Actor Mel Gibson has committed to star in “Edge of Darkness,” marking his first starring role in a feature film since he headlined “We Were Soldiers” and “Signs” in 2002, Variety reports.

Martin Campbell, who last directed “Casino Royale,” will direct the thriller based on a 1985 BBC miniseries.

It appears 52-year-old Gibson will play a police officer whose activist daughter is murdered. He investigates the case and manages to uncover systemic corruption that caused his daughter's death.

Gibson directed 2004's “The Passion of the Christ” and 2006's “Apocalypto,” the latter one coming out shortly after the actor was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving near his Malibu home. At the time, he screamed to police officers that Jews were “responsible for all the wars in the world,” Reuters reports. He issued two apologies for his drunken anti-Semitic outburst soon after, and in a later interview he affirmed the accuracy of the alleged quotations. The actor also met with Jewish leaders and underwent treatment for alcoholism. Gibson is currently serving a three-year probation term.

Mel Gibson is an honorary Officer of the Order of Australia and was ranked the world's most powerful celebrity in the annual list by Forbes magazine in 2004. His direction of “Braveheart” made him the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to receive an Academy Award for Best Director.

In 2007, the actor visited Central America in order to make arrangements for donations to the indigenous population. While on a business trip to Singapore in September 2007, Gibson donated to a local charity for children with chronic and terminal illnesses.