Jodie Foster‘s film The Beaver hits the big screen this weekend with a whole lot of controversy in it and around it. The film raises some important issues about mental health and dealing with depression — Mel Gibson, who gives one hell a performance, is obviously catching some heat because of recent internet exploits. Foster sat down to a rather candid interview to speak about working with the extremely talented Gibson, dealing with internet chatter and also the two stunning performances by Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence…

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Jodie Foster steps in front and behind the camera to tackle the controversial subject of mental health in an extremely honest, yet somehow ridiculously humorous story about a man who is unable to cope with life and so he puts up a front, an Australian Beaver front in The Beaver. The concept is odd and the film doesn’t get much more normal, but it’s refreshing to see someone take such a big risk on a topic that is both important and relevant…

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Today in “Jesus, what happened to Martin Riggs, man?” news (to paraphrase Kevin Smith), Mel Gibson turned himself in to police—while his new film, The Beaver, was premiering at SXSW—at the at El Segundo Police Department “as part of his sentence for the misdemeanor battery case resulting from an alleged January 2010 incident with his then-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva,” according to Access Hollywood.

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Mel Gibson and his beaver continue to have problems. By beaver we’re referring to his dark comedy that co-stars and is directed by Jodie Foster. The Summit Entertainment production took forever to get an official release date, and now it’s being pushed back. The film was originally scheduled to hit theaters on March 23, but now it’s been delayed until May where it will duke it out with the summer blockbusters!

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The South by Southwest Film Festival has announced more films that will make their big screen debut at this year’s event. One will be the highly anticipated dramedy from Jodie Foster entitled The Beaver, which stars Oscar winner Mel Gibson. And there’s a feature documentary from late night host Conan O’Brien called Can’t Stop that will also premiere at the festival. Check out the other projects expected to debut below…

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Jodie Foster’s latest directorial project The Beaver has been hanging in limbo over the past year due to the personal scandal that’s surrounded its star Mel Gibson. Even though Summit Entertainment released the first trailer a week ago, a theatrical release was still unconfirmed but today we’ve learned that they’ve finally nailed down a date.

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Over the weekend Summit Entertainment finally released the first trailer for Mel Gibson’s latest film, The Beaver. The movie has been held hostage in limbo for ages thanks to the unfortunate public scandals surrounding its star. Now that the trailer is available online we can decide for ourselves whether or not the film (or Gibson) is worth our time and money. Check it out…

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Oh Mel Gibson, what are we going to do with you? The future of his latest film The Beaver has been floating in limbo due to his recent pr troubles. It’s kind of hard to sell Gibson as a headlining star these days but according to Deadline Summit plans on releasing the film in spring 2011. To kick start the marketing, they’ve released the first official photo of him and director/co-star Jodie Foster and they’ve announced the trailer premiere.

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At the rate Mel Gibson’s career is going we’re not sure when his next movie The Beaver will hit theaters. It’s a dark comedy directed by Jodie Foster and co-stars Gibson as a man who uses a beaver puppet to communicate. The story was interesting and off the wall enough to get picked up by a studio, but because of the decline in the actor’s public appeal will it ever see the light of day?

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