2 OCTOBER 2005.-NEWS: APOCALYPTO
Definitely, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Veracruz are the "winners" and future sets of Apocalypto.
Three days ago Mel Gibson filmed some sceneries of these areas in order to begin the promotion of the film.
Cast: Mexican actor Miguel Angel Galvan, as a maya priest, and actor/model Mauricio Amuy, as a maya chief, have been recruited by Icon Productions.
According to local newspaper, Mr. Gibson read the 'Popol-Vuh', the holy book of the Mayans, in order to familiarize himself with this culture.
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6 OCTOBER 2005.- POOR PATSY
First "Kisses and Kissers" and now "to be or not to be butt-naked"
British actress PATSY KENSIT has confessed that she was deeply disappointed by her steamy sex scene with MEL GIBSON in the 1989 sequel LETHAL WEAPON 2, as her co-star kept his manhood under wraps. The blonde beauty admits she had to strip completely for the sequence, but it was a different story for Gibson. She complains, "It was strapped down. When we did a love scene, I was butt-naked but he had his modesty pouch thing. So I didn't see it and I didn't look."
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8 OCTOBER 2005.-PARKING
As we have nothing interesting to relate today, this piece of gossip will serve our purpose.
An australian local newspaper wonders whether Gibson is in Adelaide/Australia. The paper says that Mel Gibson is staying at his home in the Adelaide Hills and that he'll have to find a new place at the airport to park his private jet with the opening of a new terminal.
That´s the advantages of lacking a private jet, we don´t have to worry about parking it.
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14 OCTOBER 2005.- THE FINISHING TOUCHES
Mel Gibson is too busy putting the finishing touches to the preproduction of his next movie Apocalypto.
Last weekend Mel Gibson visited Churubusco Studios in order to supervise all the details concerning make-up and wardrobe. Gibson is due to begin shooting the film on location in Veracruz on 14 November but the recent floods may force Mr. Gibson to postpone the production schedule. It is said that Gibson is very worried about the situation of this area after hurricane Stan.
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17 OCTOBER 2005.- A NEW HOUSE
Mel Gibson collects houses Mel now possesses three homes in the coastal town of Malibu, California. His latest purchase has costed $24 million
The home has six bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a master bedroom suite with his-and-her sitting rooms, a gym, a library, an office, an elevator, a lagoon pool and a cabana. It also features a gourmet kitchen, a bar and a wine cellar.
Gibson also owns a four-bedroom, beachfront house that he bought in April 2000 for about $3.5 million.
We´re very hopeful that he´ll leave us one of these houses in his last will and testament.
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17 OCTOBER 2005.- AGAINST THE POVERTY IN THE WORLD
- MORE THAN 8 MILLION PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO POOR TO SURVIVE.
- 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY.
EVERY DAY IS THE 17th OF OCTOBER
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20 OCTOBER 2005.- MR. GIBSON DONATES US$1 MILLION
Mel Gibson met with Mexican President Vicente Fox on Wednesday and donated US$1 million to help Mexico recover from Hurricane Stan.
Fox's office said Gibson asked to meet with Fox because he wanted to help after Hurricane Stan hit the Gulf state of Veracruz, where the actor is filming a movie.
Stan lashed Central America and Mexico with days of relentless rain from October 1, triggering floods and landslides which led to more than 2,000 deaths in hardest-hit Guatemala and 125 in
El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua. Hurricane Wilma, was expected to come close to hitting Mexico's Yucatan peninsula late this week.
Shooting of Apocalypto is scheduled to begin on November 14 in the eastern Gulf Coast state of Veracruz.
BRAVO! and THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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21 OCTOBER 2005.- MEL GIBSON IN VERACRUZ
This photo was taken yesterday.
Mel Gibson in Veracruz. Gibson is due to begin shooting APOCALYPTO on location in Los Tuxtlas (San Andres, Veracruz) on 14 November.
TO SEE ALL THE PICTURES CLICK HERE
WE THANK D.JUAN VELASKO FOR THIS REPORT.
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26 OCTOBER 2005.- APOCALYPTO
Next Friday, weather permitting, Mel Gibson will give a press conference in order to explain all the details concerning his next film "Apocalypto".
The secret will be "unveiled" and we´ll be able to sleep again.
