Cannes 2014: Meyers announces his next directorial effort, talks 007, confirms Gambit role, & hints Day Lewis as villain in Wilderness remake

 While in Cannes over the weekend to support girlfriend Scarlett as she promoted her film Chef, Michael did an interview with E! News speaking about his upcoming tour with his band and his plans afterward. Apparently he will direct his next film, a romantic comedy, right after that, plus he has finally confirmed he will be playing Gambit in an X-Men solo film as well as star with one of his idols Daniel Day Lewis in a drama titled "Lost In The Wilderness". Read more below.

Q: "So what next for you after this?"

MRM: "Well I'm gonna be a busy man. After this I'm headed straight back to America to go on tour with my band Chants of Reign. We will be touring the whole U.S. this summer with our artists Hyper Crush and Lordess and this great British group Foster the People. Playing all our new songs from Ill Escape and the remix album 2.0 Free Refill. It was the biggest album last year when it came out but we only toured the UK so now we're bringing it to the states. It's gonna be insane. After that I'm directing my next movie. It's been a long time in the making but I'm finally ready to do it. I wrote it myself. It's a romantic comedy called NMMNG starring Myles Teller and Leonardo DiCaprio. I convinced Leo to do it for pennies because he's my friend and we're only gonna need him for like 2 days, so it's not too much of his time. It's really Miles' story. He plays an almost 30 (year old) virgin whose sick of being told he's too nice and being put in the friend zone and so Leo teaches him how to be an asshole but that only gets him laid but turns off the girl of his dreams, played by Amanda Seyfried. So he finds out about this pick up artist school in England run by this super hot British model chick named Kesia Nobel, who is a real person by the way, I met her and everything, she's gonna be played by Gemma Arterton, and Kes along with her dating expert coaches teach Myles and all the other students all the things they need to do know to be more confident and what to do and not do on dates and how to pick up women and all this stuff alot of guys today just have no clue about. I've done so much research on this topic that it's driving me mad and I feel this film will really help so many people out there in the world who are struggling with how to be more confident with women. I think it's gonna be hilarious and huge. A real game changer. Aubrey Plaza may be in it too. The cast is gonna be insane. Can't wait for the world to see it."

Q: "Is there a release date?"

MRM: "We're hoping to start shooting in August in L.A. and if everything goes according to plan we can wrap and edit it in time for a September 2015 release. Don't hold me to that, but that's the plan."

Q: "When does Bond start shooting?"

MRM: "January. That's gonna be a four month shoot. Comes out next November. So excited to work with Joe Wright. He's one of my favorite filmmakers. He was born to do a Bond film. Just wish Keira was in it! She and Joe are practically attached at the hip, haha! The script is really clever. I know the title too. Can't reveal it yet but as the best Bond title's are, it's a great play on words."

Q: "Are you signed on to do the Gambit role or is that just a rumor?"

MRM: "No it's true. I've been wanting to play him forever. I even dressed up as him during the Halloween episode of The Best Tears if you remember, haha. Any one who knows me, who really knows me, knows the X-Men is my shit, grew up on it, and Gambit was always my favorite character, so to get to play him would be an honor and big thanks to Mrs. Donner for giving me the opportunity to join that great franchise and great family they have over there. I'm exciting to kill it man. I can't wait to do my thing. And we're talking to some pretty interesting directors to do the first one, the solo one. One of them is Darren (Aronofsky). I'm trying to convince him to come back to the X-Men world. I know he almost did the last Wolverine movie, so, we'll see."

Q: "Is it true you are also going to be in the "Man In The Wilderness" remake?

MRM: "Yes. Yes super excited for that. Alfonso Cuaron is directing. We changed the title though. The movie's gonna be called "Lost In The Wilderness" now. I think it's an awesome story. I never heard of the film before. It's kind of a western mixed with a survival story. Like Cast Away meets The Wild Bunch. It's about an 1820's group of hunters who get in danger and leave my character behind after he gets mauled by a bear and they take off with the money and leave me for dead but I'm not. I survive and I have to go after them. And one of my heroes Daniel Day Lewis is in talks to play the evil ring leader guy in the crew whose idea it is to leave me behind. So he's really the one I'm after. It's gonna be sick. Alfonso told me he's been wanting to do the film for years but no one would give him the money. He doesn't exactly make films that make a lot of box office so it's hard for him to get that green light but he just did Dallas Buyer's Club which killed at the Oscars and awards season so now he gets to do what he wants so I'm glad he came to me and said, 'Mike, I want you to do it!'. But yeah, can't wait to sink my teeth into that one, it may be my meatiest role yet. It's been a while since I poured my raw emotions into something this deep so it's time to go back to the old me. That '06 Mike Reese, haha. Mike still got some '06 in him, haha, like Drake would say. But yea it's gonna be dope."

