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Audiences are accustomed to seeing Michael Rooker play tough characters in projects like The Walking Dead and Guardians of the Galaxy, but the actor himself had some tough-love advice for audiences who didn’t exactly flock to his latest film Horizon, which is directed by and stars Kevin Costner. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Theo Rossi (Emily the Criminal), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), David Costabile (Lincoln) and Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) have wrapped production in Arkansas on In Fortune’s Shadow, a new thriller from writer-director David L. Hunt (Greater) and his 2521 Entertainment. Others…

EXCLUSIVE: Jena Malone, Alejandro Edda, Tatanka Means and Michael Rooker are boarding the ensemble cast of Kevin Costner's epic Western film saga Horizon at Warner Bros/New Line, Deadline has learned. The foursome join an expanding roster that includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jamie Campbell Bower, Luke Wilson…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Rooker is reteaming with his Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer director John McNaughton for the first time in nearly four decades on a new film titled Road Rage, which is intended to be the first in a series. The film in the vein of Dexter and the great avenger films of the ’70s will center on a…

Ellen Barkin (Sony Pictures' upcoming The Man from Toronto), Nina Dobrev (Netflix's upcoming Love Hard), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), Poorna Jagannathan (Never Have I Ever), Julie Hagerty (Marriage Story), Richard Kind (tick, tick…Boom!), Lil Rel Howery (Free Guy) and Blake Anderson (Workaholics) have…

When the roll is called up yonder, Yondu won’t be there. At least when it comes to future appearances in the James Gunn versions of the Guardians of the Galaxy series. Writer-director Gunn said today that the blue-hued alien with the deadly arrow whistle, memorably played by Michael Rooker in the first two Guardians of…

Actor Michael Rooker is recovering from COVID-19, saying overcoming the disease was “quite a battle.” The Guardians of the Galaxy and The Walking Dead star posted on his Facebook account on Friday about his struggle, sharing a picture of his certification as having been cleared of the coronavirus. "If ya'll aint…

Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy) set as a series regular opposite David Oyelowo in The President Is Missing, Showtime's drama pilot based on the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham. In The President Is Missing pilot, a powerless and politically…

James Gunn has tweeted out the cast list for Warner Bros.’ upcoming The Suicide Squad which goes into production on Sept. 23 at Pinewood in Atlanta, GA. Those not announced yet which he unveiled today include Alice Braga, Michael Rooker, Joaquin Cosio, Mayling Ng, Sean Gunn, Jennifer Holland, Juan Diego Botto, Tinashe…

EXCLUSIVE: Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Michael Rooker has joined Universal’s Fast & Furious 9 in the role of Buddy, in what is a last minute addition to the production which is currently underway. Rooker joins Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, John Cena, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, and…

The Walking Dead alum Michael Rooker has been tapped to co-star opposite Sam Strike and Jasper Pääkkönen in Amazon’s pilot The Dark Tower, an adaptation of Stephen King's book, which has started production. The Dark Tower TV series, from executive producer/showrunner Glen Mazzara and MRC, is independent from the 2017…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Rooker has been set to star alongside Dylan O’Brien in Monster Problems, a potential franchise film that Michael Matthews (Five Fingers for Marseilles) will direct with Shawn Levy producing at 21 Laps. Rooker will play Clyde, an expert hunter who teaches Joel Dawson (O'Brien) how to survive the…