LOS ANGELES Disney-owned A-B-C says it has cancelled a planned mini-series about the Holocaust that it was developing with Mel Gibson's Icon Productions.

In a statement, A-B-C said "Given that it has been nearly two years and we have yet to see the first draft of a script, we have decided to no longer pursue this project with Icon."

 

Spokesman Kevin Brockman wouldn't comment on whether the decision was motivated by Gibson's arrest last week on suspicion of drunken driving or the controversy surrounding the actor.

 

Gibson reportedly unleashed an anti-Semitic tirade and made other offensive comments when he was pulled over, initially for speeding, early Friday in Malibu and was then arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

 

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heh, good move.

Spokesman Kevin Brockman wouldn't comment on whether the decision was motivated by Gibson's arrest last week on suspicion of drunken driving or the controversy surrounding the actor.

 

:whistle

Yeah, I'm sure this was nothing more than a coincidence.

 

:lol

interesting timing...