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Sheen 'enjoys variety of acting roles'

Michael Sheen has revealed that he likes the fact that he is cast in diverse roles.

The actor will play vampire Aro alongside Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the Twilight sequel New Moon, and has recently finished acting as Tony Blair in The Special Relationship.

According to the News of the World, he said: "I love being able to mix it up, being the Prime Minister or a presenter one minute, then a vampire the next."

Sheen also said that his 10-year-old daughter with Kate Beckinsale, Lily, enjoys reading the Twilight books, adding: "That made it more exciting. The Twilight series has a lot of teenage girl fans. But I think that's mainly for Robert, not me!"

Sheen is reportedly in talks to play the next James Bond villain.

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Creators talk 'Whiteout', 'Surrogates' films

The creators of Whiteout and The Surrogates have revealed their thoughts on the comics’ big-screen adaptations.

Whiteout was originally released as a graphic novel by Oni Press in 1998, written by Greg Rucka and drawn by Steve Lieber.

Rucka told Newsarama: "The film has a great sense of the environment and never really loses it.

"They did a beautiful job of not only capturing Steve's visuals literally, but even the feel of his visuals."

The Surrogates writer Robert Venditti appeared equally pleased with the translation of his Top Shelf-published comic.

"I wanted my characters to be there. And I wanted the subtext and commentary that I was driving for in the comics to be there. And the relationship between the main character and his wife was very central to the story, and the effect that the surrogates had on their marriage, I wanted that to be in the film," Venditti said.

"So obviously they changed some things, added characters and subplots, but basically, the core story is the same."

Whiteout, starring Kate Beckinsale, is out now, while the Bruce Willis vehicle Surrogates is due out September 25.

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Crew: 'Megan Fox is unbearable, ungracious'

Megan Fox has been blasted by the crew of her movie Transformers.

Three members of the film crew have posted an open letter defending director Michael Bay. In the letter, the crew has highlighted Fox's Wonderland magazine interview where she compared Bay to "Hitler" and accused him of running an "unsafe" set, reports Radar Online.

They have said that they all had "the tedious experience of working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox", that they "had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set" and that she is "as ungracious a person as you can fathom".

The crew members have also insisted that Bay "plucked her out of obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actress' life".

The Bay defenders have added that they never hear a "thank you" from the 23-year-old actress even after her "awful, silly Marilyn Monroe tattoo plastered on her arm that we cover up".

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Defoe: 'I see darkness in a lot of my roles'

Willem Defoe has said that many of his roles are casted with "darkness".

The 54-year-old actor, who recently talked to DS about his new Lars Von Trier-directed film Antichrist, has insisted that the most "interesting" stories lack conventional plotlines and instead steer "outside of the mainstream".

Dafoe told Indie Wire: "I see darkness in a lot of my roles. I think a lot of the interesting stories come from outside the mainstream. Things are built to keep us in lockstep. I’m not a paranoid person, but darkness gets you in touch with life overall.

"It’s good for me to get in tune with the beauty and mystery of life. I think if you’re in denial of that, then you just get in this game of striving to be 'happy, happy, happy, happy'."

He added: "I’m a happy guy, but I also think about death all the time. And I also think about eating, sex, getting old… Who doesn’t look in the mirror and see these things?"

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Bay: 'I still love working with Fox'

Michael Bay has defended Megan Fox after the Transformers crew complained about her.

In an open letter to the director, the crew described Fox as "unbearable" and "ungracious" after she gave an interview in which she compared Bay to Hitler.

However, Tiscali reports that Bay removed the letter from his website and replaced it with an article by himself.

"I don't condone the crew letter to Megan," he wrote. "And I don't condone Megan's outlandish quotes. But her crazy quips are part of her crazy charm.

"The fact of the matter [is] I still love working with her, and I know we still get along.

"I even expect more crazy quotes from her on Transformers 3."

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Caine denies retirement speculation

Sir Michael Caine has dismissed speculation that he is planning to retire.

He had been quoted as saying that his role in Harry Brown would be his last as a lead character, The Mirror reports.

However, the 76-year-old insisted that his words had been misinterpreted and said that he was still open to offers.

Asked if the reports of his retirement were true, Caine replied: "No, no, no. I didn't say that. You know you get misquoted all the time.

"The guy said to me, 'You gonna retire?' I said, 'You don't retire in this business, the business retires you'."

However, he admitted that he was more selective of roles now.

Caine also said that when he did retire, there would be "no big announcement".

Harry Brown, about an elderly ex-serviceman's attempt to avenge his best friend's murder, will be released in UK cinemas on November 13.

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Michael Douglas: 'Family comes first'

Michael Douglas has revealed that he is less likely to accept film roles now because he does not want to spend time away from his family.

The Mirror reports that the 64-year-old will make exceptions if he is inspired by the movie, as he was with his current film Solitary Man.

