Good for the Jews?(Interview)

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Byline: Nicki Gostin

Last week Mel Gibson told Fox News talk-show host Sean Hannity he was interested in filming the story of the Maccabees--the Jewish liberators whose triumph is celebrated at Chanukah. Could Gibson, whose "Passion of the Christ" has been called anti-Semitic, have been serious? Absolutely, says his publicist, Alan Neirob. "I've heard him talk about this project for years." But Gibson won't be doing it this year--for one thing, he's making a fourth "Mad Max" movie (the first since 1985), called "Mad Max: Fury Road." "Isn't it funny," one industry source muses. "A month ago, everybody...

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