Mel Gibson has plans to follow up 'The Passion of the Christ' with a film about the origins of the Jewish Hanukkah holiday.
The festival of Hanukkah celebrates the Maccabees' victory against Greek king Antiochus IV in 165BC.
"The Maccabees' family stood up and made war," Gibson said on film website imdb.com. "They stuck by their guns and they came out winning. It's like a Western."
Gibson has been accused of anti-Semitism for his portrayal of Jews in 'The Passion of the Christ'.
Abraham Foxman, director of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, told The Sunday Times "The last thing we need is Jewish history turned into a Western. In his hands we would probably lose."
