Mel Gibson Could Play Aged Spy in New Action Movie

Oscar-winning actor and director Mel Gibson's next film role may have been revealed. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gibson is in talks to star in an action/spy movie called Every Other Weekend.

The story focuses on a father who has convinced his son he is a CIA spy. In reality, however, he only works at the government agency's IT department. When they go on a bonding trip to Paris, the father and son duo find themselves in a "life-threatening adventure in which secrets are spilled."

Gibson plays the grandfather, who is a real spy, though how that factors into the story was not divulged. The movie will be directed by French filmmaker Benjamin Rocher (The Horde) and is scheduled to begin production in France later this year. The Conjuring's Peter Safran is producing the movie.

Gibson was last seen in this summer's Blood Father; he is currently shooting a drama called The Professor and the Madman with Sean Penn. He also directed the November war movie Hacksaw Ridge starring Andrew Garfield, which marks his first time back in the director's chair since 2006's Apocalypto.

One of Hollywood's biggest names, Gibson won Academy Awards for 1995's Bravehart, which he directed and starred in.