Add Mel Gibson to the list of Hollywood stars hopping on the China film bandwagon.
The actor and Oscar-winning director of “Braveheart” has signed on as a consultant on “The Bombing,” a World War II epic currently filming in eastern China. Bruce Willis has a role in the movie, which is slated for a spring 2016 release, and producers say they are on the verge of casting another prominent Hollywood actor in the movie, which centers on Japanese air raids on the city of Chongqing.
Shooting has already begun near the eastern city of Ningbo; the film’s Chinese producers said Gibson would travel to China next month and serve as “supervisor of direction.