The most famous place in Hollywood, Grauman's Chinese Theatre (www.chinesetheatres.com), is set to honor its 254th celebrity, Oscar-nominee Mickey Rourke, with his own hand and footprints ceremony on Monday, October 31 at 11:00 AM. The masters of ceremony and guest speaker will be announced.
Up next, Rourke can be seen in the visually-stunning 3D epic adventure Immortals, starring Henry Cavill, Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz, Isabel Lucas, Freida Pinto, Stephen Dorff, and John Hurt. Directed by Tarsem Singh, written by Charles Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides and produced by Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton and Relativity's CEO RyanKavanaugh, Immortals tells the story of the ruthless King Hyperion (Rourke), who leads his bloodthirsty army on a murderous rampage across Greece to find a deadly weapon that will destroy humanity. A mortal chosen by Zeus named Theseus (Cavill) must lead the fight against Hyperion and his evil army with the fate of mankind and the Gods at Stake. The film will be released by Relativity Media on November 11, 2011.
Rourke received widespread acclaim for his performance in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and wins for Best Actor at the Golden Globe Awards, BAFTAs and Independent Spirit Awards. Rourke's career is one marked by his ability to create riveting performances and to leave indelible impressions on audiences. His impressive list of feature credits includes John Madden's Killshot, Tony Scott's Domino and Man on Fire, Robert Rodriguez's Sin City and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Larry Charles' Masked and Anonymous, Steve Buscemi's Animal Factory and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rainmaker. Rourke earned a place for himself in Hollywood with his stellar ability to mesmerize audiences in earlier films, including Michael Cimino's Desperate Hours, Alan Parker's Angel Heart, Mike Hodges' A Prayer for the Dying, Adrian Lyne's Nine 1Ž2 Weeks, Cimino's Year of the Dragon, Stuart Rosenberg's The Pope of Greenwich Village, Barry Levinson's Diner, Lawrence Kasdan's Body Heat, Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish, Cimino's Heaven's Gate and Steven Spielberg's 1941. Rourke recently starred in the blockbuster sequel, Iron Man 2 and was also seen in The Expendables.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre hands and footprints ceremony is rich in tradition and provides the four million plus people a year who visit the site an opportunity to experience the lore of Hollywood up close, for here lay the handprints and footprints of Hollywood's most notable talents. Unlike any other award in Hollywood, be it an Oscar(R) or a sidewalk ceremony, Grauman's Chinese Theatre handprints-footprints tribute is the most selective of all,since over the course of nine decades, only 250-plus such honors have been presented.
Movieexhibitor Sid Grauman, one of Hollywood's best known and most creative showmen, opened The Chinese in 1927 and launched the handprints-footprints ceremony a year later. Among the first handprints and footprints were those of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Recent celebrants have included: Brad Pitt,George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Jennifer Aniston.
Today, Grauman's Chinese Theatre forecourt is among the world's most photographed tourist sites, annually attracting as many visitors as the Taj Mahal in India and the Prado Museum in Madrid. In any given year, Grauman's Chinese Theatre hosts over 40 red carpet film premieres and since it opened, it has hosted three Academy Award(R) ceremonies and numerous world premieres, including those for internationally-acclaimed film franchises, such as Star Wars and Harry Potter.
Mickey Rourke's ceremony will be broadcast live via streaming video on: http://www.chinesetheatres.com.
