Mel Gibson & Sean Penn, Together At Last!

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Mel Gibson & Sean Penn, Together At Last!

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Sounds intriguing enough...ought to be an interesting set to be on (LOL)

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/mel-g ... 201828169/
Mel Gibson is starring in “The Professor and the Madman” about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Sean Penn is in talks to come aboard.

Gibson is also producing the film with Voltage Pictures, nearly two decades after he acquired the movie rights to the Simon Winchester book. “Apocalypto” writer Farhad Safinia will direct the drama from his own script, with plans to start shooting in October.


Gibson plays professor James Murray, who began compiling the OED in 1857. Penn would portray Dr. William Chester Minor, who submitted more than 10,000 entries while he was an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.


Voltage Pictures’ Nicolas Chartier and Craig Flores, and Icon Pictures are also producing. Voltage is selling the film in international territories.

Gibson directed the World War II action-drama “Hacksaw Ridge,” which Lionsgate releases on Nov. 4. Penn directed “The Last Face,” starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Safinia created the Starz series “Boss,” which starred Kelsey Grammer and ran for two seasons.

Voltage’s producing credits include “Dallas Buyers Club” and “The Hurt Locker.”.

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