New GUESS Paris Photo Ad starring Michael and Scarlett

Apparently while in France promoting her new film Chef at Cannes Film Festival, Scarlett and Michael found time to do a photo shoot campaign for Guess Paris and it's a beautiful black and white shot of them crossing the street in Paris. 

The two are spending as much time as they can together since Meyers and his band Chants of Reign are about to go on a big tour of the U.S. this summer and Scarlett is about to begin shooting her scenes for Avengers 2: Age of Ultron which has been shooting without her as they re-structered the shoot schedule to allow her broken arm to heal. She reportedly injured it back in February while snowboarding. She called it a "small fracture, no big deal" in an April interview. She has been wearing a small cast on her left forearm for several weeks but the past few days she hasn't been seen with it on so that would lead you to believe she is almost healed up and ready to get back to work.

Tons of Photos of Michael and Scarlett in France for Cannes Film Festival

Michael and Scarlett have been spotted everywhere the past few days for Cannes in France. She is there promoting her new film Chef and Meyers is there to support her. Here's some pictures of them on the red carpet together.

         Scarlett and Michael prepare for the screening of the film in front of a packed theater.



                                 Michael and Scarlett were also spotted out last night in Paris.

Michael Releases Tracklist for Chants of Reign's Next Album

Chants of Reign's new R and B album "The Last Romantic Left and his Funky Fresh Flow" comes out September 30th and Michael recently tweeted the tracklist.

Michael and Scarlett Celebrate his 30th Birthday with small private dinner in North Hollywood

Michael and Scarlett were spotted out last night in North Hollywood having dinner at STK steakhouse where they had a simple dinner to celebrate Michael's 30th birthday! More photos can be found HERE.

Michael and Scarlett at his premiere for TED in West Hollywood, CA

Scarlett accompanied Michael to the L.A. premiere of his new comedy Ted last night. Amy Adams was also there with her husband. Meyers and Adams play a couple in the new Seth MacFarlane comedy. Enjoy the photos below!

Michael Given A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Today Michael was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to celebrate his achievements in film. His family and Scarlett were there with him and here is his speech!

"I wanna thank the Hollywood chamber of commerce for this great great honor. I wanna thank my fans. None of this would be possible without all of you. You guys are the ones who see my films and gave me the support that has lasted me throughout my career. I thank you for this. Speaking of my support, I have to thank my parents, who are both here today. In fact today is my dad's birthday, so big round of applause for him. Dad, you are the reason I fell in love with movies. I remember growing up and going with you to the movies. You would always take me to see the latest James Bond film or some cool new action film, whether it was Jurassic Park or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I remember in 2000 when we saw Gladiator, I think I was a sophomore in high school and walking with you on the way to the car in the parking lot after the film, I said to you dad, 'man it would be cool to be in a movie like that'. And I'll never forget, you said to me, 'well then go do it'. You always gave me the confidence to accomplish anything I set my mind to. To my mom, haha, it hasn't always been an easy ride with you, but I love you. Our relationship has been a complete 180 over the years and now I am so proud to call you my best friend. Your the first person I call when something good or bad happens and your love and support has meant alot. Back when I first wanted to pursue acting you told me, I got one year to 'make it' or else I have to study real estate and get a job at Dad's real estate company. I said to you, 'mom, it takes some actors YEARS to make it'. And you said to me, 'well then you better hurry up then'. But it was your tough love that always made me stronger even when I didn't see how, and I thank you for that. 

