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Mel Gibson says his Wild Bunch remake “was a bad idea at first”

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While some might say it still is, Mel Gibson has revealed during an interview with Deadline that he thought his recently-announced remake of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch was ” bad idea at first”, before he found his own take on the classic 1969 western. “I thought it was a bad idea at first,” said Gibson, […]

Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson in first image from S. Craig Zahler’s Dragged Across Concrete

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Thanks to effects artist Tate Steinsiek, we’ve got a first look at Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson in Dragged Across Concrete, the new movie from Bone Tomahawk and Brawl in Cell Block 99 director S. Craig Zahler, which Steinsiek describes as “by FAR the most violent film I’ve ever done”. Check it out here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BmUBpxcgZmr/?taken-by=tatesteinsiek […]

Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell to star in Dead Snow director’s War Pigs

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Dead Snow and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters helmer Tommy Wirkola has tapped Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell to star in his new film War Pigs, an action thriller set up at Millennium Films. Based on a script by Nick Ball and John Niven which was previously titled The Takedown, the film will follow a […]

Mel Gibson to direct war thriller Destroyer, wanted for role in The Six Billion Dollar Man

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According to THR, Mel Gibson is readying his next directorial effort, the World War II naval thriller Destroyer, while he is also wanted for a role alongside Mark Wahlberg in the long-gestating The Six Billion Dollar Man movie. Destroyer is based upon John Wukovits’s book Hell From the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS […]

Naomi Watts joins Joe Carnahan’s action thriller Boss Level

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Back in November of last year it was revealed that Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Mel Gibson (Daddy’s Home 2) has signed on to the the action thriller Boss Level from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey), and now Variety is reporting that Naomi Watts (Gypsy) has become the latest addition to the […]

Mel Gibson teams with Chinatown screenwriter for Dancing Bear

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Deadline is reporting that Mel Gibson is teaming with legendary Chinatown screenwriter Robert Towne for Dancing Bear, a TV adaptation of James Crumley’s hardboiled crime novel. Set in Montana, Dancing Bear follows Milo Dragovitch, a part time detective who becomes entangled with a cast of unsavory characters in a web of criminal conspiracies, blackmail, land grabs, […]

Richard Donner reveals Lethal Weapon 5 title, but doesn’t think it’s going to happen

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If you cast your mind back to October of last year, it was reported that director Richard Donner and stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover were eyeing a reunion for a fifth instalment in the Lethal Weapon franchise, with Donner subsequently confirming that Lethal Weapon 5 was ready to go, and just awaiting approval from […]

Richard Donner confirms Lethal Weapon 5 plans, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover on board

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Back in October it was reported that director Richard Donner and stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover were keen to reunite for a fifth instalment in the Lethal Weapon franchise, and now Donner has confirmed that during an interview with the Spocklight Podcast (via Dark Horizons). “It’s a story I came up with with Channing […]

Frank Grillo and Mel Gibson to star in Groundhog Day-inspired action thriller Boss Level

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Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Mel Gibson (Daddy’s Home 2) are set to star in the action thriller Boss Level from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey), according to Deadline. The film will be a Groundhog Day-inspired action thriller from a script Carnahan also wrote. The film’s premise reads: “Every day, a retired special forces veteran […]