Paramount Wants Mel Gibson For ‘Daddy’s Home’ Sequel

It looks like the GOAT is increasingly becoming in demand again.

According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures is courting Mel Gibson and John Lithgow to star in the sequel to Daddy’s Home, opposite Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. Gary Sanchez produces. For Gibson, this comes after the success of Hacksaw Ridge, which is nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Lithgow just won the SAG Award for The Crown.

The last movie starred Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell as warring fathers (father vs. father-in-law) jousting for position of head of a certain family.

The movie was poorly received by critics, with 31% on Rotten Tomatoes and 42% on Metacritic.  However, it blew up the box office pulling in a quarter of a billion.