Summit Entertainment announced that it has scheduled the Jodie Foster-directed film "The Beaver" starring Mel Gibson for a March 23rd limited engagement and an April 8th expansion. In the film, Gibson plays a father who walks around talking to a beaver hand puppet. In the fall, a CBS News/Vanity Fair poll that found 76% of respondents saying Gibson’s personal troubles would have no effect on whether they would see one of his movies.
