Thank you Mel for saying NO!!!!

Donner directed and produced the four previous "Lethal Weapon" films, which starred Gibson.

The Los Angeles Times said Donner is not involved in plans to make a fifth installment in the franchise because producer Joel Silver wants original "Lethal Weapon" scribe Shane Black to direct the next film based on a script Black wrote.

"Mel turned it down," Donner told the newspaper. "I would like to think that Mel turned it down because I wasn't involved. Knowing Mel, I would like to think that. Would that be the kind of thing he does? It sure would be."

The Times said Gibson's representatives declined to make an official comment, but gave the impression Donner's suspicions were on the money.

Donner also directed Gibson in "Conspiracy Theory" and "Maverick."

The Times said Silver and and Donner had a falling out several years ago and Donner had been working on his own "Lethal Weapon 5," which he was confident he could have convinced Gibson to headline.

"The project is pretty much dead in the water unless someone had the sense to come to me," Donner told the Times.

Good Hearts run in the family

The son of Hollywood actor Mel Gibson today donated $50,000 to the Kidney Foundation of Fiji (KFOF) on behalf of his parents.

“He told me his family loves Fiji,” Foundation Secretary Bernadette Rounds-Ganilau said about Milo Gibson’s donation.

The director of "The Passion of the Christ" and star of the "Mad Max" films owns 5,411-acre Mago Island in Fiji’s Lau Group, which he purchased from Japan's Tokyu Corp. for about US$15 million.

Rounds-Ganilau said she was approached a number of years ago by the Gibson family's Fiji manager, Martin Livingston, who informed her that the family was interested in donating a dialysis machine to the Foundation.

The Fiji Dialysis Centre at the CWM Hospital has seven dialysing stations, and with all machines and peripherals compatible with each other.

She said the Gibson donation comes at a time when consumables for the first quarter of 2009 are being ordered and paid for in advance.

"We are immensely grateful for the donation and opportune timing,” said Rounds-Ganilau.

Rounds-Ganilau said the Haemodialysis is an expensive life saving treatment but necessary for the growing number of patients with end stage kidney disease in Fiji.

She said the KFOF hopes to mount an intensive prevention programme in the community within the next few months.

“The Interim government has expressed the hope that the KFOF would be able to set up other dialysis centres in the north and west of Fiji in the years to come,” she said.

Please Mel, DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!

Lethal Weapon 5 on the way?

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are in talks to make Lethal Weapon 5, it's been reported.

Shane Black, who wrote the original 1987 movie, has penned a new script and the stars are said to be interested in reprising their roles as cops Riggs and Murtaugh. No deal has been signed.

The sequel would see Riggs teaming up with the retired Murtaugh for one final case before quitting the force.

Mel Gibson Movie to Be Filmed in Northampton

NORTHAMPTON, Mass (Abc40) Northampton will be the backdrop of a new Mel Gibson movie. The thriller called "Edge Of Darkness" will be filmed in the Bay State between August and December.

It will become one of several movies that have been -at least partially- shot in Northampton over the years. "Malice," with Nicole Kidman and Alec Baldwin in 1993 was shot in the downtown area. Parts of the 1966 film version of the Broadway hit "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" were shot at Smith College. More recently, the Academy Award winner, "The Cider House Rules," came to town.

People interested in being apart of Mel Gibson's movie can attend a casting call on August 9 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Northampton.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!.....I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I AM STUCK IN INDIANA.........SO CLOSE YET SO FAR AWAY.

Mel and DeNiro????

It’s all supposed to be stealthy and secret, but Robert DeNiro is this close to signing on to co-star in the made-in-Mass. movie “Edge of Darkness.”

The crime thriller, based on a popular BBC miniseries, stars Mel Gibson as a seasoned Boston police detective investigating the death of his activist daughter, played by Aussie actress Bojana Novakovic.

The creepy flick, which will be directed by Martin Campbell and written by Oscar-winning “The Departed” screenscribe William Monahan, will shoot in and around Boston and the Berkshires from Aug. 18 to December.

3 month old pics but it's my blog and......

That last picture, OMG he looks really sexy to me. .....Let me have my moment!

