Mel's Troubles Continue

Who's Sorry Now?

After you "come to" from a drunken mess, you must feel pretty bad. Can't imagine how Mel must be feeling about now. Apparently he's in rehab and one-by-one his projects are being pulled out from under him.

Can he recover from this? Probably from the "PR gaffe" - maybe not from alcoholism. Very sad.

Tue Aug 1, 2006 3:19am ET

NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - ABC Television Network pulled a miniseries about the Holocaust it was developing with Mel Gibson's production company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, quoting an unidentified representative for the network.

Gibson was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving early on Friday and was reported to have launched into a tirade against Jews, asking the arresting officer if he was a Jew and blaming the Jews for starting all wars.

The actor, who holds strong conservative Catholic religious and political views and whose father is a Holocaust denier, apologized on Saturday.

The incident has raised questions about the future of projects Gibson and his Icon Productions company are working on, like the ABC television miniseries based on a memoir about a Dutch Jew during World War II, the newspaper said.

An ABC representative told the paper, without elaborating, it has been two years and the network still has not seen a script, so the project is being pulled.

A spokesperson for ABC, which is owned by Walt Disney Co. (DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research), could not be reached for comment.