JUDD Apatow is refusing to remove a gag about child murders in his new comedy – in the wake of the Newtown school massacre.
His new movie — This is 40 – includes a controversial line from Albert Brooks’s character, as he sprays kids with a garden hose.
He says: “Line up! Line up for murder! Come on! Who wants to be killed?”
The children shout out “Murder me!”
After spraying the kids, he jokes: “All right. The kids are murdered. That will save us some money.”
The director insisted the line will stay in the movie, despite the murder of 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook elementary school by suspected gunman Adam Lanza.
He told a US website: “I wrote this script two years ago.
“That line is spoken by a sarcastic father kidding with his children.
“In light of recent events, I understand if some people might make an unfortunate association or put it in a context in which it was not intended.”
Film premieres including Django Unchained, Jack Reacher and Parental Guidance have been scrapped in the wake of the tragedy.
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