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Gibson Has First Starring Role Since '02

Reuters
Posted: 2008-05-01 12:38:41
Filed Under: Movie News
LOS ANGELES (April 29) - Mel Gibson, who has kept a low profile since his drunken anti-Semitic outburst in July 2006, is set to headline his first feature film since 2002, Daily Variety reported Tuesday.

The 52-year-old Hollywood actor has committed to play a police investigator in "Edge of Darkness," a thriller based on a 1985 BBC miniseries, the trade publication said.

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Gibson's last feature starring roles were in the 2002 pair "Signs" and "We Were Soldiers." He went on to direct 2004's "The Passion of the Christ" and 2006's "Apocalypto."

The latter film came out shortly after Gibson was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving near his Malibu home. During the incident, he yelled to officers that Jews were "responsible for all the wars in the world." He apologized profusely soon after, met with Jewish leaders, and underwent treatment for alcoholism. He is also serving a three-year probation term.

Gibson will find himself on the other side of the law in "Edge of Darkness," playing a straitlaced cop who uncovers systemic corruption while investigating the death of his activist daughter, Daily Variety said.

It added that Gibson had long been a fan of the miniseries, and was receptive when producer Graham King and director Martin Campbell approached him several months ago. Shooting on the independently financed project begins in Boston in August.

The Boston setting proved a gold mine for King and "Edge" screenwriter William Monahan, who won Oscars for their work on the Martin Scorsese crime drama "The Departed." For his part, Campbell most recently revived the James Bond franchise with "Casino Royale."

(Reporting by Dean Goodman)

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Fabgear64 08:01:36 PM May 05 2008

I certainly do not agree with Mel's religious beliefs as I believe that Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi, so how can a "Christian" hate their Saviour????? Anyway, if the movie is good I will see it. There are many actors that run their mouths about everything and anything, Who cares? Give us good film and forget the rest. If you need a celebrity to tell you who to vote for and what to wear and how to behave, you have more problems than Mel being anti-semantic.

Cuppa Javah 07:25:31 PM May 05 2008

l am getting sick of Mel Gibson.... he should move back to Australia for all l care.

Kus363 03:41:55 PM May 05 2008

ooohhh yeah mel,kusman digs ya

Kus363 03:32:46 PM May 05 2008

This is just the greatest thing that could happend to me. Oh how I luv that Mel xxoo,kusman

KEVCO1044 08:46:42 AM May 05 2008

Mel Gibson is free to make and all comments that he wishes. The public is likewise free to chose not to see any movies in which this antisemite is involved

I agree with this is do we non jews get the right to not watch a movie with a jew in it. Oh wait. There are no movies being made without a jew in it. And let's look at the credentials at the end, how many no jewish names are on teh producers, directors, etc

Cat up a tree 62 09:44:40 PM May 04 2008

MIssed you, Mel. Welcome back!

Evrvrv 09:07:11 PM May 04 2008

Stevie5873 05:22:23 PM May 02 2008 Report This! SEE MUSLIMS DON'T LIKE HIM, CAUSE HE MADE PASSION OF THE CHRIST HOW CAN A MUSLIM MAKE A OF MOVIE OF MOHEMMED, THE GUY DID NOT EXIST ALONG WITH THE ANOTHER DUDE NAMED ALLAH. ALL FICTION~~~~~~

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FIRST OF ALL IT WAS JEWS (NOT MUSLIMS) WHO TRIED TO BLOCK THE MAKING OF THE JESUS FLICK BECAUSE JEWS HATE CHRISTIANS. 2ND, WHEN DRUNK GIBSON MAKE HIS COMMENTS TWO YEARS LATER, ISRAEL/JEWS HAD JUST DESTROYED LEBENON KILLING THOUSANDS AND TRAPPING 25,000 USA TOURISTS. IT IS FUNNY HOW GENE SIMMONS GETS TO CALL MUSLIMS NAMES AND KATHY GRIFFIN CAN MAKE HATE REMARKS ABOUT JESUS AND BE REWARDED BY JEWISH HOLLYWOOD BUT GIBSON AND ANNE COULTER GET BLACK LISTED. SO LONG AS JEWS BREAK LAWS AND BIASLY HIRE ONLY OTHER JEWS IN HOLLYWOOD WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS SKEWED ZIONIST CENSORSHIP OF OUR MEDIA OUTLETS. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN MCCARTHYISM

