Robert De Niro joins THE EDGE OF DARKNESS

Mel Gibson leads crime thriller for director Martin Campbell.

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

Robert De Niro is close to agreeing a deal to star opposite Mel Gibson in The Edge of Darkness, a thriller adaptation of a 1985 Bafta Award winning British t.v. series that was directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Mask of Zorro). Campbell is back to helm this remake, which was adapted by Academy Award Winning scribe William Monahan (The Departed) for GK Films.

Gibson stars as Thomas Craven, a straitlaced homicide detective for the Boston Police Dept. and single father, whose 24-year old daughter is murdered on the steps of his home. The cop assumes he was the target, but his investigation leads in another direction and uncovers his daughter's secret life, a corporate cover-up and government collusion. De Niro will play an operative sent to clean up the evidence.

Shooting begins later this month in Massachusetts. The Edge of Darkness marks Gibson's first significant film role since his 2002 turns in Signs and We Were Soldiers. The movie also marks the first ever pairing of De Niro and Gibson. source - variety