Robert De Niro has joined Mel Gibson in the thriller The Edge of Darkness. According to Variety, Gibson will star as Thomas Craven, a straitlaced homicide detective for the Boston Police Dept. and single father whose 24-year old daughter is murdered on the steps of his home. The cop assumes he was the target, but his investigation leads in another direction and uncovers his daughter's secret life, a corporate cover-up and government collusion. De Niro will play an operative sent to clean up the evidence. Quite the mouthwatering prospect, no? Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell has signed on to direct, while The Departed scripter William Monahan has penned the screenplay. Gibson hasn’t acted since 2002 when he appeared in Signs and We Were Soldiers.