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29 OCTOBER 2005.-PRESS CONFERENCE
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The movie is scheduled to begin production Nov. 14 and will be shot almost entirely in the jungle of Mexico's Veracruz state.
The film's stars will be unrecognizable to most moviegoers, and they will speak in the Mayan tongue of Yucateco, Gibson said. It will be light on dialogue and heavy on images and action
Gibson said the story would be told through the eyes of a Mayan man, his family and village, and would touch on universal themes about "civilizations and what undermines them," but he declined to go into details about the plot.
He said Mayan myths from the Popol Vuh sacred texts formed part of his research for the film, which also drew on input from indigenous groups and Spanish mission texts from the 1700s and Mayan language translators.
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To see the interview and all the photos sent by D. JUAN VELASKO, please
CLICK HERE
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1 NOVEMBER 2005.- MEL GIBSON RETIRES FROM ACTING AND CONTRACTS "THE MONTEZUMA´S REVENGE".
Mel Gibson retires from acting.
According to some local newspapers, last Friday during the press conference in Boca del Río, Mel Gibson announced that he would never star in a new film. "I ´ve been an actor for 30 years. Now I think that this phase of my life has come to an end. I prefer directing..."
He also said that he enjoyed directing because directing and producing were much funnier... and it was necessary to be a megalomaniac so he liked being at the helm.
Gibson has thousands of new projects on his mind. In the near future, he´ll try to make a movie in English.
The "retired" actor and Famous director also said that he had contracted the ancient affliction of interlopers in Mesoamerica, sometimes called Montezuma's revenge. "At this moment here in Mexico, my mouth likes the food but my stomach doesn't," Nothing serious. A nourishing "cocido" (a light spanish dish of boiled meat and vegetables) or "callos", a very digestive food, and DONE!
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3 NOVEMBER 2005.- MONTEZUMA´S REVENGE AND MEL GIBSON
Some people have asked us about the Montezuma´s Revenge and its "rate of mortatlity". In order to fulfil the general interest, we´ve dome a thorough search and found the following useful information.
The Montezuma´s Revenge is the word used to describe any stomach or intestinal ailment experienced while on Mexican soil.The leading cause of discomfort, Escherichia coli, otherwise known as E. coli bacteria, can be injested in drink as well as food. While many attacks are blamed on unpurified water, just as many are caused by ineffectual food handling.
Episodes of MR begin abruptly, often without warning. They can occur during travel as well as after returning home and are not contagious. It's slightly more common in young adults rather than older people. The reason for this is unclear, but may be because of a lack of acquired immunity, more adventurous lifestyles, and different eating and drinking habits. Attack rates are similar in men and women. The most common day of onset is the third day after arrival in Mexico, but onset may occur at any time during the visit, and even after returning home.
The solution is very easy: let MR take its course so that you develop an immunity.
The mortality rate is LOW, VERY LOW. Two persons in five hundred years. The first was kicked by a horse after recovering from the illness and the second was killed by her lover during the period of convalescence. So CHEER UP!. Be sure that we´re going to enjoy Mr. Gibson´s company next century too.
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7 NOVEMBER 2005.- A NEW FILM
Icon Productions International has bought world rights to the thriller "Butterfly on a Wheel"
Mike Barker will direct the picture, to be produced by Icon, Irish DreamTime and Infinity Feature Canada.
The plot centers on a happy couple with a seemingly perfect life whose daughter is abducted. Over the course of a day, the kidnapper dismantles the family's lives with brutal efficiency.
Pierce Brosnan will take on the villain role: the kidnapper.
A February start is skedded, with locations in Canada and Chicago.
According to Bruce Davey, Icon will distribute the film in the U.K. and Australia and offer "Butterfly" to international buyers at AFM.
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7 NOVEMBER 2005.- LEARNING SPANISH
Yes, Michael Thomas is the man who has taught Spanish to Mel Gibson, Woody Allen and Barbra Steissand
He is a master of languages par excellence whose cassettes and CDs - for those wishing to learn French, Italian, Spanish or German - sell in their millions world-wide
We can´t wait to hear his famous "pupils" speaking Cervantes´s Language!
