Dominic Cooper, star of The Devil’s Double, talked about the film with Yahoo! Here, he explains how he wanted to play the two roles very differently and how independent films are different from huge studio films. Our review of The Devil’s Double is coming soon to trashwire.com.

Relativity media has released this first-look photo from Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler.

Synopsis from Relativity Media:
In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster’s (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption.

When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region’s vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it’s most needed—in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens.

But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA’s intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives—and eventually his own. The explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher also stars Michelle Monaghan (Due Date), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Madeline Carroll (Mr. Popper’s Penguins), Academy Award® nominated Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and Souleyman Sy Savane (“Damages”).

The film opens Sept 23rd. Check out the hi-res version right here.

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Souleymane Sy Savane and Gerard Butler star in Relativity Media's release MACHINE GUN PREACHER. Photo Credit: Phil Bray© 2011 MGP Productions, LLC.

UPDATE: Interview available now on Trashwire here: http://itson.tw/nnNESV

We got a chance to see a preview screening of Attack the Block, a new film produced by Edgar Wright, at Comic Con and it was rad. Because we’re crazy lucky, we also had the opportunity to sit down with director Joe Cornish and star John Boyega to chat about the film. The interview is coming soon to Trashwire.com. If you haven’t heard about Attack the Block check out the trailer here…

Here’s the official first photo at Relativity Media’s upcoming Untitled Snow White Project, starring Lily Collins (The Blind Side) as Snow White and Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen. The film is directed by Tarsem Singh (The Fall, Immortals). The Untitled Show White Project hits theaters on March 16th, 2012.

Are you unemployed and looking for a quick path to becoming a billionaire? Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant are here to teach you how to become a rich Hollywood screenwriter.

Check out this new clip from Super 8 before it opens this Friday.

Our review of Bridesmaids, starring Kristen Wiig, hits Trashwire May 13th. For now, check out this trailer and tell us if you’re excited to see the movie.

Bridesmaids Trailer by teasertrailer

The new film Super, starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler and Kevin Bacon is available on demand now.

Here’s a quick synopsis:

In the outlandish dark comedy SUPER, James Gunn has created what is perhaps the definitive take on self-reflexive superheroes.

When sad-sack loser Frank (Rainn Wilson) sees his ex-addict wife (Liv Tyler) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a hand-made suit, a wrench, and a crazed sidekick named Boltie (Ellen Page), the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife. The rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the wrath of the Crimson Bolt!

Check out the trailer and special SXSW bonus clip after the jump.

SUPER is in theaters nationwide, and is now available on demand via ‘IFC In Theaters’ on Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House. It’s also on DirecTV Channel 125.

And check out this SXSW bonus clip:

More than 7,000 birds were killed as a result of the April 2010 BP oil spill that spread throughout the Gulf of Mexico. But after three months, cleanup workers at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Louisiana had rescued 894 surviving oiled pelicans.

HBO Documentary Films presents the story of the effort to save the 895th surviving oiled pelican in Louisiana, showing how conservationists, government agencies and wildlife activists joined forces to preserve this one life. An inspiring bird’s-eye view of the rigorous process of rescuing thousands of oiled birds, SAVING PELICAN 895 debuts WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 (9:00-9:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

Other HBO playdates: April 23 (noon), 26 (5:00 p.m., midnight), 29 (6:45 a.m.) and 30 (5:35 a.m.), and May 5 (2:00 p.m.), 8 (3:30 p.m.) and 21 (10:30 a.m. PT only)

HBO2 playdates: April 27 (8:00 p.m.) and 28 (8:30 a.m.), and May 3 (5:00 p.m.) and 6 (5:15 a.m.)

The state bird of Louisiana, the brown pelican has endured a turbulent history along the Louisiana Coast. In the mid-1900s, pollution pushed the pelican to the brink of extinction, and by 1963, it had disappeared from the state altogether. As a result, the brown pelican spent 45 years on the endangered species list, while state biologists worked tirelessly to reintroduce the species to its natural habitat. A major victory came in November 2009, when the brown pelican was finally removed from the endangered species list. Five months later, on April 20, 2010, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oilrig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, spilling millions of gallons of oil into prime bird habitat in the Gulf of Mexico, and leaving the state bird in peril once again.

Directed by Oscar® nominee Irene Taylor Brodsky (HBO’s “The Final Inch” and “Hear and Now”), SAVING PELICAN 895 tells the gripping story of “LA 895,” named after its state and rescue number by the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Louisiana. For months after the explosion, millions of gallons of oil per day gushed into the bird nesting habitat, leaving many of them – some only baby birds – incapacitated and near death. The film follows LA 895 from his rescue and recovery as an incapacitated juvenile bird with oil-slicked feathers through his ultimate maturation and release back into the wild.

The impact of the 2010 BP oil spill has left an indelible mark on the Gulf region, threatening not only the livelihood of the locals, but also the productive ecosystem and its wildlife for years to come. Through interviews with relief workers, including Jay Holcomb, director emeritus of the International Bird Rescue Research Center, oil employees and local residents, the film reveals how people worked around the clock to give the wildlife a chance to survive. Interestingly, the U.S. is the only country that demands oil companies pay the cost of rehabilitating affected wildlife after a spill.

SAVING PELICAN 895 is as much about the effects of the spill on the brown pelican as a species as it is about the Louisianians who put their hearts and souls into helping heal their state bird. The film illustrates on a microcosmic level the impact that a small community can make on a much larger issue.

Ultimately, SAVING PELICAN 895 is a story of redemption and human compassion. Thanks to those who worked interminably in the months following the spill, 1,246 birds were rescued and released back into the wild.

Producer, director, writer and cinematographer Irene Taylor Brodsky is an Emmy® and Peabody Award winner, and an Oscar® nominee. Her first feature-length film, the HBO presentation “Hear and Now,” won the 2007 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and was also nominated for Documentary of the Year by the Producer’s Guild of America. In collaboration with HBO, her 2009 film “The Final Inch” was nominated for an Academy Award® and three Emmy® Awards.

HBO Documentary Films presents SAVING PELICAN 895; directed and produced by Irene Taylor Brodsky; edited by Geof Bartz and Andrew Morreale; director of photography, Peter D. Richardson; original music by Joel Goodman. For HBO: supervising producer, Sara Bernstein; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

Check out this new video with loads of behind-the-scenes footage from the set of The Hobbit.