Cherry Lane and Icon Productions

Source: Film Music Magazine
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. has extended its multi-year publishing administration agreement with Icon Productions. Cherry Lane is the publishing administrator to film companies including DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks Pictures, The Weinstein Company, Lakeshore Entertainment and Walden Media. Under the terms of the agreement, Cherry Lane will represent and exploit all Icon owned music while collecting all of Icon’s worldwide music publishing royalty income.
Icon Productions is one of the leading independent theatrical feature film companies founded by actor/director Mel Gibson. Upcoming films include “Infestation.” Titles under the agreement with Cherry Lane include tracks from “The Passion of the Christ,” “Apocalypto,” “Seraphim Falls,” and “We Were Soldiers.”
In announcing the renewal, Mike Connelly, EVP of Business Development at Cherry Lane, noted: “Icon Productions is committed to producing some of the most memorable and significant films of our time; Cherry Lane is very pleased to be working with their music assets.”
Icon chairman Bruce Davey commented: “It was an easy decision for Icon to renew with Cherry Lane. The past relationship has been more than successful. We look forward to working with them in the future.”

Just because I wanted to post this

Sure I could post about Mel helping Britney, or Mel and his new movie which he is keeping tight lipped about. When he wants to let us know about what his next project is he will tell us. In the mean while, I will just look at any video of him I can get, because I can. lol

Mel is a great guy

Sources say that the pop star is vacationing on Gibson's Costa Rican property on Playa Barrigona, close to Nicaragua.

Reports began coming in yesterday that Britney Spears, her father Jamie and some unidentified youngsters, arrived with Mel Gibson and his wife Robin yesterday afternoon in Costa Rica.

If this story is true, don't get a dirty mind about it. It is well know that Mel has helped other celebrities that were going through hard times. Robert Downey Jr, Courtney Love, just to name 2. If anyone can help Britney, its Mel.

Mel Gibson tells of manic depression

Mel Gibson talks about being diagnosed as bipolar in a new documentary about the NIDA acting class of 1977.

The Hollywood star was interviewed by his classmate Sally McKenzie about his memories as a student in a stellar year that included Judy Davis, Steve Bisley, Robert Menzies, Annie Byron, Debra Lawrance, Linda Newton and the theatre director Peter Kingston.

"I had really good highs but some very low lows," Gibson said. "I found out recently I'm manic depressive."

While the interview dates back to 2002, the actor and director, who made headlines with a drunken outburst two years ago, has rarely talked about the condition.

McKenzie, who wrote and directed the lively Acting Class Of 1977, which screens on ABC2 on Sunday week, said yesterday that it seemed like a genuine comment but she did not want to delve further.

Other NIDA students had no idea that Gibson and Davis would be so successful.

"Theatre was very much the focus of our training," McKenzie said. "The thought of people being stars [in film and television] or having stellar careers was not really considered … It was all concentrated on the work and not on what was going to happen down the track."

The actress who plays Mystic Marj in the TV series Mortified remembers the young Gibson as "very polite, self-deprecating, shy, certainly talented and just a really nice person … even a little bit embarrassed about the whole acting thing."

And Davis, who declined invitations to be in the documentary? McKenzie said she was "intense, private, very talented and idiosyncratic".

Robert Downey Junior full of admiration for Mel Gibson

ROBERT Downey Jr's come a long way from his bad boy image, but he's full of admiration for those who've broken their boundaries like co-star Gwyneth Paltrow, and friend Mel Gibson
A half-smoked cigar rests in an ashtray alongside a half-empty pitcher of what appears to be a protein shake.

Quite a contrast, but as Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr points out, he's enjoying the cigar far more than the health shake.

‘‘This is s---,'' he says, taking a gulp before breaking into a bright smile and plonking down playfully in an armchair.

He may not embrace health shakes, but the 43-year-old is proof of just how much a person's life can change in 10 years.

With time spent in jail and a history of drug abuse, Downey Jr's life was a mess in the '90s, a far cry from the ‘‘together'' man talking up his latest turn as billionaire industrialist and genius inventor Tony Stark in action thriller Iron Man.

Based on an original Marvel comic, the film revolves around Stark, the CEO of the US Government's top weapons contractor, and how his once-carefree life is stripped away to reveal a
softer side after he's captured while touring Afghanistan.

Asked if he has been misunderstood, Downey shrugs.

