Mel Gibson to dive back into antiquity with next film Apocalypto
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Mayan, huh? He should have talked to Regency so that they could arrange a double-feature with Aronofsky's The Fountain.
Working title is Jesus Christ Reloaded.
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Mel Gibson is still waiting for the second coming, but believe it that he will have camera's rolling for the event to get the walk on appearance by Jesus Himself!
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I do know one thing...it's great to see someone making big films that completely go against traditional big budget thinking.
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I do know one thing...it's great to see someone making big films that completely go against traditional big budget thinking.
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If he made a film on the Mayans and how they actually lived, it would be Rated NC-17 and they would need to pass out vomit bags with the theater ticket.
But, sounds interesting.
But, sounds interesting.
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Gibson holds news conference about Apocalypto:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html
Mel Gibson's new movie: 'Apocalypto'
But action film 'not a big doomsday picture,' director says
Monday, October 31, 2005; Posted: 8:43 a.m. EST (13:43 GMT)
Mel Gibson talks with reporters about "Apocalypto," which is set in Mexico before the Spanish conquest.
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- Mel Gibson says a fascination with ancient cultures and great civilizations is what led him to make his upcoming movie "Apocalypto," starring unknown Mexican actors speaking in an ancient tongue.
"What I'm doing is making an action-adventure film of mythic proportions," Gibson, sporting a plaid flannel shirt, jeans and a long salt-and pepper beard, told a news conference Friday.
The movie is scheduled to begin production Nov. 14 and will be shot almost entirely in the jungle of Mexico's Veracruz state.
The film's stars will be unrecognizable to most moviegoers, and they will speak in the Mayan tongue of Yucateco, Gibson said. It will be light on dialogue and heavy on images and action. It's set 600 years ago, prior to the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America.
The most anyone will see of the 49-year-old movie star "is my fingernail," Gibson said. "If I was in it, it would wreck everything."
In his first public explanation of the movie, both written and directed by Gibson, he said he decided to hold a news conference "to satisfy people's curiosity a little bit" and knock down inaccurate speculation.
The movie is "a story about a man and his woman, his child and his father, his community," adding that the man "is put in an incredibly heightened, stressful situation ... has to overcome tremendous obstacles. So it's a universal story in that respect."
Like his last film, the stunningly successful "The Passion of the Christ," Gibson will bankroll "Apocalypto" himself. Disney has signed on to release it in the United States.
Gibson said that although he researched the writings of a Spanish missionary and the Mayan bible, the "Popol Vuh," and visited Mayan sites in Guatemala and Mexico, the Mayan setting is merely the backdrop of the movie. he chose it because "it's just fascinating to me. There's still a lot of mystery about the culture."
"I'm hoping by focusing on this civilization we can ... analyze ourselves," he said, adding that the movie "is kind of an anthropological journey."
The film's title, "Apocalypto," a Greek word for an unveiling or new beginning, "just expresses so well that I want to convey," Gibson said. "I think it's just a universal word. In order for something to begin, something has to end. All of those elements are involved. But it's not a big doomsday picture or anything like that."
Asked about future endeavors, Gibson replied, "I have many other projects planned. I might just try one in English."
But action film 'not a big doomsday picture,' director says
Monday, October 31, 2005; Posted: 8:43 a.m. EST (13:43 GMT)
Mel Gibson talks with reporters about "Apocalypto," which is set in Mexico before the Spanish conquest.
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- Mel Gibson says a fascination with ancient cultures and great civilizations is what led him to make his upcoming movie "Apocalypto," starring unknown Mexican actors speaking in an ancient tongue.
"What I'm doing is making an action-adventure film of mythic proportions," Gibson, sporting a plaid flannel shirt, jeans and a long salt-and pepper beard, told a news conference Friday.
The movie is scheduled to begin production Nov. 14 and will be shot almost entirely in the jungle of Mexico's Veracruz state.
The film's stars will be unrecognizable to most moviegoers, and they will speak in the Mayan tongue of Yucateco, Gibson said. It will be light on dialogue and heavy on images and action. It's set 600 years ago, prior to the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America.
