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UNDER AND ALONE
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Warner Bros. Pictures is negotiating with Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, King Arthur) to direct Mel Gibson in Under and Alone.
Under and Alone is based on the true story of William Queen, a Vietnam veteran who worked for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and infiltrated a motorcycle gang. Billy Queen joined the biker gang, rose to become its treasurer, and helped the authorities put away three dozen members for drug dealing, extortion, murder, and arson. Queen is living in witness protection.
Ned Zeman and Daniel Barnzm who developed it with Gibson have written the script. Queen´s autobiography "Under and Alone," will be published next April.
The project is being prepped by Icon partners Gibson and Bruce Davey.
This would be Gibson's first major on-screen role since he starred in M. Night Shyamalan's Signs in 2002 and since directing the controversial Passion of the Christ.
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Fuqua's work was recently seen on the big screen in King Arthur. He's also attached to helm The Untouchables prequel, Capone Rising.
Under and Alone was reportedly set to start shooting this summer but, according to Alan Nierob, the "Lethal Weapon" star has put on hold this project.
- Year of Release: 2006
- Directed by Antoine Fuqua
- Producers Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey
- Writing credits: Ned Zeman and Daniel Barnz based on William Queen (novel)
- Cast: Mel Gibson.
- Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Genres: Drama, Crime/Gangster
- Production Company: Icon Productions
- Theatrical Release Date: TBA, 2006
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Color: Color
- Synopsis: An officer in the Southern California office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms infiltrates the notorious Mongols motorcycle gang, where his undercover work leads to more than 80 arrests. He is then put into a witness protection program.
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