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Oct 18 2012 08:12 PM ET

Open Road Films to distribute Robert Rodriguez's saucy sequel 'Machete Kills' -- NEW PHOTO

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If the lap dance in the newly released photo above is any indication, the Machete sequel Machete Kills, both directed by Robert Rodriguez, will be yet another sassy, violent romp starring perennial tough guy Danny Trejo.

Open Road Films announced Thursday it’s distributing the film, out in wide release in 2013. The second movie in the trilogy, about Trejo as craggy faced ex-Federale agent Machete, hails from a screenplay by Kyle Ward, based on a story by Marcel Rodriguez and Robert Rodriguez. Besides Trejo, the movie stars a long list of known names, including pop diva Lady Gaga, making her acting debut, as well as Oscar nominee Demian Bichir, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Alba, Alexa Vega, Vanessa Hudgens, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Mel Gibson.  READ FULL STORY »

Apr 23 2012 09:43 PM ET

Casting Net: Jennifer Lawrence circling 'The Glass Castle.' Plus: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain

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• Jennifer Lawrence is eyeing the starring role for The Glass Castle, based on gossip columnist Jeanette Walls‘ 2005 family memoir. Lionsgate acquired the rights to the book, and Marti Noxon (I Am Number Four, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is penning the screenplay. The only arrows involved will most likely be verbal. [Deadline]

• Mel Gibson is in serious talks to take on a supporting role in Machete Kills, director Robert Rodriguez‘s sequel to his 2010 grindhouse thriller Machete with star Danny Trejo. [Deadline]

• Speaking of rugged leading men/media lightning rods aiming for a role several slots down on the call sheet, Sean Penn is negotiating to join Ben Stiller‘s remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, for a key supporting part. Stiller is starring in the title role as well as directing, alongside Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Shirley MacLaine, and Patton Oswalt. [Deadline]

• Jessica Chastain is in talks for Iron Man 3, to play a brilliant scientist opposite Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) — possibly a rival for his affections from Gwyneth Paltrow‘s Pepper Potts? [Deadline]

• Toni Collette and Dev Patel have signed onto Defiant, a thriller about honor killing in India. [Deadline]

• Melissa Leo will play Shia LaBeouf‘s mother in the crime romance The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. Til Schweiger (Inglorious Basterds) has also signed on to play a Serbian gangster. [Deadline, Variety]

• Gina Carano, the one-time American Gladiator and star of this year’s Steven Soderbergh thriller Haywire, is in talks to step aboard Fast & Furious 6. No word on the role, but it will likely involve chamber room tea settings and dense witticisms about oil prices butt kicking. [THR]

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Apr 12 2012 05:07 PM ET

Anti-Defamation League comments on Mel Gibson accusations: 'It fits nicely into a pattern of a serial offender, a serial hater, and a serial bigot.'

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The Anti-Defamation League and Mel Gibson have such a long history of trading press releases, at this point the ADL must have a special Gibson Division. With his latest PR implosion – screenwriter Joe Eszterhas’ nine-page accusatory letter  reviving discussions of Gibson’s bigotry, as well as detailing the breakdown of their joint Maccabees project  — the organization decided to respond.

“Had these allegations been made against any other actor, we would be skeptical, and certainly one could chalk them up to the words of a disgruntled screenwriter whose script was rejected. But with Mel Gibson, they follow a distinct pattern of anti-Semitic conduct…. The latest revelations would be surprising if not for the fact that it fits nicely into a pattern of a serial offender, a serial hater, and a serial bigot,” ADL director Abraham Foxman said.

In the letter, Ezsterhas indicts Gibson specifically for using anti-Jewish slurs like “Hebes” and “oven dodgers.” In his own response, Gibson has called these claims “utter fabrications,” which the ADL acknowledges in their statement.  READ FULL STORY »

Apr 12 2012 10:52 AM ET

Mel Gibson responds to 'Maccabees' writer's allegations of anti-Semitism

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Mel Gibson’s long-gestating film about Jewish hero Judah Maccabee hit another bump in the road yesterday when it was reported that screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (who left the project in February) wrote Gibson a nine-page letter that accused Gibson of using anti-Semitic slurs and ultimately concluded, “You hate Jews.” Gibson has responded to the Basic Instinct scribe, calling the allegations “utter fabrications.” READ FULL STORY »

Apr 11 2012 07:40 PM ET

Mel Gibson's Maccabee project faces setback as screenwriter alleges Gibson 'hates Jews'

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After catching serious heat from Jewish groups from practically the moment it was first announced, Mel Gibson’s in-the-works film about Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee no longer has a screenwriter attached to it, stalling its progress at Warner Bros. The studio passed on screenwriter Joe Eszterhas’ script in February, EW has confirmed, and although it remains in development, no other writer has yet been hired for the project. (TheWrap first reported the news.)

