Mel Gibson's Faltering Comeback Receives Assistance From 'Vanderpump Rules' Star Lala Kent's Baby Daddy
Oct. 15 2021, Published 6:45 p.m. ET
Mel Gibson is receiving yet another chance at a comeback in Hollywood despite the actor being hit with accusations of domestic violence, anti-Semitism, and homophobia in the past decade.
Deadline broke the story, the 65-year-old former A-list star has signed on to star in a new action thriller, Hot Seat.
The movie is set to start filming in November out in New Mexico. The company Grindstone Entertainment will be handling distribution in North American.
Lionsgate, which is one of the biggest studios in town, is behind Grindstone. The execs apparently have no issue with Gibson's criminal past.
One of the main producers on the flick is none other than Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent's husband, Randall Emmett.
Emmett has made a name for himself by putting together B-list movies with action stars from the '80s and '90s. In the past couple of years, he has produced films with Bruce Willis, Robert De Niro, and John Travolta. He also worked with Gibson on two other projects.
His name was attached to one respectable production, the Martin Scorsese Netflix film The Irishman.