Mel Gibson To Make Another Movie That Nobody Will Understand

Mel Gibson, probably best known for his ‘hilarious’ role in the ‘rib-tickling’ ‘comedy’ What Women Want, might just be getting ideas above his station.

His last film, The Passion Of The Christ: One Tough Bastard - basically Kill Bill without the good bits - has taken over $600 million, despite being filmed in a number of languages that nobody understood: Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew.

Spurred on by his success, Mel Gibson will now make another movie that nobody understands - this time in Mayan.

Mel Gibson (DVDs) has signed up with Disney to direct Apocalypto, a movie
based on his own screenplay, described as a "unique adventure" set 500 years in the
past. It will start shooting in Mexico in October, with a tentative
release date of Summer 2006. The performers will all be unknown
Mexicans.

As with The Passion Of The Christ, Apocalypto was reportedly turned
down by a number of movie studios. Unlike The Passion Of The Christ,
though, it’s unclear whether Apocalypto will be a raging success.
Gibson’s last film was about Jesus - quite a big name in the middle of
America - and it’s audience was made of lots of people that don’t
usually go to the cinema. A film about unknown Mexicans is another
kettle of fish entirely.

The movie will definitely be performed in Mayan, an ancient
pre-Colombian language. We’re not sure if the script is made of a bunch
of hieroglyphics or not, but we hope the word ‘Pook‘ features heavily
in the finished movie. It means ‘Hat’. We like hats.

Other details are equally unclear. But we’re fairly certain that the baddies will be British. Or Jewish.

[story by Stuart Heritage]