Movies
Gibson to play lead in 'Edge of Darkness'
Published Tuesday, Apr 29 2008, 10:05 BST | By Beth Hilton
Rex Features
The movie, an adaptation of the six-hour 1985 BBC mini-series, is the actor's first starring role since 2002.
Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, GoldenEye), who helmed the original show, will direct the film version from William Monahan's script.
Original producer Michael Wearing is also back on board, alongside Graham King and the BBC.
Gibson will play a straitlaced police investigator who uncovers a web of corruption when his activist daughter is killed.
The 52-year-old, who has turned his attention to directing in the last few years, most recently headlined 2002 movies Signs and We Were Soldiers.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in Boston in August.
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