Mel Gibson's SUMMER VACATION Isn't Like A Chevy Chase VACATION...

Merrick here...
Mel Gibson will star in HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION, based on his own screenplay.

"Summer Vacation" centers on a career criminal who gets caught by Mexican authorities and is sent to a drug- and crime-filled prison, where he learns how to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy. Gibson has written only two other screenplays in his career: "Apocalypto" and "The Passion of the Christ," both of which he directed.

...says Variety HERE. Even though this sounds like a perfect project for Gibson to direct, VACATION will actually be directed by Adrian Grunberg - Mel's first AD on APOCALYPTO. It'll be produced by Stacy Perskie, his Second AD on that film. HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION continues Gibson's MAD MAX-free renaissance. We'll soon see him in Martin Campbell's EDGE OF DARKNESS, a Jodie Foster directed film called THE BEAVER, and yesterday we learned that he'll be producing/directing a Leonardo DiCaprio Viking epic.
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