Apocalypto Watch - News & Rumors About Mel Gibson's Next Movie: Give me the Nuts & Bolts about Apocalypto!

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Saturday, February 04, 2006

(this will be continually updated as more information becomes available)

Apocalypto...

... is being produced by Icon Productions (owned by Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey)
... is being distributed by Icon Productions and Disney Pictures
... is directed by Mel Gibson
... is written by Mel Gibson and Farhad Safinia
... has award-winning composer James Horner composing the orchestral score.
... is being filmed in the Veracruz region of Mexico.
... is being distributed by Icon Productions and Disney Pictures
... is directed by Mel Gibson
... is written by Mel Gibson and Farhad Safinia
... has award-winning composer James Horner composing the orchestral score.
... is being filmed in the Mayan-derived language of Yucateco.
... has been revealed to star Mauricio Amuy, Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, and Mayra Serbulo. [see full cast list]
... has a budget of between under (but probably close to) $50 million U.S.
... has a cast of mostly previously-unknown locals, except for those stars mentioned above.
... has the tagline: "When the end comes, not everyone is ready to go."
... was originally titled "The Mayas."
... is projected to be done filming sometime between mid-February to late April.
... will have a United States release date of December 8th, 2006.

Questions, etc. (within reason) may be emailed to "apocalyptowatch [at] gmail.com"

Thanks to the Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia, Mel's MEGAFANS (*warning* contains spoilers), and Tuxtlas Production Notebook (*warning* contains spoilers) for many of the facts.

Note: we cannot guarantee or be held responsible for the accuracy of these facts.

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