Funnyman Rowan Atkinson is to re-team with his Johnny English director Peter Howitt to revamp Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. The movie pals have secured a $30 million budget for the project, which is set to start shooting in 2008.

Mr. Bean's latest movie adventure has become an official worldwide smash hit months before its release in the United States, after scoring $100 million in just 14 days. Comedy Mr. Bean's Holiday won't hit U.S. cinemas until the end on August, but it's already a hit in Europe, the Far East and New Zealand.

The original American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, along with Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Forest Whitaker, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Radcliffe, Teri Hatcher and Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson), are scheduled to appear on Idol Gives Back, a two-night special airing Tuesday, April 24 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, April 25 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

British comedian Rowan Atkinson injured his shoulder after over-practicing a Nazi salute for his latest movie Mr. Bean's Holiday. The actor suffered pain for months as a result. He says, "I did it with such enthusiasm in the rehearsal room that I ripped my shoulder and gave myself a nasty frozen shoulder for many months.

Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson hates making movies, because the experience makes him anxious and insecure. The comedy actor claims the process of filmmaking brings out the worst in him and leaves him stressed and unsatisfied.

British funnyman Rowan Atkinson is planning to star in a comedy sketch about the world's most-wanted man, Osama Bin Laden. The Mr. Bean star finds the idea of the highly educated terrorist living in caves while on the run, hilarious.

Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), Fox Sports commentator Howie Long (1960), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955), British director Anthony Minghella (1954), AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young (1953), Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett (1946), disco musician Van McCoy (1940; d. 1979), diner owner Vic Tayback (1930), baseball legend Early Wynn (1920; d. 1999), singer/actor Danny Thomas (1914; d. 1991), classic actress Loretta Young (1910; d. 2000), American icon Benjamin Franklin (c. 1706; d. 1790), and French warrior Saint Joan of Arc (1412; d. 1431).

THINKFilm has acquired U.S. rights to Keeping Mum, a delightfully mischievous comedy starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, and Patrick Swayze. “Keeping Mum” stars Atkinson as an absent-minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's (Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf instructor (Swayze), his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies.

Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), Fox Sports commentator Howie Long (1960), Sister Sledge singer Kathy Sledge (1959), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955), British director Anthony Minghella (1954), AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young (1953), Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett (1946), disco musician Van McCoy (1940; d. 1979), diner owner Vic Tayback (1930), baseball legend Early Wynn (1920; d. 1999), singer/actor Danny Thomas (1914; d. 1991), classic actress Loretta Young (1910; d. 2000), American icon Benjamin Franklin (c. 1706; d. 1790), and French warrior Saint Joan of Arc (1412; d. 1431).