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EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to Last Looks, an action comedy toplined by Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson. Morena Baccarin, Rupert Friend, Dominic Monaghan, Lucy Fry and Cliff "Method Man" Smith also star in the pic, directed by Tim Kirkby (Brockmire) and originally titled Waldo after the lead…

On the Thanksgiving episode of Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update‘s anchors addressed topics ranging from the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict to the new Lethal Weapon movie Mel Gibson is directing. Colin Jost kicked things off with discussion of President Biden’s “weird” Friday. “He went under anesthesia for a colonoscopy…

After starring in the first four films, Lethal Weapon star Mel Gibson may be setting his sights on the directing chair for the next installment in the franchise. Over the weekend during an interview in London, Gibson let it slip that he was looking at direct Lethal Weapon 5, and sources close to him have now said he…

Mel Gibson has come onboard to star in the fantasy-adventure Boys of Summer, written by Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz. Mason Thames is also on board. David Henrie will direct. The film is being produced by Mark Fasano of Nickel City Pictures and James Henrie of Novo Media Group and will be financed and executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Dillon and Sam Asghari have boarded the action thriller Hot Seat. Deadline previously reported that Mel Gibson would star in the film. The Lionsgate company Grindstone Entertainment will handle North America distribution, and Highland Film Group is repping foreign sales. James Cullen Bressack will…

EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson has been set to star in The Continental, the prequel to the Keanu Reeves film series John Wick. The Continental will be presented as a three-night special-event TV series, produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television. The Continental will explore the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson is back in hero mode for Hot Seat, a thriller he’ll star in with production to begin November 1 in New Mexico. The Lionsgate company Grindstone Entertainment will handle North America distribution, and HIghland Film Group is handling foreign sales. James Cullen Bressack will direct. He just…

Richard Donner's career spanned not just eras but genres. And he had a classic in every one of them. It's hard to think of another director who was so versatile and so successful at the box office across genres. He helmed a massive buddy action franchise, directed a chilling horror classic, launched the superhero…

Danny Glover, who starred in four Lethal Weapon films with director Richard Donner, has weighed in on Donner’s passing Monday, heart heavy with sorrow. Glover, who grew to stardom playing Sgt Roger Murtaugh in the film series, said simply, “My heart is broken. “Working with Dick Donner, Mel Gibson and the Lethal Weapon…

Mel Gibson was broken up by the passing Monday of longtime Lethal Weapon collaborator Richard Donner. They made four Lethal Weapon films together with Danny Glover, starting with the first in 1987 that made Gibson a superstar. The four films together grossed over $952 million, the last coming in 1998. Gibson and…

Richard Donner, the prolific Hollywood director and producer whose helming credits include some of the most iconic movies of the 1970s and ’80s including the Christopher Reeve-starring Superman, The Goonies and the Mel Gibson-Danny Glover buddy cop series Lethal Weapon, has died. He was 91. Donner passed away Monday…

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…