20th Century Fox has revealed the full new trailer for Mark Wahlberg’s action-thriller “MAX PAYNE”, opening in theaters on October 17. Directed by John Moore, the video game adaptation co-stars Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Olga Kurylenko.

Wahlberg plays maverick cop Max Payne who is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.

“The Happening” may have been a critical flop, but nobody can say Mark Wahlberg holds any grudges against his erstwhile director M. Night Shyamalan. “He’s a sweet guy,” Wahlberg told us. “For whatever mistakes he’s made, I think he’s learned from them and he’s a true artist.”

But that doesn’t mean he’s fishing for career advice from the guy. Because as Wahlberg related, when he saw his ucpoming weapons-toting hero Max Payne in the editing room, “I was like, ‘Yes! This is the sh-t I need to be doing! This is the stuff that makes people say, ‘You know what, you’re the man!’ This is it!’”
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If you’re filming an interrogation scene these days, you better hope it can match up with the Joker versus Batman, who in “The Dark Knight,” officially raise the bar on the old tried and true good cop/bad cop routine.

Call it a challenge met and exceeded, Ludacris told MTV News of a similar scene in the upcoming “Max Payne,” where the artist sometimes known as Chris Bridges gets to have his way with Wahlberg’s good cop turned vigilante.

“I’m the internal affairs investigator, Jim Bravura, and I’m just hounding Max Payne. Crazy thing about that is, whenever you see Mark Wahlberg, he’s usually playing those dominate characters, so this is the time I’m the one who’s dominate,” Ludacris said of his favorite scene in the upcoming video game to movie adaptation. “I get to hound him. Trust me, it’s the best scene in the movie when I’m hounding the hell out of Mark Wahlberg because I’m the boss.” (Read full story …)

The 37-year-old actor-producer has upcoming productions in film, television — and his own family.

Wahlberg will make a rare cameo appearance on “Entourage,” the hit HBO series he executive produces, when the fifth season begins next month. And his third child with fiancee Rhea Durham is due in September.

In October, Wahlberg returns to his action-star roots with “Max Payne,” a crime-thriller based on a gritty video game. Meanwhile, he’ll start training for his role in “The Fighter,” playing boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward.

“I’m thrilled,” Wahlberg told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “Life couldn’t be better.” (Read full story …)