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British comic Russell Brand fears he may miss out on a role in the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie - because he is too busy.

The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star was recently rumoured to be in negotiations to play the brother of Johnny Depp's character, Captain Jack Sparrow, in a planned sequel in the hit franchise.

But Brand insists that even if he is offered a part in the film, he might not be able to sign up because he is swamped with other commitments.

He tells Access Hollywood, "There’s been some talk of doing a Pirates movie. But, I’ve got eight other things to do including (new movie) Get Him To The Greek with Judd Apatow… So I don’t know if there’ll be time to be a pirate, I’ve got enough of that in me private life.

"I think it’s a possibility (but) I am rather busy."

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is rock on shrooms.comon u dont expext a retired pres. to be in a movie about a pro wrestler turned actor

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Mickey Rourke was transformed into a professional wrestler by the uncle of grappler-turned-Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson.

Rourke spent months at former World Wrestling Federation star Afa Anoa'i's Wild Samoan Training Center in Florida to prepare for his role as fallen ring favourite Randy 'The Ram' Johnson in The Wrestler.

And Dwayne Johnson - who used to wrestle under the name The Rock - reveals he kept a close eye on Rourke's transformation from actor to muscle-bound athlete.

He tells Moviefone.com, "My uncle actually trained Mickey for the movie, and he would call me weekly and give me progress reports on Mickey. That's a tough task to go from just being an actor to becoming not only a professional wrestler, but a professional wrestler who's wrestled for 25 years. My uncle was amazed at Mickey's progress and his desire to do everything. That takes commitment."

And Johnson insists he is a huge fan of the film, insisting it accurately depicted the wrestling world.

He adds, "I loved the movie. I thought Mickey's performance was outstanding. I thought that the movie that Darren Aronofsky created was real and memorable. That world -­ it's a very visceral, authentic world that he created, and I can't say enough great things about the movie, and I'm very proud of Mickey."

Rourke's performance in the movie earned him a Best Actor Oscar nomination - but he lost out to Sean Penn, who took home the prize for Milk at February's ceremony.

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Wes Craven has confirmed that he is not involved in the upcoming remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street and does not own the rights to his film.

The horror director told Moviehole that it was difficult to get anyone to make the original "avante-garde" film and that Bob Shaye was the only person "that right away got it".

Craven said: "When I did sell it, sold the script, I sold it outright. That was his insistence. I had no choice, otherwise, the film wouldn't have been made.

"So unfortunately, I don't have any ownership in it whatsoever, so they can do whatever they want with it, which is what they're doing. I haven't heard from them at all.

"They're basically just doing a remake. That's all I know. That'd be a tough one to re-see."

He added: "You know, it's had his life. And if they make a better film, maybe it will eclipse the original. I don't know. If they don't, then the original will look even better."

He added that he found it hard to watch Scary Movie, which he said "took my shots" and made him the "laughing stock of it".

Original Freddie Krueger actor Robert Englund has confirmed that he will not reprise his iconic role in the Samuel Bayer-helmed remake.

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20th Century Fox is allegedly planning to reboot its Fantastic Four franchise.

According to IESB.net, the studio will completely overhaul the superhero series, replacing stars Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis and director Tim Story.

2005's Fantastic Four and its sequel Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer pulled in more than $600 million at the worldwide box office but were largely panned by critics and met with ambivalence by Marvel Comics fans.

Fox is reportedly planning to take a "less bubble gum" approach to the characters, with the new movie being similar in tone to Iron Man.

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Drew Barrymore has confirmed speculation that she is in the running to direct the third instalment in the Twilight saga.

The Charlie's Angels star has reportedly been included in a shortlist of Summit Entertainment's possible candidates to helm Eclipse, which is scheduled for release in summer 2010.

"I'm one of the directors that is being talked about, which is great because I'm a director now," Access Hollywood quotes her as saying.

"But, you know, they'll make their choice."

The first film in the franchise was helmed by Catherine Hardwicke, with The Golden Compass director Chris Weitz taking over the reins for The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

Barrymore recently made her directorial debut in upcoming comedy Whip It!, which stars Ellen Page as a misfit who enters a roller derby.

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Electronic Arts has announced that the forthcoming crime epic Godfather II has achieved gold status ahead of its scheduled release date next month.

Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of the 18-rated game will now hit retail outlets throughout Europe on April 10.

Based on events from Francis Ford Coppola's celebrated movie, the open-world action game involves players building up their own crime family over three American cities: Miami, Havana and New York.

By using the Don's View, as well as recruiting a bloodthirsty crew of gangsters, players will cut a path through the stylised Godfather universe.

EA bosses have high hopes for the new game following the reasonable success of the first Godfather title.

