Mel Gibson and Leonardo DiCaprio working on a film together seems like an odd combination, but it’s happening. According to BFDealmemo, the Oscar winning director will team up with DiCaprio for an upcoming Viking movie. This means William Wallace will be directing Howard Hughes while wearing a horn hat, or at least that’s my visual of it.

The Viking film is untitled at the moment, but will feature a screenplay written by William Monahan who penned The Departed. According to sources, the film will fall in line with Gibson’s previous period pieces Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto. The plot details of the film haven’t been revealed but we do know that it will be heavily submerged in Viking culture.

One of the main producers on the film is Graham King, who worked with Gibson, DiCaprio, and Monahan on past projects. He’s said to be the glue that’s keeping this project together. The film is slated to start production sometime in the fall of 2010. This will mark DiCaprio’s first film with Gibson, so it will be interesting to see if they can make movie magic.

DiCaprio has the look to pull off a Viking thanks to his blonde hair, blue eyes, and German heritage but Gibson on the other hand concerns me. How many of these period war epics can he direct? Don’t get me wrong, all the ones he’s done have been pretty good, but I want to see something else from him.

What do you think about Leonardo DiCaprio working with Mel Gibson?

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A trailer has finally been released for Martin Campbell‘s latest film, Edge of Darkness. The film stars Mel Gibson as a former Boston detective whose daughter is murdered, causing him to take matters into his own hands by searching for her killer. The screenplay was written by Oscar winning scribe William Monahan (The Departed), and looks like a worthy follow up to his previous work.

Check out the first trailer for Edge of Darkness…

The cast for this film is filled with talent such as Ray Winstone and Danny Huston. Being that Monahan is a Boston native I’m going to let the fact that the majority of his films take place there slide. As long as the quality continues to stay high like The Departed, he can represent Beantown as long as he likes.  It’s good to see some old school vigilante Mel Gibson. I’m happy to see him in front of the camera again.

Edge of Darkness gets released on January 29th, 2010

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The British drama London Boulevard just got infused with some more European flare. The film is the directorial debut of Oscar winning screenwriter William Monahan, and currently stars Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell. According to RopeofSilicon three more British actors have just been added to the cast in the form of Ray Winstone (above), Anna Friel, and David Thewlis.

Monahan also wrote the film’s screenplay, which focuses on the budding relationship between a young actress and her handy man. Farrell will star as a crook who tries to go straight after getting released from prison by becoming a domestic worker for a reclusive starlet. Winstone will play a “former crime boss”, Friel will star as Farrell’s sister, and Thewlis will portray Knightley’s business manager. Filming for London Boulevard will being this summer in the U.K..

Is it just me or is Anna Friel is on the move? She’s not letting the mistreatment of her former show Pushing Daisies get her down. The actress will be featured in this summer’s Land of the Lost alongside Will Ferrell and Danny McBride. As of late I keep seeing her in comedies so I’m excited to see her in something with a darker slant to it.

Do you think first time director William Monahan has what it takes to pull this one off?

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It looks as if someone’s decided to take a risk and invest in Mel Gibson’ s career again. Last November Gibson wrapped a project entitled Edge of Darkness, which he shot with Ray Winstone and Danny Huston. For months the film has been looking for a distribution home, and finally it’s found one. According to Variety, Warner Brothers has decided to take the plunge and has acquired the rights to the film. The feature is based on the BBC miniseries of the same name, which”centered on a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Dept, whose only child is murdered on the steps of his home.”

Martin Campbell directed the film that is currently in post production. The script was adapted from an original story by Troy Kennedy Martin, and was written by go-to-guy William Monahan and Andrew Bovell. The production team behind the film includes Graham King who produced The Departed, and Michael Wearing who produced the original miniseries.

Mel Gibson’s last major film project was the 2006 epic Apocolypto, which he directed but did not star. Ray Winstone was last seen in the summer blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, while Danny Huston will star as William Stryker in this year’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

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