Mel Gibson is in a deal with Disney for his next movie

SoCalDem

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Tue Jul-26-05 05:56 PM
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Mel Gibson is in a deal with Disney for his next movie

to be filmed in a Mayan dialect.. I am NOT kidding.. It was just on the crawl of CNN..

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CatholicEdHead

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Tue Jul-26-05 05:59 PM
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1. Here is more info

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4716841.stm

"Apocalypto will be set 500 years in the past in Central America with characters speaking an obscure Mayan dialect.

Gibson will fund the movie, just as he did for The Passion - which took $370m (£212m) at the US box office.

Filming is due to begin in October for the film's planned release next summer, to be distributed by Disney in the US.

Gibson will not appear in Apocalypto, a title taken from the Greek word for an unveiling or new beginning, and the film's plot has been kept secret. "

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proud2BlibKansan

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Tue Jul-26-05 06:00 PM
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2. Jesus in a cartoon?

That sounds kinda silly to me.

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Justitia

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Tue Jul-26-05 06:03 PM
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3. also read it was turned down by 3 other studios before Disney picked it up

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fricasseed_gourmet_rat

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Tue Jul-26-05 06:03 PM
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4. Without a religious base, this movie will tank

Edited on Tue Jul-26-05 06:03 PM by fricasseed_gourmet_r

unless it's really, insanely good. It sounds interesting, and I applaud that a director would choose to focus on a slice of history that often gets glossed over (i.e. Latin American). Unfortunately, I don't trust Mel's objectivity anymore.

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