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Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famed novel “The Great Gatsby” has had a long and strange journey to the big screen. From the notoriously picky filmmaker’s early doubts about the project and the lengthy casting search, to the film’s eleventh-hour release date change and the controversy surrounding its Jay-Z produced hip-hop soundtrack, it’s hard to believe that “The Great Gatsby” has finally made it into theatres.

Perhaps more is the unlikely location where the Aussie filmmaker was first inspired to make a movie out of one of the great American novels. After finishing production on “Moulin Rouge,” Lurhmann decided to go on one of his trademark post-project “debriefings” – a train ride across Russia on the legendary Trans-Siberian Express. Far from the romantic experience he’d been hoping for, the Luhrmann found himself in cramped quarters with only some wine and an iPod full of audio books to pass the time. One of those books was “The Great Gatsby.”

“It was like some sort of tin box,” Luhrmann told Yahoo! Movies Canada, jokingly comparing the trip to one of Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s famously bleak novels -- about the furthest thing from the glitz and glamour depicted in “Gatsby.”

“I poured the wine, put it on, and about six hours later I got up and just said ‘My god!’ That night I finished it and I had this fantastic sense of loss. That was when I went ‘I’m going to make a movie out of this.’”

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Luhrmann said he’d seen the 1974 Robert Redford of version of “Gatsby” as a kid, but admitted that the film’s themes were mostly lost on him at the time.

“I remember, when I was probably seven years old,

Jeff Nichols and Michael Shannon arrives at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2012 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Rising star Michael Shannon is teaming up with writer and director Jeff Nichols for a big science fiction project, with Warner Bros. on board to finance and distribute.

It was revealed Wednesday that Nichols, the filmmaker behind the recent independent success "Mud," has struck a deal with Warner Bros. for his next project. Shannon, who starred in Nichols' first two films, "Shotgun Stories" and "Take Shelter," is on board to play the male lead.

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Ben Wheatley's first feature, "Down Terrace," was a blood-soaked domestic tale. Think a Yorkshire version of "The Sopranos" as shot by John Cassavetes. That film showed Wheatley's knack for teasing out undertones of primal rage beneath the tedium and the sniping of a suburban home. The result was an uneasy mixture of kitchen-sink drama, black comedy, and gnawing dread. His follow-up, "Kill List," which was one of my favorite flicks of 2012, developed and amplified this queasy sensibility as the movie spiraled from domestic chamber drama to gory crime thriller to bizarro horror flick. The ending left me unnerved. For his latest film, "Sightseers," Wheatley delves back into familiar thematic territory, though he tells the story with less genre-bending, experimental verve than in his last outing. On the other hand, this film is a lot funnier.

Getty Images/Pacific Coast NewsGreat Odin's raven, the lineup of cameos in "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" is getting ridiculous!

The long-awaited sequel to "Anchorman," Will Ferrell's 2004 hit about an egocentric television news anchor in San Diego in the 1970s, has been shooting in Atlanta since March, and a dizzying array of talent has been stopping by to play bit parts in the film. But the latest celeb to be spotted on the set is eyebrow raising even for this project.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire in 'The Great Gatsby' (Warner Bros.)
Despite his many ex-girlfriends, Leonardo DiCaprio really can maintain a long-term relationship. He and his "The Great Gatsby" co-star, Tobey Maguire, have been good friends for nearly 25 years.

What is undoubtedly one of Hollywood's longest-running and most notorious bromances began in their teens while they were auditioning for the same roles in the late-1980s. As the fable goes, the pair quickly became friends and vowed to help each other get parts. That began with the short-lived television comedy "Parenthood," when DiCaprio scored a major role and urged producers to bring Maguire on as a guest star, and continues today with this weekend's big release.

Shawn Levy on the set of 20th Century Fox's 'The Internship'Shawn Levy is a busy guy. As a director and producer, he's currently got seven official projects in various states of completion. And he's also got kids!

Yet even with all that going on, and though he was in the middle of shooting a movie, Levy still found plenty of time to hang out when we visited the set of "The Internship" last year. The comedy tells the story of two out-of-work, middle-age salesman -- Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson -- who land internships at Google and have to compete with other interns to get hired.

On a normal set visit, you're lucky to get 15 minutes with the director. But on this particular occasion, Yahoo! Movies and Collider were able to sit down with the "Real Steel" and "Night at the Museum" director for the better part of an hour. And every time we thought we were done, he'd come back and tell us more.

The following snippets are some of the highlights from a day full of highlights.

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Ladies and gentleman the would-be princess has found her Prince Charming. We're talking in fairy tales of course, specifically the age old classic "Cinderella" and Disney's very buzzworthy upcoming live action adaptation.

Hot off the recent news that lovable "Downton Abbey" troublemaker Lily James landed the coveted and title role comes today's equally exciting announcement from the Mouse House that "Game of Thrones" star Richard Madden will be wooing the fair maiden as Prince Charming.

Tom Hanks in 'Captain Phillips' (Photo: Columbia Pictures)

Are you a fan of Tom Hanks in heroic roles? How about director Paul Greengrass' groundbreaking action movies "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum?" Now what if the two joined cinematic forces to make a big screen adaptation of the very real and very scary 2009 incident in which Somali pirates attacked a cargo ship and you had a chance to see the first trailer for the October release today (May 8)? You would probably watch it immediately, here.