Reports over the Internet last week were claiming that
Mel Gibson's epic movie
Apocalypto would be dropped by Disney because of the controversey surrounding the anti-semitic marks he made whilst driving under the influence. Here is the news scoop from
Reuters.. "That confirmation refutes recent media and Internet reports that family-oriented Disney wanted to sell distribution rights to the film to another studio to distance itself from the controversy over anti-Semitic remarks Gibson made when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving last month in Malibu, California. "It's not true," Disney spokeswoman Heidi Trotta said of the reports". I think Disney have made the right call on this one. They totally blew it when they dropped
The Passion of the Christ which eventually went on to make $370 million world wide back in 2004 and have made sure they won't make the same mistake again. Has Mel Gibson's actions put off anyone from seeing the movie? Personally I couldn't care less about the personal lives of the actors or directors etc. If the movie looks good then I will go and see it, end of story. source -
reuters