Mel Gibson is making news again. This time he's working with Warner Brothers to produce and possibly direct a movie about Judah Maccabee, an ancient Jewish warrior who Jews credit with liberating the city of Jerusalem. Gibson has seen his career derailed due to a series of high profile scandals some of which had ugly anti-Semitic overtones. The Oscar winner says this has long been a dream project of his but cynics will say that he is using the film as a vehicle to overcome accusations that he is a bigot. Jewish groups have already denounced his motives. More bizarrely, once red-hot screen writer Joe Eszterhaus (Basic Instinct) will author the script. Eszterhaus has seen his career go as cold as ice following the laughable 1995 box-office dud Showgirls. For more click here
