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EXCLUSIVE: Dermot Mulroney, Katherine McNamara, Rhys Coiro, Annie Ilonzeh, and Oscar-winner Mel Gibson have signed on for the indie spy thriller Agent Game, which is being directed by Grant S. Johnson (Nighthawks). Mike Langer and Tyler W. Konney wrote the screenplay, which is set in the murky world of CIA…

Scott Eastwood has signed on to star alongside Tyrese Gibson, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand and Mel Gibson in action-thriller Dangerous, which is to be directed by David Hackl (Saw V). Eastwood will play a reformed sociopath who, after the death of his brother, heads to a remote island which soon falls under siege from…

“A superhero film wrapped in a thriller dipped in western and sprinkled with satire” — that’s how writer-directors the Nelms Bros describe their new holiday fantasy action film Fatman. Mel Gibson holds the reins on the sleigh as Chris Cringle/Santa Claus — an ordinary-looking guy who drives a red truck around his…

UPDATED with new release dates: Mel Gibson is not your typical Santa. He works the heavy bag, drinks tequila and knows his way around a gun. In Fatman, declining interest in Christmas has Santa considering retirement. Struggling with change, Chris Cringle partners with the U.S. military in order to save his business…

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer and screenwriter Mel Gibson has signed with APA. Gibson had been at CAA, but left after the exit of his primary agents Jack Whigham and Michael Cooper. They went to Range Media Partners. Gibson moved to APA to join president Jim Osborne, who started his career…

Saban Films has acquired U.S. rights to Fatman, the dark action comedy starring Mel Gibson as Santa Claus. The deal reunites the company with writer-directors Eshom and Ian Nelms after Saban released the brothers’ noir Small Town Crime in 2017. A 2020 release is in the works for Fatman. Walton Goggins and Marianne…

Mel Gibson spent a week in the hospital after contracting coronavirus earlier this year, his representatives have told the Daily Telegraph Australia. Speaking to the paper, a rep for the actor confirmed: "He tested positive in April and spent a week in the hospital. He was treated with the drug Remdesivir, while in…

In light of daily protests following the death of George Floyd and others at the hand of police, it might not be the optimum time for a brutal cops-and-robbers action picture starring Mel Gibson. But Lionsgate is going against the tide and releasing Force of Nature this week on digital and VOD just in time for the…

Oscar-nominated actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without A Trace, Amazon’s Homecoming)  has been cast alongside Mel Gibson and Walton Goggins in Fatman, a dark comedy written and directed by Eshom and Ian Nelms. Gibson stars as a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus who is fighting his business decline. Meanwhile, a neglected…

EXCLUSIVE: Walton Goggins has been cast as a lead in Fatman, the dark action comedy that stars Mel Gibson, who is playing Santa Claus. The casting reunites Goggins again with Rough House Pictures, which produced HBO’s Vice Principals, produces the current The Righteous Gemstones, and which is producing Fatman. The…

Mel Gibson and Frank Grillo are leading the cast of Joe Carnahan's thriller Leo From Toledo, which MadRiver International is launching on its AFM slate. Pic follows a former killer for the Kansas City mob, now hiding in witness protection, who has trouble with his memory. When his past catches up with him and he…

EXCLUSIVE: Australian actress Lucy Fry, who played opposite Will Smith in the Netflix film, Bright, has been added to the cast of Waldo, joining Mel Gibson, Charlie Hunnam, and Morena Baccarin. Tim Kirkby is directing the action-thriller, which follows a disgraced LAPD detective (Hunnam), who's spent the past three…