Hurt Locker Producer Banned from the Oscars 3.88K Ravi Somaiya 03/03/10 07:51AM Filed to: Harsh Harsh Academyawards2010 Oscars Hurt Locker Nicolas Chartier sent an email to colleagues, including Academy members, asking them to choose his movie "not the $500-million film," a reference to Avatar. That was deemed against Academy rules on disparaging rival movies, so he's out. [LAT]