Gigggles420 08:47:38 PM May 04 2008

I love Mel. He has a right to his opinion, just like everyone else. We have the right to pick and choose how we spend our entertainment dollars. The fact that after only 2 years, Hollywood is willing to finance a project connected with an anti-semite pretty much says they don't consider him box-office poison. I have 2 theories about this. Either 1. they are liberal,forgiving and respectful of Mel's right to free speech, or 2. Being that Hollywood is run by Jews, and Jews like money, they are willing to make big bucks on a Mel Gibson movie, thus getting the best revenge. I hope you people are getting the sarcasm and irony here. Personally, if you dislike the guy that much, don't waste your money.

MissYMartini425 05:54:43 PM May 04 2008

I FOR ONE AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE MEL COMING BACK IN FILM THEN BEING BEHIND THE SCENES..
I HAVE BEEN A BIG FAN FROM THE BEGINNING AND WILL ALWAYS BE.

Broom xx 12:01:53 PM May 04 2008

To MuscleBrockNY: Are you really criticizing Jews for censorship, after Muslims all over the world went berserk and rioted after some cartoons were published in Denmark, and stabbed a film maker to death on the street in Amsterdam for trying to make a movie about lack of women's rights in the Arab world? If there has ever been a people intent on censorship and prohibition of human rights, it's the Islamic world. News reports of so-called atrocities in the disputed territories are usually biased, as is your comment that Israel is "starving" the people of Gaza. All the Palestinians need to do is stop firing rockets into Israel at innocent civilians and put an end to their terrorism, and Israel's responses would stop.

Jrsymom 09:59:53 AM May 04 2008

i like mel. he's smart, funny and talented. he fell off the wagon and acted like an ass. wish i had a nickel for every time i acted like an ass.

Trexeggs 10:51:47 PM May 03 2008

MEL GIBSON

Trexeggs 10:43:53 PM May 03 2008

JEBJRS5
LIBERALS AND GOP POINT FINGERS AND WHINE TOO
NOT JUST LIBERALS,GET IT RIGHT.
YESC HE HAS A RIGHT TO BE PISSED AND
SPEAK OF HIS WIDE OR NARROW PERCEPTIONS.
US LIBERALS ARENT THE ONLY GOOF-BALLS
AND CRY-BABIES;THATS RIGHT,GOP FOLKS PROVEN TO BE
JUST AS POMPOUS AND STUPID.YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO DISLIKE
JEWS,ASIANS.BLACKS,LATINOS,ETC;HOWEVER YOUR NOT SUPPOSE
TO ACT OUT YOUR HATE.WE CANT CONTROL WHAT YOU FOLKS THINK OR FEEL(THANK GOODNESS)BUT THERE ARE LAWS THAT DEMAND THAT
WE ALL BEHAVE OURSELVES OR FACE PROBLEMS WITH THE LAW.
IN THIS FORUM WE CAN VENT AND SPEW OF PERCEPTIONS,OTHERWISE
JUST KEEP HATE TO YOURSELF.YOU CAN MAKE FUN OF EACH OTHER IN A PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE WAY,JUST DONT PHYSICLLY HARM FOLKS.
T-REX,CREATURE OF TIME

Trexeggs 09:00:31 PM May 03 2008

IF THE JEWS OF NEW YORK CAN FORGIVE
A NAZI TURNED AND ACCEPTED AS POPE OF THE PLANET
THAN THE JEWS MIGHT/CAN FORGIVE MEL GIBSON.
AND BY THE WAY MEL HAS CHANGED HIS( TO HEAL THE DRUNK RANT)
NAME FROM MEL GIBSON TO MEL GIBSON-STEINBERG.
LOL.
T-REX

JADEBAYKATZ 06:08:20 PM May 03 2008

We the little people should probably not open our mouths, but celebrities should never , ever drive or speak. It always gets them in deep doo-doo.

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