Gibson and Foster's 'Beaver' Reaches the Summit
Gibson makes his slow trek back into films
Variety is reporting the reunion of Maverick co-stars Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster may be getting a home with Summit Entertainment in advanced talks to acquire world rights to The Beaver with Mel Gibson co-starring with Jodie Foster who will take on directing duties.
The film is described as a dark comedy, written by Kyle Killen, centering on a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet. In addition to helming, Foster will play the role of the man's wife.
Foster last directed Home for the Holidays in 1995, a romantic dramedy starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr. among several others, The Beaver would be her first time in the director's chair since.
Mel Gibson is getting back on track after starring in Martin Campbell's Edge of Darkness for Warner Bros. which will hit theaters on January 29, 2010. That film finds Gibson playing a straitlaced police investigator whose activist daughter is killed. He plunges into the case and uncovers systemic corruption that led to his daughter's death. William Monahan (The Departed) wrote the screenplay.
As for The Beaver, it is currently in rehearsals, with shooting slated for late September in New York.
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A film based on a double entendre? How juvenile.
@Patricia: How exactly is it based on a double entendre? It's just called 'The Beaver'. I suppose that means 'Leave It to Beaver' is based on a double entendre as well, then? I'm aware that 'beaver' can be used as a slang term for vagina (and Brad seems to enjoy making double entendre jokes about this film), but the film is about the sort of beaver that cuts down trees and builds dams. (Well, actually, a hand-puppet of that)
Also, this film looks great. Gibson is a deranged anti-semitic asshole, but he's not a bad actor, and the premise of the film is great. It reminds me very much of Mr. Garrison and Mr. Hat.
@Matt: Where did I make a joke? Perhaps my humor has even surpassed my own expectations and my jokes are now over my own head.
@Matt: Yeah, yeah. And "Hooters" is just about owls. If they didn't want the connection the puppet could have been a bunny or a doggie (no pussy cats, of course.) It's a double entendre. Just live with it.
("Leave it to Beaver" comes from a more innocent age.)
@Brad Brevet: Well, perhaps I have a juvenile sense of humor and you weren't making a joke, but I got a 'hehe' out of "Foster's 'Beaver'".
@Brad Brevet: By the way, keep up the great work, Brad. You're far and away my favorite blogger on the internet.
@Patricia: Well, with Hooters, it's intended to be a double entendre. They really make no effort to hide that. Hooters sounds much better than Bunnies or Doggies anyway.
I still don't see how Foster's film is a double entendre, though.
I guess Guy Ritchie never realised "Snatch" was a double entendre either. These Hollywood types are so innocent.
@Badge: Guy Ritchie, innocent? Nice try. But I sense your sarcasm. We live in a time when a woman performer can name herself "Pink" and not blink.
@Patricia: Strangely enough, while I was researching for my Tarantino quiz I came across a story that said Pink actually named herself after Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs. I didn't look any further into it, but thought it was interesting nonetheless.
@Brad Brevet: As much as I admire the thought, she had to know, and rejoice in, the obvious double entendre. After all, there was White, Orange, Blond, Nice Guy, Blue and Brown as well as the estimable Pink. Not that Steve Buscemi isn't my favorite.
But thanks for the insight.