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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Anne Hathaway Donates Part Of Her Wedding Money To Fight For Marriage Equality

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Anne Hathaway has always been a strong supporter of gay rights, partly because her older brother Michael is gay. She’s spoken out about it before and now she’s putting her money where her mouth is. When she married Adam Shulman in September, she sold photographs of the event, but rather than pocketing the cash, she’s donating it to charities and causes she supports, including marriage equality.

Adam Polaski at Freedom to Marry has released a statement saying, “Hathaway is doing her part to ensure that same-sex couples across the country can enjoy a fairytale wedding like hers; this week, she announced that she’ll be donating some of the sales from her wedding photographs to non-profits advocating for marriage for same-sex couples, including Freedom to Marry.”

Other causes to benefit from Hathaway’s generosity include the American Cancer Society, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and the Girl Effect.

Polaski adds that this is the “latest way that Hathaway has taken a stand for the freedom to marry. In 2008, she talked publicly for the first time about her brother, who is gay, and explained that their relationship has compelled her to advocate as an ally to the LGBT community.”

Freedom To Marry also says that when Anne was given a Human Rights Campaign Ally Award in 2008, she was forthright about her support for gay rights, saying “I don’t consider myself just an ally to the LGBT community, I consider myself your family. And so, I’m doing what we should all do with our families — I’m loving you, I support you, I completely accept you as you are, as I hope you do me, and if anyone ever tries to hurt you, I’m going to give them hell.”

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Anne Hathaway & Amanda Seyfried Get Les Miserables Posters

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In the last couple of days, Les Miserables character posters of Hugh Jackman’s Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe’s Javert emerged, and now it’s the turn of Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried and Fantine and Cossette.

Here’s the synopsis: Les Misérables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year. Helmed by The King’s Speech’s Academy Award®-winning director, Tom Hooper, the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman, Oscar® winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption—a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.

In January 2012, the world’s longest-running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hooper’s sweeping and spectacular interpretation of Victor Hugo’s epic tale. With international superstars and beloved songs—including “I Dreamed a Dream,” “Bring Him Home,” “One Day More” and “On My Own”—Les Misérables, the show of shows, is now reborn as the cinematic musical experience of a lifetime.

It hits UK cinemas on January 11th.

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Anne Hathaway Will Have The Low Self-Esteem Of Lizzie Gillespie

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While Anne Hathaway has made some decent rom-coms, she’s also made quite a few dodgy ones, but let’s hope the new one she’s signed up for, The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie, is one of the former.

THR reports she’s now attached to the film, which comes from Office writers Mindy Kaling and Brent Forrester, and centres on a woman who only dates losers because she doesn’t believe she can do any better. This begins to change when she is pursued by what THR says is the ‘hottest guy ever’. As yet, it isn’t known who’ll take that role, although we’re assuming anyone who’d take a role based on how hot they are, won’t have many self-esteem problems of their own.

The script landed on the Black List of the best unproduced screenplays, but don’t expect it to reach screens in the near future, as it’s still in the development stage and is still looking for a director.

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Ben Whishaw In Talks For Spielberg’s Robopocalypse

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Ben Whishaw, who will soon be seen in Cloud Atlas and Skyfall this autumn, is circling another major major, as he’s in talks for a bigr role in Robopocalypse for DreamWorks and director Steven Spielberg, according to Variety.

An official offer has yet to go out to the actor, although DreamWorks has had him at the top of their list to play a computer hacker named Lurker. Chris Hemsworth is up for the male lead, while Anne Hathaway has been approached to take on the female lead.

Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard is writing the adapted screenplay based on Daniel H. Wilson’s novel. The story is set in the aftermath of a robot uprising, exploring the fate of the human race now that the machines have taken over.

Here’s the novel’s synopsis from Amazon, ‘Not far into our future, the dazzling technology that runs our world turns against us. Controlled by a childlike—yet massively powerful—artificial intelligence known as Archos, the global network of machines on which our world has grown dependent suddenly becomes an implacable, deadly foe. At Zero Hour—the moment the robots attack—the human race is almost annihilated, but as its scattered remnants regroup, humanity for the first time unites in a determined effort to fight back. This is the oral history of that conflict, told by an international cast of survivors who experienced this long and bloody confrontation with the machines. Brilliantly conceived and amazingly detailed, Robopocalypse is an action-packed epic with chilling implications about the real technology that surrounds us.’

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Anne Hathaway In Talks To Join Chris Hemsworth In Robopocalypse

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Now Lincoln is nearing release, Spiellberg is starting to gear up development on his next movie, Robopocalypse. A few weeks ago it was revealed he hoped to sign Chris Hemsworth for the movie, now it appears the Aussie actor in definitely onboard, and THR says Anne Hathaway is in talks to play the female lead in the film.

