Gene Expression

yeah, ironic since gibson himself rejects evolution:
http://lippard.blogspot.com/2005/12/mel-gibson-on-evolution-women-and.html

Posted by: razib | September 9, 2009 2:28 PM

An interesting find from the Wikipedia article: "Official resources for church groups, produced on behalf of Icon Film Distribution (UK arm of Icon Productions) by Damaris Trust". According to its home page, Damaris Trust is "an educational charity with a Christian foundation - but working with people of all faiths and none. We are committed to rigorous study and effective communication as we seek to relate biblical Christian faith and contemporary popular culture."

The Damaris web site has various pieces of literature intended for discussion in church groups, as well as some video clips along the same lines. The target group seems to be Christians who don't reject evolution outright but are trying to understand how it can be reconciled with their faith (in other words, the sort of folks who end up believing in some form of theistic evolution).

As noted in a Guardian article about Paul Bettany, who plays Darwin in the move, Bettany himself is an atheist, as are a number of people involved in the film's production. The film's web site also links to a number of science-related Darwin sites, so I don't think the film is an exercise in using Darwin's life as an excuse for thinly-disguised Christian apologetics.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing the film, if it ends up getting US distribution.

Posted by: dev | September 9, 2009 11:54 PM

There is a somewhat widespread misconception that the film “Creation” was produced by Mel Gibson’s company Icon Productions LLC and this causes speculation that the science of evolution may be misrepresented in the film. The idea that it is "an Icon production" comes from seeing the Icon logo at the beginning of the trailer but it is simply being distributed in the UK by Icon Film Distribution UK, which *was* part of Gibson’s company but was sold as a separate entity to Stewart Till in 2008 (see http://tinyurl.com/r2stt4). Showing the distribution company’s logo at the beginning of a film’s opening credits is common practice but in this case is confusing since the two companies share a logo.

The film “Creation” was produced by HanWay and BBC Films (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/comingsoon/creation.shtml).

Posted by: Amy | September 13, 2009 8:27 PM