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11 NOVEMBER 2005.- ACTORS, ACTRESSES AND RUMOURS
- Oscar-winner Anjelica Huston will join Pierce Brosnan and fellow Irishman Liam Neeson in the period drama "Seraphim," to be produced by Mel Gibson.
The film will begin shooting next week in Mexico.
- The mexican actor, Joaquin Cosío, will star in "Apocalypto". By the way, Mel Gibson and his team will begin shooting the film next Monday (Nov.14) in Los Tuxtlas.
Gibson’s press conference skimped on the story details so all sort of rumours are going round the Web.
Some rumors have started that the film will concern Mayan calendar predictions of what is called the “Fin de los Tiempos” (End of Time), when the sun and the center of the Milky Way Galaxy will be astronomically aligned. This disturbing prophecy predicts that our world will end in fire in 2012 and be reborn in a different, more evolved form.
- "Lucius Malfoy", where have we seen him before?. Before appearing in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” as Draco’s father, Jason Isaacs was seen opposite Mel Gibson in 2000’s “The Patriot” as the “brutal” Colonel Tavington. Jason has a real vocation for playing the villain.
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18 NOVEMBER 2005.-NEW PHOTOS
New pics taken by D. Juan Velasko during the news conference, CLICK HERE
Next chapter, "SHOOTING, LOS TUXTLAS". COMING SOON!
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20 NOVEMBER 2005.- ICON PRODUCTIONS SUES CLEANFLICKS.
Mel Gibson's company Icon Productions has made a legal claim against CleanFlicks for messing with Passion of the Christ. For the last six years, Ray Lines´s company has been editing the nudity, violence, and language out of films. On this occasion Ray took out three minutes of The Passion of The Christ. According to the lawsuit, what CleanFlicks did was copyright infringement, but Ray believes he has the right to CENSOR movies. Why rate a film showing who may see it?. They could give Mr. Ray a pair of scissors and done!.
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21 NOVEMBER 2005.- APOCALYPTO, NUMBERS AND COMPLAINTS
- "Apocalypto" will be filmed from November 14th to April. The production team will take a break from 22/23 December to 2 January.
Around 200 people have collaborated in building the sets.
300 people are directly involved in the production.
Around 100 extras will work every day.
- Specialists in mayan culture and history have expressed serious doubts about the film. They fear that Apocalypto may give an inaccurate image of mayan civilization. They also complain about the lack of concrete information. "The whole project is too abstract," they say.
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26 NOVEMBER 2005.-APOCALYPTO, SETS AND TRAILERS
- Apparently the trailers of "Apocalypto" start to been seen all over the world in December.
- Mel Gibson will donate sets from his new film "Apocalypto" -- including six replicas of Mayan pyramids -- to the Mexican state of Veracruz when work on the movie is finished.
Donated items also are to include several movie-set prehispanic villages.
"He is doing some construction work, building in particular some pyramids and indigenous villages," said director of cinematography for Veracruz state Prospero Rebolledo. "He has donated to us these pyramids."
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23 DECEMBER 2005.- INFORMATION ABOUT APOCALYPTO
- December.-Shooting. "MEL GIBSON IN CATEMACO", a report by DZ (www.tuxtlas.com)
- Locations.
- A magic place.
- The trailer.
- A mysterious girl.
CLICK HERE
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30 DECEMBER 2005.- CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
According to a local newspaper, Mel Gibson is spending the Christmas holidays in Mexico.
He will resume filming "Apocalypto" on 2 January 2006.
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3 JANUARY 2006.- BIRTHDAY GUY
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Today, Mel Gibson celebrates his 50th birthday.
Apparently Mr. Gibson will spend the day directing "Apocalypto". But we´re sure that he´ll also have a birthday party with jelly, ice-cream galore and a special cake.
PS. Please, don´t forget to send us a BIG slice, because we´re very hungry.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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By the way, while Mr. Gibson is eating the cake, the jelly and the ice-cream, you can see some photos of APOCALYPTO. CLICK HERE
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8 JANUARY 2006.- APOCALYPTO, SHOOTING 2
- "The governor, the executive producer, the choreographer, the director and his beard"
- 21 Diciembre 2012
CLICK HERE
- NEW PICS and INFO: Mel and the Governor on the set by Juan Velasko and CINEWEB.com.
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