Mel Gibson Ends Six-Year Movie Absence
Mel Gibson by Victor Chavez/ WireImage.com
Mel Gibson will star in
Edge of Darkness as a police investigator trying to solve the murder of his daughter.
The film is based on a 1985 BBC miniseries.
Martin Campbell directed the series and is calling the shots on the movie as well.
This is Gibson's first starring role since
Signs and
We Were Soldiers, both of which were released in 2002.