‘‘I don't know. I think I have been misunderstood and understood just like anybody,'' he says.

‘‘Pick out a name of anyone you know and there are times when things aren't what they seem and what I have noticed now is that my life is pretty simple and together and I am not in the middle of any desperate struggle. Some of that is just a function of age. Some of this stuff just takes time and you get caught up in something and you have to go through it.''

Though headlines around the world still read ‘‘bad boy Robert Downey Jr'', this former hellraiser scoffs at them and so does his wife, producer Susan Levin.

‘‘If you want to make my wife laugh her ass off you need to just read those types of newspaper headlines,'' he says. ‘‘It's just ridiculous that notion because that's not who I am today. It's something that happened last century.''

Looking over Sydney Harbour, Downey recalls his last trip Down Under with his wife, who produced the doomed Paris Hilton horror vehicle House of Wax on the Gold Coast, almost four years ago.

The star enjoys the laid-back Australian way of life and the filmmaking heavyweights the nation has produced, including his good mate Mel Gibson.

Both known for their controversies, Downey gushes about the man he met 18 years ago while working on action comedy Air America.

Gibson paid the star's insurance bond for 2003's The Singing Detective when studios were nervous about having the once wayward actor working on their films.

Downey, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the title role of 1992 film Chaplin, says he's looking forward to seeing Gibson when he returns to Los Angeles and thought of his friend while flying into Sydney.

‘‘I was just thinking about him this morning and really looking forward to having a coffee with him because it's always fascinating to find out what's going on on planet Gibson,'' he says.

Though 52-year-old Gibson's drunken anti-Semitic rant last year landed him in hot water, Downey says the dual Academy Award winner has lost little support in Hollywood.

‘‘I think anybody would be happy to work with him and I just think that he can pretty much write his own ticket,'' he says.

Downey smiles as he recalls a life lesson he learned through Gibson. After their time on Air America and just before Gibson's next role in Hamlet, executives were telling the Australian he should try his hand at directing, at which the star baulked.

Gibson's creative flair behind the camera has since captivated audiences around the world with films such as Braveheart, Apocalypto and The Passion of the Christ.

‘‘Through him I have just seen the remarkable potential to get yourself out of a way of being perceived. He was like, ‘I don't want to be a director', then he broadened his horizons and has been so much more successful as a director than he has as an actor and whoever would have thought that was possible?'' he says.

Working opposite some of the world's most glamorous women is all in a day's work for Downey, but he admits he had to turn on the charm to lure Gwyneth Paltrow into the role of his sexy personal assistant and love interest, Pepper Potts, in Iron Man.

‘‘I told her she was going to be in a hot dress and that people were going to remember that side of her that she and everyone else had forgotten,'' he says.

‘‘I hate to say it, but she is kind of royalty in a sense because she is one of few actresses who has avoided so many of the pitfalls we struggle with and it's not for no reason. There is something about the essence of who she is.''

Gibson takes first starring role in six years

Mel Gibson is to take his first leading role in six years and his first since his controversial arrest for drink-driving in 2006.

The Mad Max star will play a police detective investigating the death of his activist daughter in Edge of Darkness, an adaptation of a 1985 BBC TV series. The film will be directed by Casino Royale's Martin Campbell, who also helmed the original series, based on a script by The Departed's William Monahan.

****i hope this is for real, lets all keep our fingers crossed***

Mel has a plan...

Mel Gibson visited a prison in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz, where officials say he is scouting locations for a new movie. Gibson told reporters outside Veracruz's Ignacio Allende prison that it is hard for him to speak in front of microphones. But the Veracruz state director of cinema said the purpose of Sunday's visit was to see locations. Prospero Rebolledo said Gibson's people are just looking for locations for a film. Gibson filmed his 2006 movie, Apocalypto, in Veracruz state.

Mel Gibson buys Dendy Cinema chain

Hollywood actor Mel Gibson has succeeded in his quest to take control of the Dendy Cinema chain, claiming the prize for $21 million after a drawn out and bloody takeover battle.

Entertainment company Becker Group announced on Friday that it had sold the cinema chain, known for its preference for screening art-house flicks, to Mr Gibson's company Icon Film Distribution Pty Ltd.

