Posts with tag "The Beaver"

Video: Jodie Foster Talks Mel Gibson's Performance in 'The Beaver'

Posted May 11th 2011 at 11:53 PM by Brittany Weiss

Jodie Foster is definitely not shying away from the complicated publicity her new film, 'The Beaver,' is attracting. In fact, she's smiling at the criticism -- good and bad. "It's not like anything you've ever seen. It has a very wry, interesting tone. And if you can embrace that, you can embrace the title, too," Foster told PopEater. It's a little ironic to see Mel Gibson playing the ...

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Jodie Foster Shooed Mel Gibson Away From 'Beaver' Premiere; Missed Opportunity?

Posted Mar 17th 2011 at 09:10 AM by Rob Shuter

Mel Gibson was noticeably absent from the South by Southwest Film Festival last night when 'The Beaver,' his long-delayed dark comedy directed by friend Jodie Foster, premiered to an excited audience. While Jodie was singing his praises on the red carpet, Mel took the evening off to get booked in his criminal battery case, but I'm told that even if he wasn't doing some housekeeping, the film's ...

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'The Beaver' Whodunit: Final Cut Stolen from Mel Gibson's Mailbox

Posted Jan 29th 2011 at 02:32 PM by Christine Fenno

It has to be said: Everything about 'The Beaver' is weird...and getting weirder! Mel Gibson's final cut of his new comedy 'The Beaver,' loaned to the actor by Summit Entertainment for a private screening at his Malibu home, has been reported stolen. And someone allegedly swiped the DVD right out of Gibson's mailbox. A lieutenant with the sheriff's department in Malibu/Lost Hills tells the ...

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Video: Mel Gibson in Weird, Wacky 'Beaver' Trailer

Posted Dec 4th 2010 at 10:50 AM by Moviefone Editors

'The Beaver,' in which Mel Gibson plays a depressed dad and toy executive who attempts to break out of his lethargy by communicating with the world via a beaver puppet, may seem like an odd comeback vehicle for the actor. On the other hand, given the amount of buzz that the movie -- directed by and co-starring Jodie Foster -- has been generating, it could be exactly what Gibson needs to ...

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Mel Gibson Still Has a Friend in Jodie Foster

Posted Sep 21st 2010 at 12:15 PM by PopEater Staff

Ever since his rage-filled phone calls with his ex-girlfriend were released, Mel Gibson's life has been a struggle to say the least, but at least he still has Jodie Foster by his side. "The second I met him [working on 'Maverick' in 1994], I said, 'I will love this man for the rest of my life,'" Foster tells MORE magazine in their October issue. "When you love a friend, you don't abandon them ...

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Mel Gibson, 'In Shock,' Keeps Filming After Rants

Posted Jul 15th 2010 at 06:57 AM by PopEater Staff

Despite all the talk of Mel Gibson's career being over after vicious audio rants against then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva leaked recently, it's been barely noted that the 54-year-old actor still has a movie in post-production and another that's reportedly filming, according to IMDb. The feature in post-production, Jodie Foster-directed 'The Beaver,' actually went to reshoots after Mel Gibson's ...