De Niro Joins Gibson in ‘Edge of Darkness’

My favorite actor Robert De Niro is closing in on a deal to join Mel Gibson in “Edge of Darkness” to be directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale). Shooting begins this month in Massachusetts.
Gibson stars as Thomas Craven, a straitlaced homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and single father, whose 24-year old daughter is murdered on the steps of his home. The cop assumes he was the target, but his investigation leads in another direction and uncovers his daughter’s secret life, a corporate cover-up and government collusion. De Niro will play an operative sent to clean up the evidence.

Pic marks the first film that Gibson has top-lined since “Signs” and “We Were Soldiers” in 2002. Scripted by William Monahan (The Departed), the drama is an adaptation of a 1985 BAFTA-winning six-hour BBC miniseries that Campbell also directed.

Even though De Niro has been in a few crappy films in the past few years, he will hit it big again with ‘Righteous Kill’ and ‘What Just Happened’. Be on the lookout for these films later on this year!