Mickey Rourke out of EXPENDABLES 2 but in for SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

Mickey Rourke will not be seen in The Expendables 2, but he has a better role lined up in the next film by In Bruges writer/director Martin McDonagh. Deadline has reported that the actor has opted out of reprising his role in the sequel being directed by Simon West. Instead he is in talks to star opposite Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken in Seven Psychopaths. Rourke starred in the first film as a favor to director Sylvester Stallone, but it was not apparently enough of a financial incentive for him to star in the sequel.

Rourke will next bee seen opposite Man of Steel's Henry Cavill in Tarsem Singh's Immortals for Relativity Media. Psychopaths is scheduled to begin filming this fall. Farrel plays "a screenwriter in Los Angeles who struggles to find the handle on his script, called Seven Psychopaths. The screenwriter gets drawn into the dognapping escapades of his friends (played by Rockwell and Walken). Once the beloved Shih Tzu owned by a psychopathic gangster goes missing, the screenwriter finds himself fueled with all the drama he needs for his screenplay, if he can stay alive long enough to write it all down."

I think that Psychopaths is a better bet from a critical standpoint than Expendables. In Bruges was a great film, so I am interested in seeing the character Rourke will play. What are your thoughts on this news?