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Mickey Rourke Talks About Playing Openly Gay Rugby Player Gareth Thomas By Russ Fischer/Dec. 27, 2010 4:30 pm EST Since his ‘comeback’ in The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke’s career has been an unusual one, to say the least. High-profile fare like Iron Man 2 and The Expendables has been balanced with duds like Killshot (filmed before The Wrestler) and Passion Play. But one project on Rourke’s horizon sounds interesting — he says he’s set to play Gareth Thomas, the Welsh rugby player who made headlines not long ago when he came out of the closet, becoming what Sports Illustrated called in May 2010 “the only openly gay male athlete....

Movie Trailer #3: Yogi Bear By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2010 1:11 pm EST Warner Bros has released a new movie trailer for the hybrid live-action/computer animated feature adaptation Yogi Bear. The first teaser trailer went online in July — if you missed it, click here (or maybe don’t). The first full length trailer hit in September. The latest trailer shows us even more (although I’m pretty sure if you weren’t sold by the previous trailers, you won’t be sold by this new one either)....

POTD: Ghostbusters Vs. Stay Puft LEGO Dioramas By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2010 8:00 am EST We have two photos in today’s Photo of the Day: A couple awesome LEGO dioramas featuring the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man fighting The Ghostbusters have been discovered online. Check them out after the jump. The following photo was taken by Don Solo at a Lego convention: The following photo was taken by mhuffman at LEGOLand:...

R.L. Stine’s ‘It’s The First Day Of School…Forever’ Getting Feature Treatment By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2011 12:30 pm EST Briefly: There is a generation or two for whom R.L. Stine is just as big a name as Stephen King. It’s not my generation — Goosebumps was after my time, and Stine’s influence on me was limited to his late-’70s, early ’80s kids’ magazine Bananas — but to those who’ve got fond or frightened memories of the author’s books, this one is for you....

By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2011 5:00 pm EST The short features cut-felt characters animated as if they’ve come alive from the covers of books on a shelf; the setting is the famed Shakespeareand Company bookshop that sits on the south side of the river Seine in Paris, right by Notre Dame. The short is a gorgeous little piece of work; it is pretty and sad and completely absurd. You can see it in full after the break....

THR’s 2010 Awards Watch Hour-Long Roundtable: The Directors (Aronofsky, Russell, Weir, Hooper, Cianfrance And Cholodenko) By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 20, 2010 1:00 pm EST It’s award season, and The Hollywood Reporter has begun posting their series of roundtable discussions with the contenders. Last month they posted: The Screenwriters Roundtable between: Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours), Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), John Wells (The Company Men), Todd Phillips (Due Date) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole) The Animators roundtable discussion between Bonnie Arnold (producer, How to Train Your Dragon), Roy Conli (producer, Tangled), Bob Last (producer, The Illusionist), Tom McGrath (director, Megamind), Chris Meledandri (producer, Despicable Me) and Lee Unkrich (director, Toy Story 3) The Actors Roundtable between James Franco (127 Hours), Duvall (Get Low), Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)....

Tony Scott, Matt Reeves On Short List To Direct Wolverine 2? By Devindra Hardawar/July 25, 2010 10:00 pm EST In March, we reported that Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) turned in a script for the film, and that it’s tentatively scheduled to shoot in January 2011. Rumors say that production date may be pushed back, writes the Playlist. If Scott takes the film, it won’t shoot until some time later in 2011 given his commitment to Postdamer Plaz in January....

By Germain Lussier/Aug. 22, 2011 2:30 pm EST Thanks to The Film Stage for finding these two trailers. The first centers on the lead woman (who I’m not naming for reasons you’ll see in the trailer). And the second focuses on John Hawkes character. These trailers are the results of QR scanning these two posters that premiered on Entertainment Weekly. Pretty creepy way to integrate the isolation and tension of this movie with new technology....

VOTD: ‘[the Films Of] Baz Luhrmann’ By Angie Han/May 31, 2011 11:00 am EST In our last post about Kees van Dijkhuisen’s ongoing “[the films of]” series, we gave his hint for the next director who’d be getting the montage treatment: “theatrical.” At the time, we could only guess what that clue might mean. Now, in retrospect, the answer seems obvious. The fifth installment of van Dijkhuisen’s yearlong, twelve-part homage series, “[the films of] Baz Luhrmann,” focuses on the Aussie director’s lush, unapologetically romantic style, as seen in his films Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!...