I want to thank my two older brothers Tony and Joe, who are also here. Tony growing up we weren't always that close because you were so much older than me and Joe but when you came around you were always a blast to be around and as we have both gotten older you have given me so much wisdom that I take with me in my life that I will always cherish. You've always supported me in my dreams and goals and I thank you for that. Joe, growing up with you...wasn't easy, haha. Whether it was the times you made fun of me for listening to the Backstreet Boys, made fun of me for the way I dressed, made fun of me for not getting enough girls, the time you asked me if it was okay for you to have sex with a girl I had just broke up with, or the time you rolled me up in a sleeping bag and shoved me down the stairs, or the time put a sock in my mouth and punched me causing me to lose my first baby tooth, haha. You gave me all the big brother bullying experiences that Tony wasn't around for. But it wasn't until our first real fist fight when I was 15 or 16 where I actually hit you back for the first time that I gained your respect and from that point forward we became real brothers. Some of my best movie going experiences came from tagging along with you and whatever girlfriend you had at the time to the movie theater. When I was 10 and you were 17 we saw James Cameron's True Lies together while on a family vacation in Virginia during the summer of 1994. We had to buy tickets to Jim Carrey's The Mask and then he had to sneak me in because True Lies was Rated R and since he wasn't my guardian I wasn't technically aloud to go in. We went anyway. We saw so many movies that way. It was great! As you can tell whether it was my dad or Joe taking me to the movies, someone in my life was always showing me the world of cinema and how these stories and adventures could take you away to another world. And for a shy kid like me, the youngest in a family of alpha males, maybe somewhere deep down inside I needed these experiences, these movies, to show me the man I was always destined to become.

I wanna thank my best friend James Franco. In high school I saw all the attention he was getting from girls for acting and I thought, 'Man, that acting stuff doesn't look so hard, maybe I should do that', haha! I wanna thank my old high school music teacher, Mr. DiPalermo who is here today, please give him a round of applause. He was the one who told me I need to join the school play to bring up my GPA. I hesitated at first since I had never done anything like that before, but it was one of the best decisions I ever made because I found out I had a gift for singing and acting and performing. I would have never knew about those talents had he not encouraged me to take the risk and go up on that stage and make a fool of myself. Thank you for that. I wanna thank my agent Thomas from CAA for putting up with me and my crazy choices and my publicist Ellen whose been with me since day one and never threatened to drop me despite all the messes I seem to make and leave for her to clean up. Thank you for always believing in me and standing by me. I wanna thank Gary Oldman, Sean Penn, Mickey Rourke, Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, James Dean, Marlon Brando, Daniel Day Lewis, and all the other great actors in cinema whose films I grew up watching who inspired me to want to get into this acting thing in the first place. I'd probably say it was two performances that made me fall in love acting the most, and they were Val Kilmer's performance as Doc Holliday in Tombstone and Sean Penn's performance in James Foley's At Close Range with Christopher Walken. Watching those two classic films really changed me forever. I pray one day, a film I make, a performance I give, can hold a candle to the standard those guys set in stone and leave a mark on a generation to come. Also, a big thank you to all the great directors, writers, and co-stars I have worked with over the years who have helped me make the work I have been so fortunate enough to be apart of thus far in my still young career. I'll be honest, it feels a little early to be receiving an honor like this, but I'll take it, haha. Hopefully it is a good sign of things to come. It means, somebody, somewhere, some people, believe the work I've done thus far, means something. And that, it turn, means something, it means alot, an awful awful lot, to me.

There was a time in my life where all I wanted to do was act and without acting I felt empty. I have since grown out of that phase but acting will always be the biggest rush I can feel. That moment you lose yourself in the scene, in the emotion, and forget that you are saying lines you memorized on a fake movie set. The moment it becomes...real. That's the high, the drug, the rush, the moment, all actors chase. There was a time where I had nothing in my real life that gave me those feelings, and I needed acting because it gave me the experiences and feelings I was missing in my real life. But now my life has grown and matured and blossomed. I am closer with my family than I have ever been. I have amazing friends I can count on. I have an amazing girl, Scarlett, who is here with me today, thank you for being here. I see you got your star two years ago, now you can't brag anymore that I don't have one haha! Now, to me, acting can be so much more. I want to inspire those who come after. I want to show the world all the emotions and the stories and the experiences that matter most to me. I wish to continue to do great work and help continue a legacy that inspired me and thus pass it on to the next generation and maybe inspire some kid watching this right now, watching my films. Help him to say, no matter what I am going through in my life right now, maybe one day I can do that too. And yes, yes you can. Thank you all. Thank you very much.