Gibson’s Firm to Work on Holocaust Miniseries

Actor-director Mel Gibson’s company has a deal to develop a Holocaust miniseries for ABC, the network said. The miniseries will be adapted from Flory A. Van Beek’s 1998 memoir, “Flory: Survival in the Valley of Death,” recounting her family’s experiences hiding from the Nazis in Holland. Writer Cynthia Saunders will adapt.

ABC spokeswoman Annie Fort said no actors had been cast. Through his Icon Productions, Gibson directed “The Passion of the Christ,” one of the top-grossing pictures of 2004.