According to NPD Group figures, the original sold almost 1.5 million copies in the US following its release in 2006.

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David Ayer has agreed to write, direct and produce sci-fi action film Last Man, says Variety.

Last Man focuses on a captain stationed on a distant planet who leads a group of young soldiers into battle against aliens.

20th Century Fox and New Regency tied up a seven-figure deal with Ayer, the screenwriter behind Training Day and Fast And The Furious, to make the movie.

Ayer made his directorial debut in 2005 with the Christian Bale drama Harsh Times and followed it up last year with Street Kings.

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Tom Hardy has admitted to growing fond of Britain's most violent prisoner Charles Bronson.

The British actor, who plays the criminal in this week's biopic Bronson, told This Morning that he refused to judge the man he was portraying.

"Over the past four years I was speaking to him two or three times a week," Hardy said. "I grew very fond of him actually. He's a very articulate, gentle, funny and clever man.

"I had to put his past and facts behind him and my job was to study, observe and reflect a man who was in front of me. There was no judgement from me, and I wanted to get as close to his characteristics and hear as many of his stories as I could to help my performance."

Hardy acknowledged that coming face-to-face with Bronson, who was jailed in 1974 for a failed armed robbery and had his sentence extended for repeated violent offences in prison, was a "very odd situation".

"I wanted to get as much out of him in terms of his reactions to my questions," Hardy added. "His mother said I am always welcome at her house, and she is lovely. I obviously can't speak for any of his victims and I can only speak of my personal experiences.

"The man I met wasn't a monster - massive anger problems yes, and hugely charismatic, but very insightful and interesting."

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Gemma Arterton surprised her co-star Jake Gyllenhaal after shoving her tongue in his mouth while filming kissing scenes for their upcoming movie Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time.

The actress, who plays a sixth century princess to Gyllenhaal's prince, couldn't help but inject some passion into their smooch - despite the pair's shared understanding that their embraces would remain relatively tame.

Arterton recalls, "There's an unspoken no-tongues rule on set. But I got so carried away, it kind of slipped out."

But the former Bond girl maintains the pleasure was all Gyllenhaal's: "Everyone said I was lucky to be snogging (kissing) him, but he's the lucky one!"

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Paris Hilton is reportedly "desperate" to appear in New Moon, the second instalment in the Twilight saga.

According to Star, the heiress has been calling the film's leading man Robert Pattinson "constantly" in an attempt to land a role in the vampire sequel.

"She has also had her manager call the casting agent to lobby for a part on her behalf," PA quotes a source as telling the magazine.

Hilton, who recently admitted that she was fan of the franchise, is allegedly "desperate for people to take her seriously as an actress".

The insider added: "She thinks she'd be perfect to play one of the vampires. She's even willing to play a victim - she just wants in."

Production on New Moon, which is being directed by Chris Weitz, has just begun in Vancouver, which a scheduled release date of November.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger has shed light on his cameo appearances in Terminator Salvation and The Expendables.

The actor-turned-Governor of California said that he still holds reservations about his role in the new Terminator outing, believing that the franchise should move to distance itself from him.

"They should try to find a way of doing a story that does not include me at all, not even one single shot. I don't believe in that," he told TheArnoldFans.com.

"To kind of have them go out and promote the movie and say Arnold is in the movie and everyone thinks that I'm the Terminator and in fact you only see one second of me in there... I don't think that's the right thing to do. And you know that's the danger of that, and that's why I feel reluctant to be part of the movie in the first place. So it doesn't get promoted that way."

Schwarzenegger, however, is more enthusiastic about his brief appearance for friend Sylvester Stallone in action-drama The Expendables.

"[It] will just be something quick, like I walk out of a hotel or out of a office building and he will walk up and we will bump into each other and there will be some mumbling and then we will walk off," he explained. "So it will be something very simple, that will be again, just a cameo, so that's what we're going to do. I promised him I'd do that and I'm looking forward to that."

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Juan Antonio Bayona has emerged as the leading candidate to direct third Twilight movie Eclipse, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Bayona, a protégé of Guillermo del Toro, last directed Spanish-language horror The Orphanage. James Mangold and Drew Barrymore have recently been linked with the Eclipse director's chair.

"I'm one of the directors that is being talked about," said Barrymore, who will make her debut with upcoming comedy Whip It!

The second movie in the Twilight saga, New Moon, will begin production this year with Chris Weitz at the helm.

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Jeff Goldblum has become the latest star to join the cast of romantic comedy The Baster.

Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman signed up for the project last month.

