We first told you about Mel Gibson’s new opus, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, back in December. In February we found out that In the US this film is being released under the title Get the Gringo. Why the name change? Perhaps it has something to do with what the locals could be heard yelling at Mel Gibson when they were filming in Mexico.  Perhaps it was concluded that Americans might not give a sh*t what Mel did on his vacation unless it included a stint in rehab. You might want to check this one out folks, it could be Gibson’s swansong if he doesn’t get some help. (It’s too bad. He’s not without talent, even if he has gone off the deep end.)

Lionsgate will release the film in the UK on 11th May, but it’s going directly to VOD here in the States ( a “domestic direct-to-consumer release” in industry-speak)  It will bow on DIRECTV Cinema on May 1 in HD and will be followed by wide release on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD and digital download later this year.  

During a high-speed car chase with the US Border Patrol and a bleeding body in his back seat, Driver (Mel Gibson) violently crashes his car into the border wall as he tries to outrun them.  Driver survives the crash only to land inside a hard-core Mexican prison where he enters the strange and dangerous world of “El Pueblito.”  He finds unlikely guidance from a 10-year-old kid who shows him the ropes.

GET THE GRINGO, an explosive action filmed infused with dark comedy, had a premiere screening event with Ain’t It Cool News in Austin, Texas,  followed by a Q&A hosted by AICN founder Harry Knowles with producer, co-screenwriter and star Mel Gibson, director Adrian Grunberg, and Kevin Hernandez, who stars as the “kid.” Screenings were held simultaneously in major markets with the subsequent discussion being streamed live to audiences around the country.

Filmed in Mexico, the multi-lingual film also stars Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Jesus Ochoa, Roberto Sosa, Dolores Heredia, Kevin Hernandez, Fernando Becerril, Mayra Serbullo, Mario Zaragoza, Gerardo Taracena, Tenoch Huerta, Patrick Bauchau and Peter Gerety.

We have a new poster, a trailer, video from the Q & A as well as some images from the film to share. Enjoy!

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We first told you about Mel Gibson’s new opus back in December. In the US this film is being released under the title Get the Gringo. In the UK, it’s still known by its original title, How I Spent My Summer Vacation. Why the name change? As usual, there doesn’t seem to be a logical explanation, at least on the surface of things. I’m sure there were exhaustive market research analyses done on the subject before the decision was reached. *eyeroll*.  Perhaps it was concluded that Americans might not give a sh*t what Mel Gibson did on his vacation, lest it included a stint in rehab. 

I may be on to something since Lionsgate is planning to release the film in the UK on 11^th May, but it’s going directly to VOD here in the States.

The synopsis: Gibson plays Driver, who, during a high-speed car chase with the U.S. Border Patrol and a bleeding body in his back seat, crashes into the border wall as he tries to escape. He survives, only to be placed inside a hard-core Mexican prison where he enters the strange and dangerous world of “El Pueblito.” There, he finds unlikely survival guidance from a 10-year-old kid who shows him the ropes.

Get the Gringo aka How I Spent My Summer Vacation, costars Peter Stormare, Scott Cohen and Patrick Bauchau. Check out the UK trailer below:

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Odds are you haven’t even heard of How I Spent My Summer Vacation with Mel Gibson. Written by Gibson and director Adrian Grunberg, who has an extensive resume as a second unit director and has worked with Gibson on Apocalypto and Edge of Darkness, How I Spent My Summer Vacation is a return to the action genre that Gibson does very well. In the film a career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities, is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy (Kevin Hernandez). We’re talking about it today because a new poster has just been released. I like it. It looks like a throwback to gritty 70s actioners. Taking place in Mexico I expect dry, hot and dusty and that Mel may remind me of early Clint (Eastwood.) What can I say, hope springs eternal. C’mon, Mel needs the money. He’s got all those kids, not to mention massive amounts of THERAPY, to pay for.

