Mel Gibson Making Judah Maccabee Film With Warner Bros.

The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Thu, 09/08/2011 - 10:23pm

Of all the filmmakers you might expect to make a film about Jewish hero Judah Maccabee, Mel Gibson is probably not at the top of the list. So consider this a Hannukah surprise.Deadline broke the news that Gibson and Warner Bros. are teaming on a film about the hero who led a small band of Jews against mighty Seleucids armies and, among other things, liberated Jerusalem.

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