Los Angeles - Producer Scott Rudin left the movie The Reader and is taking his nave off the project after a bruising battle with executive producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein.
The Hollywood magazine Variety reported that Rudin, who was awarded an Academy Award in February for producing No Country for Old Men, clashed with the producers over the post-production schedule for Steven Daldry's movie of the German bestseller.
Rudin tried to push the release of the Word War II romance starring Kate Winslet back to 2009, while the Weinsteins announced a December 12 release date.
Director Daldry is working hard on the Broadway version of his movie Billy Elliot. Weinstein Co said Donna Gigliotti (Shakespeare in Love), another producer on the movie, would be capable of finishing the work. During the work on The Reader to members of the production team, Sydney Pollack, 73, and Anthony Minghella, 54, passed away. (dpa)
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