"A long time of my life was led with my career," he said. "Making movies is a full-time occupation when you do them. You have to make choices and my balances have completely changed since I got married and raised a family.

"I'm not that motivated nor do I see that many good projects that make me want to take me away from my family."

Douglas joked that his two young children, 9-year-old Dylan and 6-year-old Carys, think of their mother Catherine Zeta-Jones as the famous parent.

"All they know was Daddy made pancakes, because I did not have a movie to show them," he said.

Douglas's son Cameron was jailed for a drug offence last month.

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Claremont inspires 'Wolverine' sequels

Wolverine executive producer Lauren Schuler Donner has said that she would like the franchise to follow the writing of legendary X-Men scribe Chris Claremont.

Speaking to Latino Review, Donner and director Gavin Hood revealed that the sequel to Marvel's X-Men Origins: Wolverine would stick closer to the plot of Claremont and Frank Miller’s 1982 miniseries than the first film did to comic book continuity.

Donner also spoke about the continuing future of the franchise. "There's enough comic book material to support [a long-running series]," she said. "If we were to make up our own story, which we've never talked about, personally I would do it with Chris Claremont. I would stick with the creator.

"Chris is writing an amazing series right now (X-Men Forever) where Wolverine's killed, Storm is the villain. Sure, one day I'd love to [do] that."

X-Men Forever is set in an alternate world that follows Claremont’s original plans for the X-Men prior to his departure from the title.

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Stewart: 'Pattinson is not on steroids'

Kristen Stewart has denied claims that Robert Pattinson took steroids for his role in the new Twilight movie.

Fans of the actor have noticed that he appears to have beefed up in the time between the original film and latest instalment New Moon.

Despite suggestions that Pattinson may have used a short-cut in an attempt to improve his physique, his co-star Stewart insisted that his new look is natural.

The star commented: "He's definitely not on steroids."

Asked if the 23-year-old has become hunkier in recent months, she confirmed: "He's jacked. It's absolutely crazy."

New Moon sees Pattinson and Stewart reprising their respective roles as Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.

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Mendes, Keaton join Ferrell comedy

Eva Mendes and Michael Keaton have joined the cast of Will Ferrell comedy The Other Guys, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Damon Wayans Jr will also star in the project, which finds Ferrell re-teaming with director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers).

The plot will revolve around two mismatched desk cops (Mark Wahlberg, Ferrell) who are finally allowed to head out to solve some serious crimes.

Previously titled The B Team, McKay and writer Chris Henchy switched the title to avoid confusion with the upcoming A-Team movie.

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan wants 'Lobo' role

Jeffrey Dean Morgan has admitted that he wants to play comic antihero Lobo in Guy Ritchie's movie adaptation.

The Watchmen actor told SuperHeroHype.com that he is keen to play the character, an interstellar bounty hunter appearing in the DC Comics universe.

"Lobo would be very cool. I don't think that I'm as big as Lobo is, but if you could transplant Mickey Rourke's body on my head, that would be just great," he joked.

Morgan added that he will make his interest in the role known to Lobo producers Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman, who are also steering his comic book film The Losers.

"I do have an in," he said. "I'll be elbowing somebody soon."

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Douglas: 'Exciting time to do Wall Street 2'

Michael Douglas has said that it is an "exciting time to make a picture about Wall Street".

The 64-year-old signed on in April to reprise his role of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone-directed Wall Street sequel Money Never Sleeps.

Douglas told Empire that the new movie "predominantly focuses on these last couple of years on Wall Street".

He said: "It's 22 years later. Gordon has done about eight years in jail and got out in about 2001. The picture predominantly focuses on these last couple of years on Wall Street, which nobody anticipated.

"We shot the first one in 1986 and it was a wild, wild colourful time. And here we have both a train crash and a larger-than-life period leading up to that train crash. It's an exciting time to make a picture about Wall Street."

He added: "We've got Josh Brolin playing what I guess is the villain of the piece. There's a little bit of Terence Stamp, from the first one, in there. Allan Loeb wrote a good script and when Oliver signed on he put his fingerprints all over it.

"I think it'll be a relevant movie. It's all to do with the execution, I guess."

It was previously reported that Charlie Sheen will make a cameo appearance as his Bud Fox character from the original film.

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McAvoy joins Redford's 'Conspirator'

James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn have joined the cast of Robert Redford's The Conspirator.

The period drama will follow the true events following the assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in 1865. Filming will start in October.

Wright Penn is cast as Mary Surratt, who was charged with conspiring to kill Lincoln. McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, who defends Surratt and ends up believing that she is innocent.

McAvoy is rumoured to also be working on Wanted 2 with Angelina Jolie and director Timur Bekmambetov.

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Hood: 'Wolverine sequel won't happen soon'

X-Men Origins: Wolverine director Gavin Hood has revealed that filming a sequel to the movie will not happen soon.