About 75 per cent of Becker Group was recently acquired by regional television broadcaster Prime Media Group Ltd for about $24 million.

As part of that deal, Becker's film assets, including the Dendy chain, were supposed to be sold back to major Becker shareholders Russell and Richard Becker for $15.5 million.

But the sale was scrapped last year after another company associated with Mr Gibson, Dolphete Pty Ltd, threw a spanner in the works by convincing the Takeovers Panel to intervene.

Dolphete accused Prime and Becker of acting in concert and not giving Becker shareholders enough information about the cinema asset sale.

At the time, Prime and Becker had similar interests, with hospital magnate Paul Ramsay holding 41 per cent of Prime and 19 per cent of Becker.

Dolphete was understood to be behind a counter bid for Becker shares, but it was unable to stop Prime taking control of the group despite more rumblings to the Takeovers Panel.

Becker said the sale of the Dendy Cinemas and its film distribution assets to Icon marked the conclusion of a competitive bidding process.

"Icon was selected based on various parameters including value, timing and transaction certainty," Becker said.

Becker managing director Warwick Syphers, who is also head of Prime, said Becker would now focus on growing its television production assets.

Prime shares closed unchanged at $3.50 after rising as high as $3.60.

Dendy operates six cinemas: two in Sydney, two in Melbourne, one in Brisbane and one in Canberra.

Writer Sues Mel Gibson Over 'Passion'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A screenwriter sued Mel Gibson and his production company on Monday, claiming he was misled by the actor-director into accepting a small payment for writing "The Passion of the Christ," and was refused extra money when the film became a blockbuster.

Benedict Fitzgerald claimed that when he was asked to write a script about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Gibson told him the movie would cost between $4 million to $7 million, according to the lawsuit filed in Superior Court. Fitzgerald also alleged Gibson promised he wouldn't receive any money from the film and any profit would be distributed to people who worked on the movie.

Gibson stated he didn't want "money on the back of what he considered a personal gift to his (Roman Catholic) faith," the lawsuit said.

Fitzgerald, who shared screenwriting credits with Gibson, claimed he agreed to a "a salary substantially less than what he would have taken had he known the true budget for the film," which the lawsuit claimed had an estimated budget of $25 million to $50 million. The 2004 movie went on to gross several hundred million dollars.

The lawsuit doesn't specify how much Fitzgerald was paid for his services.

An after-hours call to Gibson's publicist was not immediately returned.

The suit claims fraud, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and seeks unspecified damages. It also names Gibson's Icon Productions company as a defendant.

Mel Gibson to attend IFTAs

Mel Gibson is to receive an award at this year's IFTAs for 'outstanding contribution to world cinema'.

The Australian actor and director will attend the Irish Film & Television Awards ceremony in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre on February 17.

Gibson has starred in over 48 film and television productions in the last three decades and is also the co-founder of Icon Productions. Having made a name for himself acting in blockbusters like Mad Max and Lethal Weapon, he made his directorial debut in 1993. Since then, he has gone on to helm some of the biggest productions of the past couple of years, including Braveheart, The Passion Of The Christ and Apocalypto.

Mel Gibson has Irish connections on both his mother’s and father’s side. His late mother, Anne Patricia Reilly, was born in Co. Longford and his great grandfather on his father’s side was Patrick Mylott, who moved from Ireland to Australia in the late 1800s to escape the potato famine.

Mel is named after the Church of Saint Mel in Longford, his mother’s birthplace, while his middle name, Colmcille, is that of the diocese where his mother was born and also the name of a well-known Irish saint.

Mel speaks on the death of Heath Ledger

Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson have become the first stars to speak publicly about fellow Aussie Heath Ledger's shock death.

The actor, 28, was found dead at his apartment in New York on Tuesday and Kidman admits the tragedy has left her heartbroken.

In a brief statement, the actress says: "What a tragedy. My heart goes out to his family."

Gibson, who played the actor's father in 'The Patriot', states: "I had such great hope for him. He was just taking off, and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss."

Leading movie news source, Clint Morris, reveals Ledger's fellow Australians have been left stunned by the news of the actor's sudden death.

Movie producer Morris, the man behind revered website MovieHole.net, says: "The whole of Australia is in deep shock. I liked Heath. He was a good guy. Loved his daughter. Knew his sister too."