Mel Gibson is coming back to the screens as an actor, following his short absence to direct his Passion.
Variety, through Coming Soon, has the details behind the deal:
Warner Bros. Pictures is negotiating with Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, King Arthur) to direct Mel Gibson in his next film titled Under and Alone, reports Variety. The project is being prepped by Icon partners Gibson and Bruce Davey.
Written by Ned Zeman and Daniel Barnz, who developed it with Gibson, Under and Alone is based on the true story of Vietnam veteran William Queen. He channeled his Special Forces training into undercover work with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and became a full-fledged member of the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols motorcycle gang.
Sounds like an interesting story, and something meaty to get his teeth into. I think Gibson is a good actor and comes in for a lot of stick because of some of his choices, Passion being one of them, and we all now know what we all thought of Braveheart.
The people behind this movie seem like a good team, particularly the talents of Fuqua, so perhaps we’ll see a quality movie with Gibson again.
