Gibson to do film on Judah Maccabee

[Ohio Joe]

No... Really... I shit you not...

http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/shocker-mel-gibson-and-joe-eszterhas-to-tell-iconic-jewish-hero-judah-maccabee-story-for-warner-bros/

Kind of like having David Duke make a film on MLK if you ask me.

[nosmokes]

1. excellent analogy.

Warner Brothers must be smokin crack.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I believe Gibson is fully capable of doublethink

He can hold the positions that Jews are evil incarnate and God's chosen people simultaneously - and however it suits his purposes at the moment.

[RZM]

3. And Joe Ezsterhas will be writing it too

He of 'Showgirls' and 'Basic Instinct' fame.

That being said, I do like a good historical epic and this is an interesting subject, so I might give it a chance. It does sound a bit like a calculated move though. Sort of like Eddie Murphy doing all of those family films after he 'gave a ride' to the transsexual (or was it transvestite . . . I forget) prostitute.