Star Hugh Jackman recently admitted that shooting on the follow-up would start in Japan and that the script is "in the first steps of developing that story".

However, the filmmaker said that the proposed update will begin filming "next year" at the nearest.

He told Sci-Fi Wire: "I'm hoping to be shooting something next year, and I don't think that Wolverine will be ready for next year."

He added: "I haven't been approached one way or another. The studio is obviously very cautious. They want to see how Wolverine does on DVD.

"Let them develop the script, let's see what the script looks like, let's see how the studio feels about the script, how Hugh feels about it, and then we'll take it from there."

Wolverine executive producer Lauren Schuler Donner previously said that the franchise will be based upon the writing of scribe Chris Claremont.

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Stallone: 'Expendables cameos are dream team'

Sylvester Stallone has said that working with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger on The Expendables feels like acting as part of "a dream team".

The 63-year-old wrote and directed the movie, which features cameos by Willis and Schwarzenegger.

The film, which centres on a group of mercenaries who overthrow a South American dictator, also stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Jet Li.

However, Stallone revealed that it has been challenging to get the stars together for their first scene, Reuters reports.

He said: "Arnold, Bruce and I will be working together for the first time, maybe in two weeks. It's very difficult to get us all together at the same time. It's impossible to get all those egos in the same room."

He added: "I wanted to do a film that was more about men and just doing things that we did back in the '80s and '90s with films that were a little bit more men-on-men, and actual physical stunts and also a story that isn't super-gigantic.

"And the thing was to find certain personalities that never would ever work together normally and put them altogether. It's like a dream team."

Willis previously admitted that he is "excited" about partaking in the venture.

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Ford: 'I'll play Indiana Jones again'

Harrison Ford has revealed that he is now ready to reprise his role as Indiana Jones.

The actor's Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull co-star Shia LaBeouf - who played the titular character's son - recently admitted that director Steven Spielberg had "cracked the story" for the proposed fifth instalment.

Ford explained that he is prepared to revisit his adventurer archaeologist character if the script "is good", according to Extra.

"The story for the new Indiana Jones is in the process of taking form," he told Le Figaro.

"Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and myself are agreed on what the fifth adventure will concern, and George is actively at work. If the script is good, I'll be very happy to put the costume on again."

The fourth Indiana Jones film topped a list of the most mistake-filled movies of 2008.

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Campbell: 'Spider-Man 4 films in January'

Bruce Campbell has announced that filming on Spider-Man 4 will get under way next January.

Seabiscuit scribe Gary Ross was hired in July to rewrite a script worked on by Zodiac's James Vanderbilt and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire.

Campbell, who has worked with director Sam Raimi since the first Evil Dead film, told Access Hollywood that he has been informed that he will play a major role in the new instalment.

However, the 51-year-old is still not certain which part he is to portray, while fans have suggested that he may take on the role of Mysterio - a villain who is a master of illusion.

Meanwhile, Raimi recently said that he has begun work on the screenplay for Evil Dead 4, though is unsure if Campbell will be involved in the project.

Spider-Man 4 is scheduled to open in cinemas on May 6, 2011.

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Downey eyed for Spielberg's 'Harvey'

Robert Downey Jr is reportedly the frontrunner to star in Steven Spielberg's Harvey remake.

According to Variety, the Iron Man actor is being eyed for the role of Elwood P. Dowd, a man who befriends an imaginary six-foot tall rabbit.

Harvey originated as a Pulitzer Prize-winning play in 1944. It was later turned into a 1950 feature film starring Jimmy Stewart and Josephine Hull.

Reports emerged last month claiming that Tom Hanks, who starred in Spielberg films Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can and The Terminal, turned down the lead role because he believes the public already perceive him as a present-day Stewart.

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Christoph Waltz cast as 'Hornet' villain?

Christoph Waltz has reportedly been cast as the villain in The Green Hornet.

The Austrian actor, who recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, will step into the role vacated by Nicolas Cage, according to Deadline Hollywood.

Production on The Green Hornet is currently underway in LA with Seth Rogen starring as masked crimefighter Britt Reid and Cameron Diaz as love interest Lenore Case. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind's Michel Gondry is directing the film.

The Green Hornet is scheduled to open in cinemas on December 17, 2010.

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Alfredson to helm Kidman transsexual drama

Tomas Alfredson will direct Nicole Kidman in sex-change drama The Danish Girl.

The Let The Right One In filmmaker has signed up to helm the movie, which recounts the story of Einar Wegener (Kidman), who in 1931 became the first man to undergo gender alteration surgery.

"We have been in talks for close to a year, and we are soon going into production," Alfredson told Variety.

Charlize Theron had been attached to play Wegener's wife Greta, who inadvertently began the transformation by asking her husband to pose as a female opera singer for a portrait, but the Monster actress recently dropped out of the role.

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