There’s also a Dreamworks press release about the movie, which is mainly about Tom Rothman signing on as a producer. Rothman is the longtime head of 20th Century Fox film (he’s been with the company for 18 years), who resigned from his position a few days ago. Now he’s turning producer, with Robopocalypse one of his first project.

The current plan is for the movie to begin principal photography in early 2013, with a release date alreadys et of April 25th, 2014 day and date worldwide. Exploring the fate of the human race following a robot uprising, Robopocalypse has been adapted for the screen by Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), based on the novel of the same name by Daniel H. Wilson.

Spielberg commented on Rothman coming onbaord, “When someone like Tom is a free agent, you snatch him up fast. He has proven himself to be a necessity of this industry. At Fox he had already been an enthusiastic partner on ‘Robopocalypse,’ and it is to our advantage that he would come produce this film with me. Tom has been a wonderful friend and colleague over the years and DreamWorks is incredibly lucky to have him on board.”

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Was Catwoman Bisexual In The Dark Knight Rises?

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There’s a theory that’s started doing the rounds that perhaps Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) wasn’t just interested in Bruce Wayne, she also liked a bit of lady action on the side. The idea comes via Queerty and there is actually some evidence for it – more than there usually is for this sort of thing.

The reason Queerty has been wondering is because of the presence of the character played by Juno Temple in the movie. To be honest, there didn’t seem to be much point for her being in the film, other than to be the “street smart Gotham girl” she’d been described as prior to the film’s release and to apparently live with Kyle. But was there something sexual between them?

Here we leave the actual movie, which didn’t really suggest a sexual relationship, and go to the comics. Temple’s character is based on Catwoman’s friend Holly Robinson (indeed Juno is credited as Holly on IMDB). Holly was created by Frank Miller for his legendary 1987 miniseries, Batman: Year One. In that first incarnation she was an underage prostitute who Selina takes under her wing while she takes up a career as a cat burglar.

While Holly disappeared for much of the ’90s, she returned in Ed Brubaker’s Catwoman series in the early 2000s. This time around she was a recovering drug addict and a lesbian who acts as Selina’s eyes and ears on the streets (she even briefly became Catwoman during Kyle’s maternity leave). Holly ever earned Catwoman a 2004 GLAAD media award.

Temple wasn’t in The Dark Knight Rises all that much, so it’s tough to say which incarnation of Holly she was mainly based on, although it certainly raises the possibility that her relationship with Selina wasn’t entirely plantonic. And if it was, there’s still a decent chance Temple’s character is a lesbian, even if it isn’t mentioned. Sure a lot of this is speculation beyond the movie, but it’s throws up some interesting ideas nevertheless, especially if Catwoman ends up getting her own spin-off.

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Anne Hathaway In Talks For Song One

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With the Dark Knight Rises this summer and Les Miserables at Christmas, it’s likely to be a good year for Anne Hathaway. Now she’s lining up a new project, as Variety reports that she’s in talks to re-team with the producers of Rachel Getting Married, Marc Platt and Jonathan Demme, for the indie film Song One.

There’s not a huge amount of info available on the film, but she’d play a woman who returns home when her brother is injured and starts up a relationship with his favorite musician, while also coping with her family issues. Kate Barker-Froyland came up with the script.

Hathaway is one of the biggest stars in her age group, but she doesn’t exactly have a great record with these sorts of romantic dramas, which tend to make little impact at the box office. However she’s a big enough name to get it made, so don’t be surprised if it happens.

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First Les Miserables Trailer Has Anne Hathaway Dreaming A Dream

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The first trailer has arrived for Les Miserables, Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the classic musical, It’s got Anne Hathaway singing I Dreamed A Dream and plenty of epic period imagery. So take a look! Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption–a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Hugh Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Russell Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. It hits cinemas at Christmas.

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Loads Of New Pics From Les Miserables

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With the promise of the first trailer later today, a slew of new images have emerged from Les Miserables via USA Today, Twitter and The Film Stage, which show us the likes of Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne & more in the adaptation of the long-running musical.

Tom Hooper is directing the movie, which hits cinemas this Christmas. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption–a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.

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Anne Hathaway Is A Puzzler

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Once you get established, it’s pretty much a law of Hollywood stardom that you start producing, as it gives you more control over projects and often a better payday. Now it’s Anne Hathaway’s turn to turn producer as she’s just closed a deal to star in and produce Puzzler for Paramount Pictures, according to THR.

Karl Gajdusek (Trespass, Horizons) will write the script, which is described as a female-driven thriller in the same vein as Three Days of the Condor. That’s not a lot to go on, but Three Days is about a man who comes back from lunch to find all his CIA co-workers have been assassinated, and quickly realises he’s next unless he can figure out what’s going on. So that should give you an idea of the territory we’re in.

The project marks Anne Hathaway’s debut as a producer. It isn’t known when the movie might go into production, but it won’t be until after Hathaway completes work on Les Miserables.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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