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Mel Gibson and Sean Penn are shooting a film 'all over Dublin' this month

It’s like Braveheart all over again.

KEEP YOUR EYES peeled, Dubliners, because the city is about to be graced with a little star power.

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Mel Gibson and Sean Penn are setting up in Dublin to shoot their new film, The Professor and the Madman, at the end of the month.

The film is a long-term project of Gibson’s and was adapted from a book by Simon Winchester on the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Gibson will play the professor of the title, Sir James Murray, who set about compiling the dictionary in 1857. Penn is the ‘madman’, aka Dr WC Minor, who submitted 10,000 entries while an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.

According to the Irish Film Board, shooting will take place for eight weeks in locations “all over Dublin”, starting at the end of the month.

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Gibson is currently expecting his ninth child, with his girlfriend Rosalind Ross, and gearing up for the release of his latest directorial effort, Hacksaw Ridge.

He’s already in Dublin and was spotted having a nice steak for himself in FX Buckley:

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Penn was last heard in a voice acting role in The Angry Birds Movie.

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    Mute Billy Larkin
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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:03 PM

    Good to see Mel Gibson looking fit and well.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:17 PM

    I like Gibson..decent down to earth guy I’d say.

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    Mute Joe Arthur
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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:20 PM

    A real salt of the earth fella

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:27 PM

    When he’s not going pure nuts

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    Sep 21st 2016, 5:01 PM

    Let’s hope he tries a spice bag. He will never leave our shore if that happens

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    Sep 22nd 2016, 1:26 PM

    @Max Power: I reckon he’s mad, Max

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:06 PM

    Delighted he’s had an FXB’s steak. Can’t but be impressed by all that Ireland had to offer after one of those. Now, if we all make an effort to keep Ryan Tubridy away from him, he might just leave with a good impression.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 9:16 PM

    ‘Delighted he’s had an FXB’s steak’??!! Why do you give a sh*t? Inferiority complex yet again.Everyone foreign must give reassurance and compliments to the Oirish nation.Think he cares what you ate for dinner?? FFS.

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    Sep 22nd 2016, 10:50 AM

    Inferiority complex??? Jaysus you just have a complex in general I reckon, take a few deep breaths fella.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:09 PM

    Glad to see Gibson bouncing back after a few tough years. Great actor.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:26 PM

    I love him too. Apocalypto one of my favourite movies. Actually love all of his movies.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 4:11 PM

    Watched it recently for the 3rd or 4th time, absolutely fantastic film, the story, casting and everything else is pretty much flawless.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:24 PM

    His latest film , Blood Father, is very good.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:09 PM

    Nine children ? what is he? A catholic ? oh he is.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:29 PM

    Great stuff. Will look forward to that. Just read a synopsis. Father and gorgeous blonde daughter fleeing from vicious Hispanic drug dealing ex boyfriend.. I feel the snowflake generation might get triggered with that scenario, you know raaaacist!

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:35 PM

    @Margie Murph: I think you replied to the wrong person honey.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:37 PM

    @Teene Nyantoon: Didn’t honey. I replied to William clay.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:43 PM

    @Margie Murph: you are right, I am sorry.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:51 PM

    No problem. Sometimes the handle comes up on my iPad and for some reason, sometimes it doesn’t.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:59 PM

    @Margie Murph :)

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:32 PM

    I would love to see Mel Gibson do a movie on the US navy’s annihilation of the Barbary coast slave trading industry back in the early part of the 19th century. I’ll write the script. Must find his email address. Or maybe I could hang out in Dublin this weekend,make my pitch!!

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:40 PM

    @Margie Murph: You`d want to catch him when he is pissed so.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:49 PM

    Yeah, shouldn’t have to wait too long in Dublin town. Hope Sean Penn fcuks off though, can’t stand him.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 4:38 PM

    Mel G is a certified lunatic, yet you can’t stand Sean Penn.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 9:02 PM

    Haha me too

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    Sep 21st 2016, 4:45 PM

    Watch out for his Mel’s movie – Hackshaw Ridge..the critics are already saying it could win him his second Oscar for best director.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 7:31 PM

    Just saw an ad on TV for FOX that they are making a ‘Lethal Weapon’ TV series! Due to be launched this week!

    Loved him in those movies… Just wish they’d leave good stuff alone! (In saying that, he has nothing to do with the new series… just a coincidence really)

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:31 PM

    Had better give him a wide berth while he’s here ☺

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:07 PM

    Is it a Bin Laden doc?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:15 PM

    Who gives a toss!

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    Sep 21st 2016, 7:39 PM

    Yer aul wan. Doesn’t charge much either.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 9:02 PM

    Great to see Mel Gibson looking so well .have loved the weird and wonderful mad max since I first seen it as a kid

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    Sep 21st 2016, 8:06 PM

    I would love to meet them x

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    Sep 21st 2016, 8:23 PM

    mel and sean shooting in dublin great headline ? my first thought was shooting up or shooting people . and then i realize they were making a movie greatstuff.

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