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Gerard Butler is returning to the good side of the law in Millennium Films' latest acquisition, "The Bricklayer."

The Hollywood Reporter has the news that the "Law Abiding Citizen" star has been brought on board to play former FBI agent Noah Boyd in the book adaptation. Boyd is working as a Chicago bricklayer when he is called in to stop a criminal organization demanding multimillion-dollar ransom payments. "Enigma" scribe Hanna Weg is writing the screenplay.

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"Oz: The Great And Powerful" just got a heck of a lot more exciting now that Bruce Campbell has announced he's been cast in it.

"I. Am. In. Oz. Sam Raimi refuses to tell me what character I will portray. Just know that the role is PIVOTAL," the "Burn Notice" actor tweeted. Considering James Franco has already been cast as the titular wizard-to-be and Campbell likely isn't playing one of the female witches, our guess is he plays some sort of mentor to Oz. Or we could be totally surprised and he'll end up playing a Munchkin or flying monkey. Regardless, we're thrilled by this casting news.

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At long last, two of the most important roles in "The Hobbit" have been filled out.

"Immortals" actor Luke Evans will star in Peter Jackson's two-part "Lord of the Rings" prequel as Bard the Bowman, a man of Laketown who fights against the devious dragon Smaug. Speaking of Smaug, Deadline confirms that the previously (and accidentally) revealed Benedict Cumberbatch is providing both the voice and motion-capture for the fire-breathing beast.

Check out the rest of today's biggest casting news past the jump, including word of an actor making a surprising return for "The Dark Knight Rises" and an amazing role for an "Always Sunny" star.

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At long last, "The Avengers" are finally assembling. Mark Ruffalo, taking over the role of Bruce Banner from previous "Hulk" star Ed Norton, is about to get green and mean in front of cameras in New Mexico, an endeavor that's bound to soak up much of his time over the next several months.

But Ruffalo, a man of many talents — his directorial debut "Sympathy for Delicious" hits theaters this weekend — has more on the horizon beyond the Marvel Studios epic. However, despite rumors to the contrary, those plans do not include "Cogan's Trade," the Brad Pitt-starring crime caper about a high stakes poker game gone wrong.

"That's not true," Ruffalo told MTV News of his reported involvement in the Andrew Dominik-directed film. "I don't know why that's [been reported]. That's not happening. They're already shooting that. It's almost done, actually."

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Brad Pitt is getting hitched to the mob -- and his "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" director Andrew Dominik -- for a new heist comedy titled "Cogan's Trade."

Pitt has pulled off quite a few capers in his cinematic day as a member of George Clooney's "Ocean's Eleven," "Twelve" and "Thirteen" crews, but this time he'll find himself on the other side of the coin. Based on the novel by George V. Higgins, "Cogan's Trade" casts Pitt as a professional enforcer for the mafia who's investigating a heist during a mob-run high-stakes poker game.

Sounds serious, but The Hollywood Reporter describes it as a "comedic crime story"... which is right in Pitt's wheelhouse. The actor is always at his best when he's mixing laughs with physicality, as he has in "Fight Club," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Inglorious Basterds." Read more...

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FROM MTV SPLASH PAGE: After the cast of "The Avengers" assembled for the first time at Comic-Con in July — Marvel vets like Robert Downey Jr. standing with newbies such as Mark Ruffalo — a former superhero might have been thinking, "Man, that could've been me…"

Before Ruffalo was tapped to play the Hulk — and before Ed Norton played the green-skinned Goliath in 2008 — Eric Bana owned the role. But the Ang Lee-directed film in which Bana starred never took off at the box office in 2003, the part was recast, and years later the actor admits he could end up being envious of what Ruffalo and his cast mates will get to enjoy.

"Only if they have a lot of fun," he explained while at New York Comic Con promoting the thriller, "Hanna." "The obvious potential there is those movies can be a lot of fun to make. But then sometimes they're not. I would be jealous if it turns out they just go off and have a good time." Read more...

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"Glee" creator Ryan Murphy sure is having a good year. There's the incredible popularity of "Glee," for starters. He's also got the Julia Roberts-starring "Eat, Pray, Love" arriving in theaters this Friday. He's still looking ahead though. Mark Ruffalo told MTV a few weeks ago that he'll be starring in an adaptation of Larry Kramer's semi-autobiographical play "The Normal Heart." He revealed that Kramer wrote the script and Murphy is somehow involved. We now have clarification from the man himself about what his role will be.

"I'm directing it from Larry Kramer's beautiful script and we're going to shoot that in June of next year," he told MTV's Josh Horowitz on the red carpet at the "Eat, Pray, Love" premiere in New York City last night. "I think it's an important story and I think Mark Ruffalo is just beyond brilliant so I'm very excited to be directing him." Read more...

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While making the press rounds on "The Kids Are All Right," actor Mark Ruffalo spoke with MTV News about a new project he just recently signed on for — "The Normal Heart," based on the semi-autobiographical play written by Larry Kramer.

According to Ruffalo, he would play the lead role of Ned Weeks based on a screenplay written by Larry Kramer himself. "Glee" and "Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy is also involved, though it's currently unknown whether he's participating as a director, producer or something else.

"I just signed on tentatively with Ryan Murphy to do 'The Normal Heart,' which is the Larry Kramer play," Ruffalo told MTV. "It's really beautiful. Larry Kramer did a script adaptation. It's really powerful and strong and beautiful." Read more...

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FROM MTV.COM: Like the book on which it's based, Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" leaves you sandbagged and gasping, although not in exactly the same way. The movie oozes gore and dementia — it has the dripping atmosphere of a gothic horror film. And the wild plot twist in Dennis Lehane's lurid 2003 novel, from which the picture has been adapted with iron fidelity, may be even more shocking in its transposition to the visual realm. Like the book, though, the movie is unleavened by humor or any other narrative respite. This isn't a problem in print, where we can pull back from the material; but it makes the picture a grueling experience, and the fact that it's too long makes it even more arduous.

The story is set in 1954. As it opens, we see U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio, in his fourth Scorsese outing) and his new partner, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), arriving by ferry at the remote and craggy Shutter Island, site of the Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. The marshals have come to help find an escaped murderer, Rachel Solando, who has mysteriously disappeared from her locked cell.

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A lot of trailers premiered today. This one is for "Shutter Island," which will arrive in theaters any minute now. What, you want a date? February 19. It's Martin Scorsese's follow-up to his Oscar-winning work on "The Departed." And you've got Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo starring. Can't wait. See for yourself.

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