IT’S THE END OF THE ROAD FOR ARMAGEDDON POSTER: A spectacular billboard advertising the forthcoming blockbuster ARMAGEDDON has been ordered down by Californian police. The enormous advert, which was painted onto the side of a building, has proved so realistic it has snarled up traffic on the busy San Diego Freeway in Los Angeles. The film, about an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, is not set for release in America until next month, but film bosses wanted to get the hype underway hot on the heels of the dissapointing box office performance of rival blockbuster GODZILLA. The huge Armageddon ad makes the building look like it’s been hit by a comet which has blasted right through to the other side. But because of the threat of multi-car pile-ups, Californian Highway Patrol asked film studio TOUCHSTONE PICTURES to paint over the eye-popping artwork. A studio insider said, “It is a bit of blow as we are using the design across the country so we are having to wipe it out six or seven times.” TERRY CURTIN, spokeswoman for parent company WALT DISNEY, says, “The City of Los Angeles ordered us to remove the billboard as it was a traffic obstruction.” Armageddon stars BRUCE WILLIS, BEN AFFLECK and LIV TYLER.