The Anti-Defamation League condemned the project last fall, contending that it was insensitive for Gibson — whose career has been darkened by reported anti-Semetic remarks and allegations of domestic violence — to make a film about Maccabee, whose revolt against the Seleucid Empire is the catalyst for the holiday of Hanukkah.

Gibson’s attitude towards Judaism may come under even sharper scrutiny, thanks to some incendiary allegations made by Eszterhas, according to a report from TheWrap. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 23 2012 05:25 PM ET

'Get the Gringo' trailer: Mel Gibson goes to jail

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Even if you haven’t been going to Mel Gibson’s movies, the guy is still making them — but his new one isn’t even hitting theaters. Get the Gringo, an action-comedy written by and starring Gibson as a criminal who learns to survive life in a Mexican prison with the advice of a 9-year-old boy, will skip the cineplex and go straight to DirecTV on May 1.

Releasing on VOD is an interesting choice, no doubt, but maybe the best one for a man whose box office performance has dwindled in recent years. Regardless, it’s been quite a long time since we’ve seen Gibson do the action-comedy thing, something he was particularly good at back in the Lethal Weapon and Ransom days. Could Get the Gringo be a return to Mel Gibson, circa 1987? Watch and decide for yourself: READ FULL STORY »

Oct 15 2011 11:11 AM ET

Robert Downey Jr. asks Hollywood to forgive Mel Gibson at American Cinematheque Awards

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Last night at the 25th Annual American Cinematheque Award Ceremony, which was honoring Robert Downey Jr., the Iron Man actor asked Hollywood to forgive Mel Gibson.

Gibson was invited onstage to present Downey Jr. with the prestigious award, since, in the words of Garry Shandling, “The Cinematheque was concerned a bit about Robert’s checkered past, so they chose someone to present the award who could help balance that out and the choice was so obvious, Mel Gibson.” READ FULL STORY »

Sep 9 2011 10:50 AM ET

ADL condemns Mel Gibson's involvement in Maccabee film

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The Anti-Defamation League has officially responded to the news that Mel Gibson and Warner Bros. are cooperating to make a film based on the life of Judah Maccabee, the Jewish religious hero whose revolt against the Seleucid Empire is celebrated each Hannukah. In an official statement, the ADL’s national director Abraham H. Foxman says:

We would have hoped that Warner Bros. could have found someone better than Mel Gibson to direct or perhaps even star in a film on the life of the Jewish historical icon Judah Maccabee. As a hero of the Jewish people and a universal hero in the struggle for religious liberty, Judah Maccabee deserves better. It would be a travesty to have the story of the Maccabees told by one who has no respect and sensitivity for other people’s religious views. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 8 2011 10:08 PM ET

Mel Gibson developing movie about Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee

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Hold onto your yarmulkes! Mel Gibson — the Oscar-winning actor-director whose star has faded these past few years amid anti-Semitic remarks, domestic violence allegations, and two box-office disappointments (Edge of Darkness and this summer’s The Beaver) — is now developing an untitled epic about the Jewish warrior hero Judah Maccabee, EW has confirmed. (Deadline first reported the story.)

Gibson is producing the film for Warner Bros. through his Icon Productions company. Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct, Showgirls) has signed on the write the script, and upon its completion, Gibson will have the option to direct the film if he so chooses.  READ FULL STORY »

Sep 1 2011 12:50 PM ET

Director Evan Glodell explains how he made 'Bellflower' for $17,000 while on the run from the law

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“No one ever tries to race me,” says writer-director Evan Glodell, as he drives EW around midtown Manhattan in his vintage black muscle car. “But people do cut me off a lot. I guess they think anyone who would drive something like this has to be an a–hole.”

Glodell’s ride is certainly a reaction-provoking item. The car was once a normal ’72 Buick Skylark. The director purchased the vehicle for $2,500 to use in his debut movie, the autobiographical indie drama Bellflower, which opened in a handful of cinemas last month and is platforming out to around 30 screens over the next couple of weeks. But Glodell, 31, has most definitely pimped his ride. Prior to the start of the shoot he painted the word “MEDUSA” on both sides of the car. He added a loudspeaker intercom system, three surveillance cameras, and a 6-71 supercharger compressor. Oh yes, and he also equipped the car’s trunk with a pair of fuel-injected exhaust flamethrowers.

That’s right: flamethrowers.

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