Mel Gibson, Joe Eszterhas Team for Film About Jewish Hero

Here is a very, quite interesting pairing -- and concept: Mel Gibson and Joe Eszterhas are joining on the Warner Bros. project to create towards the giant screen the scriptural story of second century Jewish digital rebel Judah Maccabee and also the tale of Hanukkah. Gibson's Icon Productions will produce the project, and Eszterhas will write the script, with input from Gibson, that has lengthy been intrigued with Maccabee (who had been known as Judah the Hammer), a lot to ensure that he'd considered this like a follow-up project to 'The Passion from the Christ' in 2004. Gibson, obviously, continues to be top quality a racist, a misogynist as well as an anti-Semite (the second for his anti-Jewish remarks made when charged with a Drunk driving in 2006) but has apologized and atoned for individuals sins. Still, his waiting in Hollywood is a little shaky. Eszterhas, once among the greatest compensated screenwriters in Hollywood and finest noted for 'Basic Instinct' and 'Showgirls,' left Tinseltown for Cleveland in the past, where he won a bout with cancer, and it has been writing books. He's no stranger to movies that cope with problems that impact Jews: 'Betrayed' involved an FBI agent pursuing whitened supremacists, and 'Music Box' worked using the massacre of Jews in Hungary throughout The Second World War. In 1995, Eszterhas was granted the Emanuel Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award for his documents concerning the Holocaust in Hungary. A significant pairing, indeed. And, to refresh your scriptural history, here is a brief on Hanukkah: When Syria mastered Judea within the second century B.C., the Jewish temple in Jerusalem was sacked and services were outlawed. This fomented a revolt, brought by Mattathias Maccabee, a Jewish priest, and the five sons, Jochanan, Simeon, Eleazar, Jonathan and Judah. The revolt was effective, however when the siblings went into the temple to celebrate, there is insufficient essential olive oil within the holy ships to last several day, yet they burned for eight days, time required to prepare fresh oil. This "miracle" brought towards the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah, the festival of lights. Not sure on who'll direct, or if any stars happen to be considered for roles. Tip o' the hat to Deadline.