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FILTER RESULTS ►Rejected Joe Eszterhas' Maccabees script is "a Jewish Braveheart'
Sharon Waxman of The Wrap has now read the script that Joe Eszterhas turned in for the Mel Gibson production of a film about the Jewish hero Judah Maccabee. It's very bloody, but true to the story.
Joe Eszterhas: I Have Tape Of Mel Gibson’s Violent Rants
Joe Eszterhas and Mel Gibson are currently in the middle of a war of words. Eszterhas, who was working with Gibson on the new movie about Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee, accused Gibson of going on anti-semitic rants while working on the new film. Gibson has denied the allegations, but now Ezterhas says that he has [...]Show More Summary
Simon Wiesenthal Center Asks Warner Bros To Shelve Mel Gibson’s Maccabee Movie
Rabbi Marvin Hier has publicly expressed opposition to Mel Gibson taking on this movie about Jewish hero Judah Maccabee ever since it was announced last fall. Tonight, Hier’s LA-based Simon Wiesenthal Center issued this statement: In...Show More Summary
Film: Newswire: The Maccabees was part of Mel Gibson’s plan to win back the “hebes,” says Maccabees screenwriter Joe Eszterhaus
In the continuing fallout from the decision to shelve Mel Gibson’s planned film about Judah Maccabee, TheWrap has published a nine-page letter from The Maccabees screenwriter Joe Eszterhaus, in which the writer of Basic Instinct andShow More Summary
Mel Gibson vs. Joe Eszterhas: Did anyone win this war of words?
If Mel Gibson is as despicable as screenwriter Joe Eszterhas describes him, Eszterhas should’ve tossed his script for the Judah Maccabee movie into the trash, given back his fee and then, if he felt the need to have a clear conscience, shared his thoughts with the world. But for him to do it only after his script was tossed aside doesn’t exactly count as a profile in courage.
Film: Newswire: The Maccabees was all part of Mel Gibson's plan to cynically win back the "hebes," says Maccabees screenwriter
In the continuing fallout from the decision to shelve Mel Gibson’s planned film about Judah Maccabee, TheWrap has published a nine-page letter from The Maccabees screenwriter Joe Eszterhaus, in which the writer of Basic Instinct andShow More Summary
Mel Gibson On John Lennon: "I'm Glad He's Dead!"
This week it was announced that Warner Bros. has put a movie about Judah Maccabee on hold after writer Joe Eszterhas and producer Mel Gibson got into a nasty exchange—the former eventually penning a 9-page letter to the actor accusing him of hating Jews. Show More Summary
Maccabee Movie Postponed: Screenwriter Says Mel Gibson ‘Hates Jews’
Mel Gibson’s new movie about the Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee has been put on hold by Warner Brothers. Warner says that the script that Joe Eszterhas turned in earlier this year was not what they were hoping for. Ezterhas, however, said in a nine page letter that the movie should be scrapped due to Gibson’s anti-semitic past. [...]Show More Summary
Gibson's Maccabee film comes under fire
...as does Mel Gibson himself and from a strange source, the writer of the script for the Judah Maccabee no less, just after his script was refused by Gibson and Warner Bros. It does sound a bit suspect, and more on that later, but the word is that the first stab at the script has been dropped and everyone's saying that the project is now on hold. Show More Summary
EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson Responds To Joe Eszterhas And The E-Mail He Leaked After Judah Maccabee Script Rejection From Warner Bros
EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson has just responded with a letter to screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, addressing the nine page memo that Eszterhas delivered to Gibson (and The Wrap’s Sharon Waxman) alleging that the filmmaker uttered all kinds of outrageous...Show More Summary
Mel Gibson RIPPED By 'Maccabees' Writer Joe Eszterhas -- 'You Hate Jews'
Mel Gibson is sabotaging efforts to make a movie about Jewish biblical hero Judah Maccabee because he "hates Jews"... this according to the film's screenwriter Joe Eszterhas. Gibson and Eszterhas had been working on the project together... until…
Mel Gibson's Writing Collaborator Says Gibson Hates Jews
Buckle up: It's happening again. Remember that Jewish hero movie Mel Gibson planned to make about Judah Maccabee? The one that prompted the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance to say, "Casting [Gibson] as a director or perhaps as the star of Judah Maccabee is like casting
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Warner Bros Cool On ‘Judah Macabee’ Script; Will Mel Gibson Take Matters Into His Own Hands?
I’ve confirmed reports that Warner Bros isn’t crazy about the script the studio got from Joe Eszterhas telling the heroic story of Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee. This is the one that Mel Gibson wants to direct, the one Deadline revealed...Show More Summary
Film: Newswire: Warner Bros. having second thoughts about Mel Gibson doing a Hanukkah movie
Mel Gibson’s dissertation on Jewish history will remain brief, it seems, as Warner Bros. has decided to shelve the director’s proposed film about Judah Maccabee—the original Jew responsible for all the wars (that led to Hanukkah). When...Show More Summary
Mel Gibson's 'Maccabee' movie put on hold
Mel Gibson's planned collaboration with "Basic Instinct" screenwriter Joe Eszterhas on a historical drama about Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee has been put on hold after Warner Bros. decided it was not ready to film the current script, the studio said Wednesday. Show More Summary
Mel Gibson Talks ‘Berserker’, ‘Maccabee’ & ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
Mel Gibson gives details on his Viking movie, which has now been titled 'Berserker', his movie about Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee and being replaced by Tom Hardy in 'Mad Max: Fury Road'.
Ice-sculpted menorah commemorates the rededication of Judah Maccabee of Jerusalem, 165 BC
Chabad Rabbi Tzemach Cunin lights Chainsaw Chicks'
ice-sculptedmenorah for Chanukah 2011 in L.A.
Artists craft, ignite, then, demolish giant ice-menorah in L.A. Chabad Lubavitch gives Los Angeles, a city more accustomed to sand-sculpting than ice-sculpting, its first hand-crafted ice-menorah. Show More Summary
Jonathan Miller: How Adam Sandler's 'Chanukah Song' Helped Save the Jews
The '80s were a challenging time for American Jewry. It was easy to understand why so many took comfort fading into the multi-colored fabric of secularized Christianity. But then the 1990s brought forth a modern-day Judah Maccabee: Adam Sandler
Hannukah, As Understood By Mel Gibson
There is no further word about Mel Gibson's plan to make a biopic about Judah Maccabee (come to…
Darren Aronofsky To Make Film About Noah’s Ark
Between Steven Spielberg possibly making a film about Moses (a.k.a., The Ten Commandments II: Commandments Harder) and Mel Gibson somehow making a flick about Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee, it seems that Hollywood’s getting religion. And now, you can add Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky to that list, as he’s in talks to make a film [...]
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