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Apocalypto (/ ə ˌ p ɒ k ə ˈ l ɪ p t oʊ /) is a 2006 epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Farhad Safinia.The film features a cast of Indigenous and Mexican actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Gerardo Taracena, Jonathan Brewer, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez ...
Baja Studios, formerly Fox Baja, is an American-owned film studio near the resort community of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. It comprises the world's largest stages and water tanks designed for filming. [1] As well as major film work the facility is used for making commercials, music videos, television series, and movies for television.
El Norte (film) (1983), one of the first indie films ever produced, about two Maya siblings who immigrate illegally to the U.S. to escape the Maya genocide in Guatemala. Apocalypto (2006), an adventure film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, set around the time of European contact with all of the dialogue spoken in Yucatec [citation needed].
[2] [3] His career spans more than 45 years in film, television and theatre. He has also hosted a series of dancing programs, and is a Critics' Choice Award nominee. Trujillo is best known for playing Zero Wolf, a ruthless Mayan slave catcher and the main antagonist of Mel Gibson 's Apocalypto (2006), and for playing the Iroquois chief ...
Gerardo Taracena (born 1970) is a Mexican film and theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his roles in Apocalypto, Man on Fire, The Mexican and Sin Nombre as well as the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico. He was born in Mexico City.
In the 2006 film Apocalypto, the high priest in charge of human sacrifice prays to Kukulkan. In the Star Trek Animated Series episode, How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth, the starship Enterprise encounters an ancient alien being that appears as a winged serpent and claims to be the Kukulkan of the ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures.
May 9—Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey and director Paul Greengrass are in New Mexico filming the movie The Lost Bus — a story about the 2018 Camp Fire in California.
Apocalypto and death [ edit ] Woolrich had one scene in Mel Gibson 's 2006 Mayan language film Apocalypto , but he died before the movie was released; as a result the movie is dedicated "In Remembrance of Abel."