Other than Gibson and Peter Stormare (always interesting to watch), the cast is pretty C-list, tv movie-of-the-week staples, although I do like Scott Cohen (especially on USA’s “Necessary Roughness”. Here he’s playing a lawyer. What are the odds he’ll be smarmy?) and I’ve liked Patrick Bauchau since“The Pretender”.

Originally scheduled for a 2011 release, I’m thinking the failure of The Beaver had something to do with it being pushed back. (The reasons why that film flopped are too numerous to get into here.) Right now, How I Spent My Summer Vacation only has release dates for Sweden (April 13) and The Netherlands (June 7).
 

Great. Mel Gibson may be procreating again. This time it's with a reality star who The Star claims is carrying his demon seed after the two dated briefly in the summer.

Radar Online is reporting that when contacted, both mother-to-be Laura Bellizzi 35 and Mel Gibson denied he was the father with sugar-tits adding it was physically impossible for him to father a child. Could this be he got fixed?

The Star claims to have an insider close to Laura who claims she is telling close friends it IS Mel's spawn. This insider goes on to say:

“Laura’s being as secretive as she can be about it,” the insider told Star. “But she’s really showing now, and people are beginning to ask the question: ‘Who’s the daddy?’”

The Secrets of Aspen 2010 reality star met Mel through mutual friends and the attraction was instant. Even a member of her family confirms the father is an 'A-lister' and the baby's daddy is famous.

Mel has spawned 7 children with his ex-wife, and 1 with Oksana Grigorieva. Laura, who obviously isn't down with birth-control, has 3 kids from two previous relationships.

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Jodie Foster Takes Her ‘Beaver’ (and Mel Gibson) to Cannes – PHOTOS

Mel Gibson’s only very loyal friend, Jodie Foster premiered her movie The Beaver at the 64^th Annual Cannes Film Festival where sugar tits made an appearance all dressed up in his tux.

Bar Refaeli was also at the premiere looking mouth-watering gorgeous. It really makes a girl wonder about Leonardo DiCaprio’s sanity.

Mel Gibson skipped the photocall for The Beaver but Foster, being the director and all, didn’t and did say Gibson would be at the premiere but wouldn’t be talking. She says of his tape-recorded racism:

“I can’t excuse Mel’s behavior. Only he can explain that,” Foster told reporters at Cannes. “But I do know the man that I know. He’s been a friend for many, many years, and as a friend, he is kind and loyal and thoughtful, and I can spend hours on the phone with him talking about life. And he’s complex, and I appreciate his complexity and what his complexity brings to his work.”

Gibson plays a suicidally depressed husband and father who seeks relief (and therapy) through his Beaver hand puppet.

Watch: Mel Gibson’s ‘The Beaver’ 3 Sneak Peek Clips

Mel Gibson Flashes His Beaver @ Rockefeller Centre

As bizarre as that all sounds, critics are saying it’s Gibson’s best work yet. Will you watch the movie?

Pictures after the break.

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Now this is shocking. Oksana Grigorieva has dropped the domestic violence claim against Mel Gibson today in court. Apparently she did so as an attempt to extend an olive branch. This pisses me off. He either assaulted you or he didn’t.

How is it something so HUGE is used as an attept to extend an olive branch? Domestic violence is not something to sweep under the rug. So that means it most likely didn’t happen which is equally disgusting. People like her ruin it for actual victims of domestic violence when you make false claims.

She’s also terminated the paperwork that prohibits Mel from contacting or harrassing her.  Mel’s lawyer Steven Kolodny and the judge were both very shocked.

But surprise, surprise the civil lawsuit is still going on.  This woman is a piece of work.

Photo: TMZ

If you haven’t completely banned Mel Gibson from your life and are planning to watch his latest flick, The Beaver, then you might just enjoy these three clips from the movie.

Mel Gibson’s ‘The Beaver’ Trailer Has Arrived [Video]

Jodie Foster co-stars with Mel Gibson in an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black (Gibson) was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can’t seem to get himself back on track… until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.