The movie will follow the story of a man (Bateman), who secretly interferes with his female best friend's (Aniston) attempts to get pregnant through artificial insemination. However, when she returns from New York seven years later with a son, he is forced to live with secret that he is the real father.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Goldblum will play Bateman's business partner and confidant. He is described as a man "whose idea of working out is walking slowly on the treadmill while eating a candy bar".

The film is scheduled to begin shooting in New York this spring.

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Alex Proyas has revealed that he is in discussions about making a sequel to his cult hit Dark City.

The I, Robot director told MTV that his 1998 sci-fi movie's success on DVD and Blu-ray has prompted talk of a sequel.

"There have been some discussions fairly recently," Proyas said. "It's had this shelf life and just lately it's done well enough that there have been some discussions about a sequel."

Dark City centred on John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell), a man who discovers that he is living in a world manufactured by a sinister group called The Strangers. Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt were also among the cast.

"I always thought it would be intriguing to have Rufus [Sewell], who was the hero in the first one, be the bad guy," Proyas said of a potential Dark City 2 storyline. "He should turn nasty because he's got unlimited power. That's something I’d like to explore."

Proyas's next film, Knowing, is released in the UK on March 25.

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Danny DeVito has been lined up to direct real-life drama Crazy Eddie, according to Variety.

Based on consumer electronics pioneer Eddie Antar, it will be scripted by 21's Peter Steinfeld.

Antar launched the chain Crazy Eddie in 1971, with his famous TV adverts helping the company expand to 43 stores. However, he was charged with fraud after caught inflating stock value and skimming money.company. He was convicted in 1997, serving a two-year prison term.

"[Antar] started as a guy who loved making deals more than money," said DeVito, who claimed the movie would draw parallels with the recent crisis on Wall Street.

"He lived an outrageously spectacular life and suffered an outrageously spectacular fall," added Steinfeld.

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Mathew Horne has described making horror movie Lesbian Vampire Killers with comedy partner James Corden as "one of the best things we've done together".

The Gavin & Stacey star told Radio 5 Live's Simon Mayo: "It was seven weeks of pure fun. It was something that very fortuitously happened to fit in last year's quite busy schedule for both James and I.

"It was one of the best things we've done together. Huge amounts of fun from start to finish, and I suppose the moments when we were covered in goo were the least pleasurable moments."

Corden added that he is "proud" of the movie, claiming that it stood up to comparisons with bigger budget horror efforts: "We don't have a great track history of making good teen horror flicks. What I'm most proud of is that it really does look and feel like a far bigger budget film. Certainly that last hour, it really goes with some pace."

Lesbian Vampire Killers arrives in UK cinemas on March 20.

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Keira Knightley has revealed her excitement about starring in the proposed My Fair Lady remake.

The actress told ComingSoon.net that she is hoping Sony's long-in-development musical moves forward with her in the role of Eliza Doolittle.

She said: "Yeah, it's just one of those things. I went up for it about two years ago, and it's been a process of trying to get directors, trying to get other cast members and write to music and remake rights and all that, and I think it's slowly but surely coming together, so fingers crossed, it should be great."

The Duchess star declined to comment on Danny Boyle's rumoured involvement in the project, adding that the potential directors she has heard about are "very exciting".

"At this point, things go up and down and I don't think anybody really knows for sure what anybody is doing," she noted. "It's definitely something I'd be interested in doing, and the people they've spoken to me about directing it are very exciting so I think it's potentially a very exciting project."

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Sienna Miller has admitted that her parents were thrilled by her decision to star in the forthcoming blockbuster G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra.

Speaking to Parade, the actress revealed that her family had become weary with the melancholy tone of her recent movies.

"My parents were getting fed up with my intense dramas," she explained "They were like, 'Please, just stop doing these films. You're killing us'.

"I'd never done a huge studio movie and I felt like it was time to do something where I wasn't having a breakdown or addicted to heroin or dying at the end."

The actress, who stars as The Baroness in the upcoming action movie, admitted that she had enjoyed the experience of "things blowing up all around you all the time".

She added: "I'd never done fight training, let alone been to a gym. So this was like a whole new experience."

G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra is released in the UK later this year.

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has admitted that he was impressed by the realism of Mickey Rourke's performance in The Wrestler.

The former WWE star, who left the ring five years ago, told Moviefone that the film had perfectly captured the essence of the sport.

"I thought that the movie...was real and memorable," he said. "That world...it's a very visceral, authentic world that [director Darren Aronofsky] created and I can't say enough great things about the movie.

"My uncle actually trained Mickey and he would call me weekly and give me progress reports. [He] was amazed at...his desire to do everything. That takes commitment."

He added that he was "very proud" of Rourke's dedication, saying: "[It's] a tough task to go from just being an actor to becoming not only a professional wrestler, but a professional wrestler who's wrestled for 25 years."