Mel Gibson Signs On For First Acting Role Since 2002

Mel Gibson has committed to star in "Edge of Darkness," marking his first starring role in a feature film since he headlined "Signs" and "We Were Soldiers" in 2002.

Martin Campbell will direct the feature adaptation of the six-hour 1985 BBC miniseries, which Campbell also helmed.

William Monahan wrote the script, and Graham King is producing through his GK Films banner. Michael Wearing, who produced the original, will also produce, and the BBC will be involved in a producing capacity.

Campbell, who last directed "Casino Royale,"

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[LittleBrother]

Wasn't the working title of the screenplay , "The Resurrection of The Christ: This Time It's Personal"?

[gala1]

No it's RATTLE THAT ROSARY- THE RESURRECTION OF ARCHIE BUNKER
This Time it's Traif.

gala

[ilovedessert]

I WILL NEVER WATCH THIS DRUNKEN FOOL EVER AGIN AFTER:
1. HIS HATEFUL PRIOR SPEWING
2. THE FACT THAT THE SHERIFF KNEW HE WAS DRIVING DRUNK AND DID NOTHING TO STOP IT

[heretical_eggs]

"What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?"

Mel Gibson, 2006

...sort of says it all.

[sklfcats]

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[citizenofmars]

(yaaaaaaaawn)

[SouthJerseySteve]

Hey Mel, maybe you can play Adolf in that Tom Cruise Nazi movie that keeps getting pushed back, because nobody wants to see a movie about nazis.

[Shaddup]

Go Mel. I can't help it, I love this guy. Damn good actor and director. So he got drunk and said some bad things about Israel. I recall in the news that day--not the US MSM--Israel was killing a lot of civilians. Or is it unAmerican to criticize governments for killing civilians now?

[rmetz74]

Actually, he said some bad things about Jews - the people, not the government, and that's consistent with things he's said in the past. He's also said hateful things about gays and woman. Read his wikipedia page. You can love him if you like, but that doesn't change the fact that he's an antisemite, a sexist, and a homophobe.

[KJZebra]

Love the half-truth...I guess Israel is adept at the unprovoked killing of civilians? Just who exactly did Jimmy Carter visit with a few weeks back? And the European press is notoriously anti-Semitic.

Regardless, I like Mel's movies as well, and I preferred his comments directed at the female cop. I guess that makes us even.