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        <title><![CDATA[Mel Gibson axed from ‘Chicken Run’ sequel following ‘oven dodger’ allegations]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mad Max got the ax.</p><p><span >Mel Gibson won&#8217;t be reprising his role in Netflix&#8217;s <strong>highly anticipated &#8220;Chicken Run&#8221; sequel</strong>, sources with knowledge of the production <strong>told TheWrap</strong>. </span><span >The decision comes after Winona Ryder <strong>accused the 64-year-old &#8220;Braveheart&#8221;</strong> star Sunday of leveling anti-Semitic remarks at her during a 1995 Hollywood soiree — <a href="https://twitter.com/HKrassenstein/status/1275395307241721863" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">and subsequent calls</a> for his cancellation on social media.&nbsp;</span></p><p>The Oscar-winning director&#8217;s reps have since <strong>denied Ryder&#8217;s allegations</strong> in an emailed statement to The Post. &#8220;This is 100% untrue,” they said, claiming also that the &#8220;Stranger Things&#8221; star lied in the 2010 GQ article in which she <strong>first mentioned</strong> the alleged incident.</p><figure id="attachment_15879715"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/06/chicken-run-mel-gibson-01.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/06/chicken-run-mel-gibson-01.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/06/chicken-run-mel-gibson-01.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>A scene from 2000&#8217;s &#8220;Chicken Run&#8221;</span><span class="credit">©DreamWorks/Courtesy Everett Co</span></figcaption></figure><p>Ryder claims that when the topic of Jewish faith came up in conversation, the “Mad Max” actor said, “You’re not an oven dodger, are you?” — apparently meaning a Jewish prisoner nearly incinerated in a Nazi death camp.</p><p>In the original &#8220;Chicken Run&#8221; from 2000, Gibson played &#8220;Rocky,&#8221; a plucky clucker who helped his fine-feathered friends fly the coop before it could be turned into a chicken pot pie factory.</p><p>The &#8220;chick&#8221;-flick became the highest-grossing stop-motion-animation film of all time when it came out, and secured BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.</p><p>It&#8217;s unclear if the rest of the original cast, which includes Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels, Imelda Staunton and Timothy Spall, will be returning to the 20-years-in-the-making sequel.</p><p>However, filling the director&#8217;s chair is Sam Fell, who directed Dreamworks&#8217; and Aardman&#8217;s 2006 animated comedy &#8220;Flushed Away.&#8221;</p><p>Production on the second coming of &#8220;Chicken Run&#8221; is slated to begin next year, according to Netflix.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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