Mel Gibson to direct fifth ‘Deadly Weapon’ movie

Mel Gibson will direct the fifth film of Lethal Weapon (Deadly weapon) and will thus take over from filmmaker Richard Donner, who passed away last July.

Magazine The Hollywood Reporter He pointed out this Monday that Donner already had this project underway with different writers working on the story, but now it will be Gibson who, after the death of the director, will take over the reins of the film.

The action-comedy saga Lethal Weapon It was key to Gibson becoming a Hollywood star in the late ’80s and early’ 90s.

With Danny Glover as co-star, the saga so far had four films – released in 1987, 1989, 1992 and 1998 – and a recent series, also titled Lethal Weapon, which aired from 2016 to 2019 with a new cast.

The fifth installment of Lethal Weapon It is a new attempt by Gibson to relaunch a race in low hours.

In recent years, he has been the protagonist of different controversies that range from anti-Semitic and racist statements to arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol to accusations of sexist violence.

Oscar winner for best director and best film for Braveheart (1995), Gibson came back strong behind the camera with Hacksaw Ridge (2016), a war film that received six Oscar nominations and was his first job as a director since Apocalypto (2006).

However, as an actor he has recently accumulated a long list of low-budget projects with little echo with few exceptions such as Dragged Across Concrete (2018) the The Professor and the Madman (2019).

Gibson’s signing as director in Lethal Weapon It is also an important novelty in his filmography, since he has usually stood out for his visceral and very intense style with films such as The Passion of the Christ (2004). (E)