Earlier in December, Fidel Herrera Beltran, who is the Veracruz state governor, had announced transfer plans. The prisoners were supposed to be transferred to another prison so that film crew can begin work. Relatives of the inmates were protesting against the move because they said that the move would make it more expensive and difficult to visit family members in jail.

One of the protesters held a placard that said “No transfers to make a movie.” Another protest banner read, “Mel Gibson, it is your fault that they are going to be transferred.” One of the protesters in an interview with TV Azteca said, “We have been here all night, supporting our relatives. While we are here we won’t let anyone take them away.”

The demonstration was only stopped when the prison director, Gerardo Duran assured protesters that the move was not immediate and that the relatives would be informed when any of the 1000 inmates in the prison was to be moved.

Mel Gibson is not new to Veracruz, as it was the location of his 2006 Mayan movie called Apocalypto.

Mel Gibson Provokes Prison Protest

Presumably DiCaprio will play the Viking who makes the other vikings row while his arms get flabby and he bangs models.

“This will be an awe-inspiring story, created with some of the industry’s finest cinematic talent, and I am just over the moon to be making this film with Mel, Leo and Bill,” producer Graham King said in a statement after the principals confirmed the project to Variety.

Gibson recently completed “Edge of Darkness” and Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver” both due out next year.

Shooting is expected to begin in fall 2010.

This will mark the first time Gibson and DiCaprio have worked together.

William Monahan “Body of Lies”, “The Departed”) is working on the script.

The details of the movie are being kept under wraps. This will most likely be Gibson’s next directing gig as the movie is scheduled to begin shooting in the fall of next year.

Gibson recently completed “Edge of Darkness” and Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver” both due out next year.

DiCaprio has also been keeping really busy just wrapping up filming on “Shutter Island” and “Inception”.

Mel Gibson and Leonardo DiCaprio Teaming Up for Viking Movie

“This will confirm that Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson welcomed the arrival of a baby girl named Lucia on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles,” says Gibson’s rep, Alan Nierob, confirming earlier reports of the event.

“Everything is great! They couldn’t be happier,” a friend tells PEOPLE. “Everyone’s healthy and thrilled. He loooves it!”

Grigorieva is confident that Gibson will never cheat on her and knows her beau is a sex symbol to many women but says he isn’t interested in that.

She said: “If he wanted to go down that road he probably would have done so by now, and I think he is a very solid and faithful person.”

Gibson has six sons and one daughter with Robyn.

Mel Gibson And Fiancé Oksana Grigoriev Welcome Baby Girl