The American taxpayer may be getting into the movie business. Federal prosecutors have forced a Mexican drug trafficker to turn over his stake in a planned prequel to Mel Gibson's 2004 blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ." It's a real-life case of drugs and extortion that could itself make a pretty good screenplay.
Us Taxpayers Getting Cut Of 'passion' Prequel
Paul J. Weber and Christopher Sherman, Associated Press, Boston Globe: Movies
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 5:30pm
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