Saturday, October 29, 2005

News: Mel's Maya Film; Probst Leaving?

Survivor News Flash
Mel Gibson to Produce Movie in Maya Language.
Mark Burnett Expects Jeff Probst Will Leave After Survivor 12.

Apocalypto
Actor and Producer Mel Gibson has revealed that his next independently produced movie will be set in the ancient culture of the Maya before the Conquest. It will be entirely in the Maya language (Yucatec dialect) and the actors will mostly be indigenous people with no European faces in the cast. He says the Maya culture is the background for a movie he describes as an "action adventure of mythic proportions." Filming will take place near Vera Cruz, Mexico. The movie is to be called Apocalypto. No production dates nor release date have been announced.
Apocalypto at IMDB.

Jeff Probst Leaving After-all?
Survivor Producer Mark Burnett has said that he expects host Jeff Probst to leave after his contract expires with the conclusion of Survivor 12. Also Burnett says that he favors a former female contestant as host if Jeff does indeed leave. Could he be referring to Jenna Morasca?
full story (at RealityTVworld)

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