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April 28th, 2012

Mel Gibson appeared on Friday’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and addressed his wild (and very public) feud with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas.

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April 19th, 2012

The very ugly war of words between Mel Gibson and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has taken another turn, with Eszterhas releasing what he claims to be audio of an out-of-control Gibson ranting about The Maccabees script and baby mama Oksana Grigorieva.

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April 12th, 2012

An incredibly ugly battle is brewing between Mel Gibson and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas over Gibson’s controversial Judah Maccabee project, shortly after word broke that Warner Bros. had stalled the production.

In a blistering letter to his would-be collaborator, Eszterhas accuses Gibson of being anti-Semitic and dangerous.

“I’ve come to the conclusion that the reason you won’t make The Maccabees is the ugliest possible one,” writes Eszterhas. “You hate Jews.”

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September 8th, 2011

Mel Gibson is set to produce a movie about Jewish hero, Judah Maccabee.

The actor and director, who went on a drunken anti-Semitic rant during a 2006 arrest in Malibu, is teaming up with “Basic Instinct” screenwriter Joe Eszterhas to tell the story of the Maccabee family, whose revolt against the tyrannical King Antiochus and reconsecration of the Jewish Temple is told on the holiday of Hanukkah.

A rep for Gibson confirms to Gossip Cop that he’s set to produce the heroic tale and possibly direct it as well.