Mel Gibson and John Lithgow Looking to Join DADDY'S HOME 2
After the success of Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson is making a major comeback not only as a director, but as an actor as well. It seems like studios want to work with him again. Paramount Pictures just made an offer to the actor to star alongside Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in Daddy’s Home 2. The studio has made an offer to John Lithgow to join the party as well. Only time will tell if the two actors accept the offer.
THR points out that Gibson has not had a role in a "pure" major studio film since M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Signs, which was released back in 2002. They explain that most of his other movies between then and now "were made outside the studio system as execs and agents tried to steer clear of the actor-filmmaker."
I guess a film like Daddy's Home 2 is a start for the actor after being avoided by the studios for years. The first film had some funny moments. Wahlberg and Ferrell make a fun comedic team. As for who Gibson and Lithgow would play in the film, the report says:
Daddy’s Home 2 will once again see the two types of father figures — the strong alpha male and the sensitive caring type — go head to head, but in this one the palette is expanding to include an older generation. If offers are accepted and deals made, Gibson and Lithgow would be that older generation.
Gibson is an insanely talented filmmaker, and his latest film Hacksaw Ridge was nominated for six Academy Awards. Personally, I'd just like to see Gibson direct more movies, but if he is starting to land big major movie roles again, I guess he's doing something right.
I think it'd be fun to see him star alongside Ferrell, Wahlberg, and Lithgow in this movie, so hopefully he takes the gig.