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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…

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…