Mel Gibson’s Edge of Darkness Trailer and Poster
We have added the first trailer for director Martin Campbell’s upcoming thriller, “Edge of Darkness“.
In “Edge of Darkness” Mel Gibson plays Thomas Craven a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, 24-year-old Emma, is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter’s secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder — and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven’s solitary search for answers about his daughter’s death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption.
Mel Gibson to play lead in ‘Edge of Darkness’
Mel Gibson is to play the lead in new drama Edge of Darkness.The movie, an adaptation of the six-hour 1985 BBC mini-series, is the actor’s first starring role since 2002.
Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, GoldenEye), who helmed the original show, will direct the film version from William Monahan’s script.
Original producer Michael Wearing is also back on board, alongside Graham King and the BBC.
Gibson will play a straitlaced police investigator who uncovers a web of corruption when his activist daughter is killed.
The 52-year-old, who has turned his attention to directing in the last few years, most recently headlined 2002 movies Signs and We Were Soldiers.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in Boston in August.
