Avengers: Endgame didn't sell more tickets than 1939's Gone with the Wind Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has appeared in Women ...

Everyone involved in Scarlett knew the risks—a follow-up to Gone With the Wind was inevitably going to be harshly critiqued. But the heirs to the Mitchell estate had good reason for attempting it.