Mel Gibson's "HacksawRidge" follow up Filmis once again a World War II story, based on the Battle Of Okinawa
The 62-year-old actor-director will helm "Destroyer", which tells the story of American naval ship USS Laffey.
The ship withstood multiple kamikaze attacks from the Imperial Japanese Armyand earned the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die".
Gibson's last directorial venture "HacksawRidge" also revolved around the Battle Of Okinawabut showed the battle on ground.
The new Filmis based on the non-fiction book "Hell From the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack" by John Wukovits
Gibson's girlfriend Rosalind Ross, who has worked on the TV series "Matador", has penned the script for the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter
Besides this project, Gibson is in negotiations with Warner Bros to co-star with Mark Wahlbergin "The Six Billion Dollar Man".
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