Mel Gibson has signed on to direct an as-yet-untitled Viking epic, to be scripted by The Departed/Kingdom of Heaven/Body of Lies scribe William Monahan. Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star. Graham King, producer of Gibson’s upcoming films, Edge of Darkness and The Departed, is financing the film through his production shingle, GK Films, partnered with Gibson’s own Icon Productions. All that is known about the story of the film is that is is a drama set in the Viking world, and that Leo will most assuredly play a Viking in the piece.
From Graham King’s lips to God’s ears:
“This will be an awe-inspiring story, created with some of the industry’s finest cinematic talent and I am just over the moon to be making this film with Mel, Leo and Bill.”
Hop to the source for a nice shot of Mel Gibson on some sort of stage garbed in Viking finery.
This continues Mel’s comeback trail, a road upon which we will join him in January in Martin Campbell’s Edge of Darkness, and which will continue late next year with his recently-wrapped role in Jodie Foster’s The Beaver.
