished":"2014-04-09T15:24:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:39.475Z","description":"The Vue Cinema in the UK city of Exeter had to scrap a showing of the biblical epic starring Russell Crowe because of flooding caused by an ice machine gone wild. The mess was later cleaned up and the theater opened, no ark required","url":"https://time.com/55407/showing-of-noah-canceled-after-movie-theater-floods/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt642b6bbe0432854d/698689d43617602ad090b62e/n-07240-edit11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt642b6bbe0432854d/698689d43617602ad090b62e/n-07240-edit11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NOAH","caption":"NOAH","creditText":"Niko Tavernise—Paramount","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/55407/showing-of-noah-canceled-after-movie-theater-floods/","name":"Showing of Noah Canceled After Movie Theater Floods"}}]}] ```