Mel Gibson has decided against starring in a fifth film in the 'Lethal Weapon' series.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Richard Donner, director of the first four 'Lethal Weapon' films, said: "Mel turned it down. I would like to think that Mel turned it down because I wasn't involved. Knowing Mel, I would like to think that. Would that be the kind of thing he does? It sure would be."
He continued: "It's too bad, actually, because Channing Gibson, who wrote the fourth one, and Mike Riva, a designer on three of them, and myself and Derek [Hoffman, an associate at The Donner Company] had an incredibly strong story for the fifth movie. But we weren't given the opportunity and I think maybe I could have convinced Mel to do it. But Warners chose to go with Joel Silver [producer]."
Donner concluded: "Yes, the project is pretty much dead in the water unless someone had the sense to come to me."
