FILE - This publicity file photo released by Warner Bros., shows the character Gollum voiced by Andy Serkis in a scene from the fantasy adventure "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." (AP Photo/Warner Bros., File)
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FILE - This publicity file photo released by Warner Bros., shows the character Gollum voiced by Andy Serkis in a scene from the fantasy adventure "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." (AP Photo/Warner Bros., File)
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FILE - This undated publicity file photo released by Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media shows Billy Crystal, left, as Artie, holding on to his grandson, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, as Barker, who doesn't like the idea of Marisa Tomei, center, as mother Alice and Tom Everett Scott as dad Phil leaving for a vacation in a scene from the film, "Parental Guidance." (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox/Walden Media, Phil Caruso, File)
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FILE - This undated publicity file photo released by Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media shows Billy Crystal as Artie and Bette Midler as Diane, who agree to babysit their three grandkids, from left, Joshua Rush as Turner, Bailee Madison as Harper and Kyle Harrison Breitkopf as Barker in a scene from the film, "Parental Guidance." (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox/Walden Media, Kerry Hayes, File)
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FILE - In this undated publicity file photo released by The Weinstein Company, from left, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio star in the film, "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Andrew Coope, File)
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FILE - This publicity film image released by Universal Pictures shows actress Anne Hathaway portraying Fantine, a struggling, sickly mother forced into prostitution in 1800s Paris, in a scene from the screen adaptation of "Les Miserables." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Laurie Sparham, File)
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FILE - This undated publicity film image released by Warner Bros., shows Ian McKellen as Gandalf in a scene from the fantasy adventure "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." (AP Photo/Warner Bros., James Fisher, File)
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FILE - This publicity file image released by Universal Pictures shows Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean in a scene from "Les Miserables." The costumes for the film were designed by Spanish designer Paco Delgado. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Laurie Sparham, File)
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FILE - This undated publicity file image released by The Weinstein Company shows, from left, Christoph Waltz as Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in the film "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Andrew Cooper, SMPSP, File)
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FILE - This undated publicity image released by The Weinstein Company shows, from left, Christoph Waltz as Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino. The Weinstein Co. has asked a toy maker to discontinue a line of “Django Unchained” action figures after receiving complaints that they were offensive. The studio said Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, that such collectibles have been created for all of director Quentin Tarantino's films, including “Inglourious Basterds,” and that they were meant for people 17 and older, the audience for the film. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Andrew Cooper, SMPSP, File)
'Django Unchained' action figures discontinued
LOS ANGELES (
AP) — The Weinstein Co. has asked a toy maker to discontinue a line of "Django Unchained" action figures after receiving complaints that they were offensive.
The studio said Friday that such collectibles have been created for all of director Quentin Tarantino's films, including "Inglourious Basterds," and that they were meant for people 17 and older, the audience for the film.
"Django Unchained" is a violent mix of spaghetti Western and blaxploitation genres about a freed slave (Jamie Foxx) who becomes a bounty hunter. Civil rights groups argued that the toys trivialized the horrors of slavery.
"We have tremendous respect for the audience and it was never our intent to offend anyone," The Weinstein Co. said in a statement. Toy maker NECA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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