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Jewish Hero Judah Maccabee Has New Screen Champion: Mel Gibson

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 04:  Actors Mel Gibson (L) and Jeremy Renner attend The Hollywood Reporter's Nominees' Night Prelude to Oscar presented by Bing and MSN at the Mayor's Residence on Thursday, March 4, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

This just in from sister site Deadline: Warner Bros. is developing a Joe Eszterhas-penned project about the tale of warrior-hero Judah Maccabee, who led a second-century revolt against Hellenistic overlords in the name of the Jewish people. The project's producer and possible director? Mel Gibson.

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