Hollywood actor Mel Gibson to star in new film directed by Jodie Foster

Hollywood actor Mel Gibson has signed up to appear in a new film called The Beaver, which Jodie Foster will direct.

Gibson, 53, will reportedly play the role of a depressed man who is comforted by wearing a hand-puppet of a beaver. Foster, 46, will play the role of Gibson’s wife in the movie as well as directing it.

The script has been written by Kyle Killen and the film will be produced by Steve Golin and Keith Redmon from Anonymous Content.

It is said filming is scheduled to start in September in New York.

This will be the third film that Foster has directed after she shot Little Man Tate in 1991 and Home for the Holidays in 1995.

Mel is also set to appear alongside Ray Winstone in the film adaptation of a BBC TV series, Edge of Darkness.