Brooke Bunny
’80s action heroes Mel Gibson (“Lethal Weapon”) and Bruce Willis (“Die Hard”) are teaming up.
Gibson will serve as the Art Director on of Xiao Feng’s 3D war movie “The Bombing,” a $65 million Chinese production that stars Willis, The Wrap reports.
Producer Dr. Shi Jianxiang, founder and CEO of Shanghai Kuailu Investment Group, invited Gibson to be involved in the production. “Mel is interested in what happened during that period of time, and provided relevant suggestions on how to make the movie. He is very insightful”, he said.
Gibson, who last appeared in “The Expendables 3″, said : “‘The Bombing’ has an excellent world-class team with outstanding producers, directors, cast and crew. Our crew is marvelous, modest but enthusiastic. It has been a very interesting experience filming this movie. We share similar objectives no matter who we are, actors or directors. So I am grateful to have such opportunities to express my thought no matter how much I have contributed to the movie”.
The movie “chronicles the bombing of Chongqing by the Japanese air force during World War II, and portrays the hardship suffered by Chinese people at that time. Of all the major air raids throughout WWII, the bombing of Chongqing is the only one that has not been featured on screen”, according to the outlet.
