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"The CW has been forced to pull the plug on its plans to make a series about the early years of Batman&amp;#039;s sidekick Robin. The Graysons, which the network had been positioning as a potential replacement for Smallville, has been axed after facing objections from the Warner Bros movie division, Variety says. Warner Bros president Jeff Robinov had initially given the greenlight to the pilot, but changed his mind after Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan reportedly voiced his discomfort at having a TV show on the air that conflicted with his Batman film series. A Warner Bros statement said: &amp;quot;The studio has opted not to go forward with the development of The Graysons at this time as the concept doesn&amp;#039;t fit the current strategy for the Batman franchise. &amp;quot;Warner Bros Television is currently working on several replacement options for the CW.&amp;quot; Smallville executive producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson were to produce the show, along with Supernatural&amp;#039;s McG. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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