Mel Update 810
Disney has a movie it no longer wants.
Mel Gibson's movie "Apocalypto," which Disney was supposed to release on Dec. 8, is "being shopped" to other potential distributors, sources tell me.
One potential distributor for "Apocalypto" is Lions Gate, an independent company with a history of rescuing distressed projects. In the past they've picked up Kevin Smith's "Dogma" and Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" when Miramax was prevented from putting them out by their own agreements with Disney.
A spokesperson for Lions Gate declined to comment on whether the company had talked to Disney or Gibson. At the same time, a reliable insider who knew the players in this game assured me that Disney was quietly shopping the film and that Lions Gate was first on its list of hopeful buyers.
ALSO...The Los Angeles County Counsel's office has refused to release to the media video and audio tapes of Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest, saying the material is "part of the investigatory file," which is exempt from the California Public Records Act.
The Internet celebrity news site TMZ.com, which broke the story of Gibson's arrest, had asked Sheriff Lee Baca to release the tapes.
In a letter to the attorney for TMZ principal deputy county counsel, Gary Gross said the tapes are exempt from the public records act and will remain sealed.
Mel Gibson's movie "Apocalypto," which Disney was supposed to release on Dec. 8, is "being shopped" to other potential distributors, sources tell me.
One potential distributor for "Apocalypto" is Lions Gate, an independent company with a history of rescuing distressed projects. In the past they've picked up Kevin Smith's "Dogma" and Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" when Miramax was prevented from putting them out by their own agreements with Disney.
A spokesperson for Lions Gate declined to comment on whether the company had talked to Disney or Gibson. At the same time, a reliable insider who knew the players in this game assured me that Disney was quietly shopping the film and that Lions Gate was first on its list of hopeful buyers.
ALSO...The Los Angeles County Counsel's office has refused to release to the media video and audio tapes of Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest, saying the material is "part of the investigatory file," which is exempt from the California Public Records Act.
The Internet celebrity news site TMZ.com, which broke the story of Gibson's arrest, had asked Sheriff Lee Baca to release the tapes.
In a letter to the attorney for TMZ principal deputy county counsel, Gary Gross said the tapes are exempt from the public records act and will remain sealed.
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