VOTD: The Muppets Perform Ringing Of The Bells By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2010 11:00 am EST Note: This video was originally posted last year.The Muppets have released a viral video, this time performing the holiday favorite Ringing of the Bells. Watch it now embedded after the jump. VOTD: The Muppets Perform Ringing Of The Bells By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2010 11:00 am EST Note: This video was originally posted last year....

Watch THR’s Hour Long Interview With 2011’s Award-Worthy Writers By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2011 7:00 am EST Every year during awards season, The Hollywood Reporter somehow organizes the schedules of basically every single actor, actress, writer and director of the year’s best films to sit down and discuss them. This, in itself, is pretty spectacular. What’s even better is they release the videos of the full conversations so we can watch....

World War Z Moving Forward With Brad Pitt Attached To Star By David Chen/July 21, 2010 8:52 pm EST Now, breaking news from San Diego Comic-Con further supports the idea that we’ll soon see this movie in theaters. MTV has just reported from the show floor of Comic-Con that World War Z is officially moving forward with Brad Pitt attached to star. The news comes from World War Z author Max Brooks, who says that the film is currently slated for a summer 2012 release....

Zombie Pirate Concept Art From ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ By Germain Lussier/March 11, 2011 6:30 pm EST Captain Jack Sparrow has had to defeat some formidable foes in his adventures across three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. If it’s even possible, those foes become have become more varied and weirder in the fourth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Jack not only has to get by the greatest pirate to ever live, Blackbeard, he’ll have to defeat gorgeous mermaids and zombie pirates along the way....

‘Beauty Day’ Trailer, A Documentary About ‘The Original Jackass’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2011 4:30 pm EST You had to think while MTV was making stars out of the guys from Jackass and Tom Green, there was a guy sitting at home thinking, “Hey, I did that years ago.” There was and his name was Ralph Zavadil, the star of The Cap’n Video Show on Canadian public access TV from 1990-1995....

‘Harry Potter’ Director David Yates To Work With Emma Watson In ‘Your Voice In My Head’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 3, 2012 5:00 am EST David Yates, the man who directed the last four Harry Potter movies, has been courted to make some big movies for Warner Bros in the wake of Potter’s finale, most notably the adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand, and also the Alan Turing biopic Imitation Game....

‘Intruders’ Theatrical Trailer By Russ Fischer/Feb. 15, 2012 3:30 pm EST In Intruders, director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto, 28 Weeks Later) puts Clive Owen through the wringer when his daughter, played by Ella Purnell, is menaced by a character that seems to be right out of her imagination. We’ve got a new trailer for the horror thriller, and you can check it out below. The film also features Carice van Houten, Daniel Brühl, and Kerry Fox....

‘Jumping The Broom’ Trailer – Like ‘Monster-In-Law,’ Only Fun By Angie Han/Feb. 22, 2011 6:00 am EST TriStar Pictures has released a new trailer for Jumping the Broom, starring Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Paula Patton (Just Wright, Precious) and Laz Alonso (Avatar). The film revolves around the wedding of Sabrina (Patton) and Jason (Alonso), and the clash that ensues when her uptown family meets his downtown one. This is the first feature by director Salim Akil, a television director whose credits include The Game, Girlfriends and Soul Food....

‘Lost’ Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Joins ‘Thor: The Dark World’ As Second Villain By Germain Lussier/Aug. 22, 2012 2:03 pm EST Mr. Eko is going from the island to Asgard. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, best known for his roles on Lost, Oz, The Thing and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, has just been cast in Alan Taylor’s Marvel sequel Thor: The Dark World. He’ll be playing a villainous dual role beginning as Algrim, a powerful Dark Elf who is manipulated by Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) to fight Thor (Chris Hemsworth)....

‘The Rum Diary’ Poster: Here’s Where The Rum Went By Russ Fischer/Sept. 7, 2011 5:00 pm EST In 2009, after spending several years in development hell, a film based upon the early Hunter S. Thomson novel The Rum Diary (a book not published until the late ’90s) went before cameras with Bruce Robinson (Withnail & I, How to Get Ahead in Advertising) directing from his own script, and Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and Richard Jenkins starring....

‘Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project’ Trailer By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2011 10:00 am EST Hollywood is a town that thrives on publicity, so much so that it feels at times like I know more about certain overexposed stars than I do my own family members. And yet within that world, there are still a few power players that manage to remain (relatively) in the shadows. Harvey Weinstein is one of the most successful producers working today, with hits like Pulp Fiction and the classic Miramax catalog, not to mention credit on other projects like the Lord of the Rings trilogy....