Mel Gibson
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“dead,” but that he and Gibson were planning another film based on an original script by Brian Helgeland for production in fall 2009.
It was reported in 2009 that Gibson would star in The Beaver, a film directed by former Maverick co-star, Jodie Foster. He has also expressed an intention to direct a movie set during the Viking Age, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The as-yet untitled film, like The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto, will feature dialogue in period languages.
In June 2010, Gibson was in Brownsville, Texas, filming scenes for another movie, tentatively titled How I Spent My Summer Vacation, about a career criminal put in a tough prison in Mexico.
Personal life
Family
Gibson met Robyn Denise Moore in the late 1970s soon after filming Mad Max when they were both tenants at a house in Adelaide. At the time, Robyn was a dental nurse and Mel was an unknown actor working for the South Australian Theatre Company. On June 7, 1980, they were married in a Catholic church in Forestville, New South Wales. The couple have one daughter, six sons, and two grandchildren. Their seven children are Hannah (born 1980), twins Edward and Christian (born 1982), William (born 1985), Louis (born 1988), Milo (born 1990), and Thomas (born 1999).
Daughter Hannah Gibson married blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd on September 16, 2006. Gibson's spokesman previously had denied a rumor that Hannah was planning to become a nun.
After nearly three years of separation, Robyn Gibson filed for divorce on April 13, 2009, citing irreconcilable differences. In a joint statement, the Gibsons declared, "Throughout our marriage and separation we have always strived to maintain the privacy and integrity of our family and will continue to do so."
Gibson's girlfriend, Russian pianist Oksana Grigorieva, has a son with former boyfriend, actor Timothy Dalton. On October 30, 2009, Grigorieva gave birth to their daughter, Lucia. On April 14, 2010, People magazine announced that he and Grigorieva had split. On June 25, 2010, it was announced that Gibson had filed