Actress Jodie Foster will take the director's seat for the beaver, an upcoming drama comedy movie about a guy who walks around with a puppet of a beaver on his hand and treats it like a living creature. The film is starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, and Jennifer Lawrence. There's no official release date yet.
Here's a first look at Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster on the set of the Beaver:
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Plot:
"Walter (Mel Gibson) is a troubled father and husband and CEO of a stalling toy company, he's clinically depressed. When he finds a Beaver glove puppet he starts to wear it without pause: he even adopts the beaver as a kind of avatar through which he carries out all of his communication."
Cast:
- Mel Gibson as Walter Black, the CEO of a toy company
- Jodie Foster as Meredith Black, Walter's wife.
- Anton Yelchin as Porter Black, the teenage son of Walter and Meredith who lobbies his mother to get a divorce.
- Riley Thomas Stewart as Henry Black, the younger son of Walter and Meredith
- Jennifer Lawrence as Porter's girlfriend
Definitely sounds like something original! Hollywood may thank Scriptwriter Kyle Killen for this breath of fresh air!
The Beaver movie was set to be released this year. But the release, and the film itself, are now at risk because of Mel Gibson's alleged sexist and racist outburst... Well, I don't really care about his personal life, so I hope that the movie execs won't get cold feet and will still go ahead with the Beaver movie.
:)