Posted on 08/01/2006 6:16:29 AM PDT by Pyro7480
ABC pulls Mel Gibson Holocaust miniseries: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The ABC television network has pulled a miniseries about the Holocaust it was developing with Mel Gibson's production company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, quoting an unidentified representative for the network.
Gibson was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving early on Friday and was reported to have launched into a tirade against Jews, asking the arresting officer if he was a Jew and blaming the Jews for starting all wars.
The actor, who holds strong conservative Catholic religious and political views and whose father is a Holocaust denier, apologized on Saturday.
The incident has raised questions about the future of projects Gibson and his Icon Productions company are working on, like the ABC television miniseries based on a memoir about a Dutch Jew during World War II, the newspaper said.
An ABC representative told the paper, without elaborating, it has been two years and the network still has not seen a script, so the project is being pulled.
A spokesperson for ABC, which is owned by Walt Disney Co., could not be reached for comment.
Disney's movie studio arm still plans to release Gibson's self-financed Mayan-language movie "Apocalypto" on December 8, Hollywood's trade papers reported. The Web site Slate.com quoted Walt Disney Studios president Oren Aviv as saying he accepted Gibson's apology.
How is this relevant to the story? Are they trying to imply that people who hold strong conservative Catholic religious and political views are all Jew-haters?
ABC is a flake.
My Mom is Catholic and a big time Jew hater. I don't get it.
They are implying that his religous and political persuasions are part of his problem.
Oh, so one must automatically lead to the other?
"it has been two years and the network still has not seen a script, so the project is being pulled."
I had the impression it had already been in filming process.
Jew-hating is a proud and old European and Catholic tradition, just like Catholic-hating was popular and acceptable among old-time Southern Baptists.
I think the bigger story is that Disney is going with the movie. They are throwing a bone by cancelling the miniseries.
He is to "conservate Catholic" what Alan Dershowitz if to Orthodox Judaism
There are some Cathlics who are anti-semitic, just like there are some Southern Baptists. It has nothing to do with the faith, but rather has to do with the family in which one was brought up, and the attitudes of one's friends during one's formative years.
I agree. Mel has shown himself to be a marketing genius and I have been wondering if this wasn't a stunt.
Mel Gibson may be a confirmed Catholic but Catholics do not hold the visceral anti-Jewish bigotry that erupted from Mel Gibson. From what I've read, he needs professional counseling and possibly therapy for his anger and emotional imbalance. Mr. Gibson's beliefs about Jews are neither "Catholic" nor "conservative".
Their loss will be another networks gain. NBC or CBS or even a cable network will pick it up.
Me too. The big thing to remember is that he has a movie coming out in December. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
When I was surfing the news stations this morning one of them was interviewing the audience. The one man first said, "Well I go to watch his acting, not his politics" Then they interviewed a woman who said she won't be attending any of his films. Then all of them said the same thing..
First of all...how is he any different from the Dixie Chicks who they ALL protected. Everyone said they have a right to say what they want. Now all of a sudden they're against Mel Gibson for speaking poorly about Jews. I don't get the impression Hollywood loves Jews. So it's just that they hate Mel.
While I don't defend what he said, if he said it, by any means, I think there's more to the story
So let me get this straight... Gibson is an accused Jew hater.. who is doing a project about the holocaust from the memoirs of a Jew who survived it?????
So, because he has been accused of launching into a drunken tyrade against jews, the project will not be finished?
I dunno this whole thing just doesn't add up..... I'd want to see how drunk he was... lord knows I've said things I don't remotely believe when scmockered.
If it is still a tradition in Europe, it is more likely that it is because of left-wing ideology and Muslim infiltration than Catholicism.
Exactly.
As a life long Roman Catholic I have never heard any official line of anti-semitism from the church in my lifetime. Are there Catholics who are? Sure... there are about 60-80 Million practicing Catholics in the US, and about another 50 Million or so who no longer actively practice....
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