Two screenwriters behind a new Mel Gibson film took an apparent public swipe at Gibson’s Jesus movie. Ned Zeman and Daniel Barnz placed an advertisement in the Hollywood trade magazine Variety on Tuesday slamming “divisive religious rhetoric” and calling for “constructive dialogue among peoples of all faiths,” the New York Daily News said.
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