The movie opens on May 6 in limited locations then will expand on May 20.  You can check out the clips below to see if it’s worth the watch…. (more…)

Move over Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva. It seems that daily things are going from bad to worse for the Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry custody battle that’s brewing with a he-said/she-said story popping up daily.

It all began with a split that was by all accounts considered amicable. Until Gabriel filed court documents to establish his parental rights. That’s when it all hit the fan.

That’s when Halle had to bow out of a film so she could vigorously protect her daughter from Gabriel, who she had serious issues with as a father to their child. Up until his court filing, they were apparently working things out. Halle’s camp issued a very strong statement:

“Halle has serious concerns for her daughter’s well-being while in the care of her father for any extended period of time and is prepared to take all necessary steps to protect her.” She has attempted to resolve these custody issues amicably with her daughter’s father, Gabriel Aubry, directly, but given his lack of cooperation, Halle has no choice but to seek swift judicial intervention,” her rep says.

Some might argue the timing is a little too suspect. Some might say she was taking the high road until she felt cornered. Everyone’s got an opinion. What do you think?

Yesterday came allegations that Gabriel hurled the ‘n’ word at Halle with allegations he demeaned her on a regular basis. Apparently there are texts to back up this claim. Claims that Nahla is now suddenly terrified of Gabriel also came out yesterday when a source in Halle’s camp said that Nahla starts crying hysterically and throwing tantrums whenever Gabriel picks her up for visits and that Halle is convinced something bad is happening to her child.

Protecting the child is the number one priority here without question. When there are allegations such that Halle’s camp is making, they should always be investigated in the best interest of the child. That’s a given. But the timing of these allegations does not lend to Halle’s credibility.

If there were issues, the question becomes why didn’t Halle initiate the filing of court documents protecting her daughter? Why wait until Gabriel files legal papers for his parental rights? Maybe she didn’t want to go public with any of this and for all we know she could have been working on it in the background all along.

TMZ is reporting today that a former girlfriend of Gabriel’s is now coming forward stating that he was “very disrespectful to women” during the two years they dated and she is going to be reaching out to Halle shortly. They have mutual friends apparently. She states that Gabriel is borderline racist which would back Halle’s claims up.

RadarOnline is reporting today that a friend of Gabriel’s is stating it’s all bullsh*t and that Gabriel has voicemails, emails and texts of Halle and her psycho-drama where she goes all Mel Gibson on him. Probably no where near as bad, but you get the point. You should go check out all that this ‘source’ has to say but here’s a snippet:

“I honestly think Gabriel should release some of these messages he has from Halle, and tell his side of the story, but he won’t, he said he’s going to save them for family court, which will be a private, press-free environment. I know it sounds like I’m painting a picture but Gabriel truly does not want to do anything at all that could potentially damage his daughter, and he knows attacking Halle in the press would ultimately do that.

This source claims that Halle told Gabriel he was only good for one thing and ‘thanks for the donation’. Ouch. So is this a case of him getting even by filing court papers, or is this a father who truly wants to be a part of his daughter’s life? He’s remained pretty tight lipped with the exception of the one statement his camp released:

“While Gabriel is disappointed in Halle’s decision to falsely malign him publicly and for her own purposes, he refuses to be pulled into her dispute over a canceled film production. Gabriel also refuses to air their issues in the press as he believes this may ultimately harm their daughter. The fact is that Gabriel is a caring father who shares custody of Nahla,”

“Gabriel fully believes that a consistent and balanced living situation and two loving parents are crucial for their child even if Ms. Berry feels otherwise. He will always defend his rights as a father and will always consider Nahla’s best interest. Halle’s continuing allegations in the press are untrue and irresponsible.”

So there you have it. It’s looking like this fight is getting uglier and uglier by the minute. The only people who will gain in a situation like this are the lawyers and the one person who loses the most is Nahla.

We may never know the truth in this situation (like it’s our business), but in a lot of custody battles the fight doesn’t always have anything to do with the child but is more of a vindictive play of the former couple with issues of control and ego getting in the way of what is most important: Nahla.

[Photo credit: L.Gallo WENN]