The most anyone will see of the 49-year-old movie star "is my fingernail," Gibson said. "If I was in it, it would wreck everything."
In his first public explanation of the movie, both written and directed by Gibson, he said he decided to hold a news conference "to satisfy people's curiosity a little bit" and knock down inaccurate speculation.
The movie is "a story about a man and his woman, his child and his father, his community," adding that the man "is put in an incredibly heightened, stressful situation ... has to overcome tremendous obstacles. So it's a universal story in that respect."
Like his last film, the stunningly successful "The Passion of the Christ," Gibson will bankroll "Apocalypto" himself. Disney has signed on to release it in the United States.
Gibson said that although he researched the writings of a Spanish missionary and the Mayan bible, the "Popol Vuh," and visited Mayan sites in Guatemala and Mexico, the Mayan setting is merely the backdrop of the movie. he chose it because "it's just fascinating to me. There's still a lot of mystery about the culture."
"I'm hoping by focusing on this civilization we can ... analyze ourselves," he said, adding that the movie "is kind of an anthropological journey."
The film's title, "Apocalypto," a Greek word for an unveiling or new beginning, "just expresses so well that I want to convey," Gibson said. "I think it's just a universal word. In order for something to begin, something has to end. All of those elements are involved. But it's not a big doomsday picture or anything like that."
Asked about future endeavors, Gibson replied, "I have many other projects planned. I might just try one in English."
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Crap. I prefer to listen to dialect in English. It seems to suit me better. If I wanted to read, I'd have stayed in school.
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I'm glad there's a big name willing to take risks and try new things. Gibson has the money and the passion (no pun intended) to make these things happen and make them work well. At least SOMEONE in Hollywood still cares about their movies more than their money.
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Huh? What happened to the "Passion" sequel?
How do you make a sequel? Bring Him back from the dead?
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Good for Mel. I like Mel. I like his movies. The only problem I see for Mel is if his film bombs, he can't sustain his independence, unlike Lucas who has a net worth of about 4 billion dollars. That's the risk of funding your own films. But I hope Mel succeeds so he can keep his independence.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
Good for Mel. I like Mel. I like his movies. The only problem I see for Mel is if his film bombs, he can't sustain his independence, unlike Lucas who has a net worth of about 4 billion dollars. That's the risk of funding your own films. But I hope Mel succeeds so he can keep his independence.
They'll never take his FREEDOM!!!1!!1!
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Originally Posted by GuessWho
They killed the main character!
How do you make a sequel? Bring Him back from the dead?
How do you make a sequel? Bring Him back from the dead?
The Passion II: The Pentacost
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Originally Posted by Geofferson
Gibson holds news conference about Apocalypto:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html
isn't this when the incas or the mayas disappeared?
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Originally Posted by al_bundy
isn't this when the incas or the mayas disappeared?
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Quotes from Apocalypto:
"The Bronze Age.... shit; I'm still only in the Bronze Age.... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle."
"Minoans don't surf!"
"I love the smell of Bronze smelting in the morning..."
"The Bronze Age.... shit; I'm still only in the Bronze Age.... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle."
"Minoans don't surf!"
"I love the smell of Bronze smelting in the morning..."
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I didn't read the whole thread, but did anyone make a Passion of the Christ joke yet? That would be hilarious, because this guy actually directed Passion of the Christ as it turns out!
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Originally Posted by Joe Molotov
I didn't read the whole thread, but did anyone make a Passion of the Christ joke yet? That would be hilarious, because this guy actually directed Passion of the Christ as it turns out!
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Originally Posted by Joe Molotov
I didn't read the whole thread, but did anyone make a Passion of the Christ joke yet? That would be hilarious, because this guy actually directed Passion of the Christ as it turns out!
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Originally Posted by Terrell
Good for Mel. I like Mel. I like his movies. The only problem I see for Mel is if his film bombs, he can't sustain his independence, unlike Lucas who has a net worth of about 4 billion dollars. That's the risk of funding your own films. But I hope Mel succeeds so he can keep his independence.