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

New Sicario: Day Of The Soldado Trailer – Josh Brolin & Benicio del Toro head back to the drug war

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Sicario perhaps isn’t the most obvious candidate for a sequel, especially as director Denis Villeneuve has since moved onto the likes of Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. However, screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Hell Or High Water) has returned to pen the screenplay, with Stefano Sollima (Gomorrah) stepping into the director’s chair.

Here’s the brief synopsis: ‘In Sicario 2: Soldado, the drug war on the US – Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) reteams with the mercurial Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro).’

The movie is due in cinemas next summer. Take a look at the new trailer for the film below. [Read more…]

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Sicario 2: Soldado Trailer – Josh Brolin & Benicio del Toro head back to the drug war

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Sicario perhaps isn’t the most obvious candidate for a sequel, especially as director Denis Villeneuve has since moved onto the likes of Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. However, screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Hell Or High Water) has returned to pen the screenplay, with Stefano Sollima (Gomorrah) stepping into the director’s chair.

Here’s the brief synopsis: ‘In Sicario 2: Soldado, the drug war on the US – Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) reteams with the mercurial Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro).’

The movie is due in cinemas next summer. Take a look at the first trailer for the film below. [Read more…]

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Benicio Del Toro May Star In Predator Reboot

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Benicio-Del-ToroFox certainly feels there’s more life in the Predator franchise, as despite little love of the Alien Vs Predator films, and a likewarm reception for 2010’s Predators, it’s pushing ahead with a new movie, currently titled The Predator. This time it looks like they’re trying to get a little starpower, as Variety reports that Benicio Del Toro is in talks to star.

Part of the reason Fox is willing to pump a fair amount of cash into this project is the presences of Shane Black, the Lethal Weapon writer who’s turned into a a bit of a directing force with the likes of Iron Man 3 and The Nice Guys. It was his concept that got The Predator off the ground, and he’s co-writing and directing the movie.

We don’t know too much about the movie, although Black has said it will be about a man called Quinn Mackenna, which may or may not be Del Toro’s role. There may also be space for Arnie to reprise his role from the original movie. It’s currently due in cinemas in 2017.

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Star Wars: Episode VIII Wants Benicio Del Toro To Get Villainous

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Benicio-Del-ToroStar Wars: The Force Awakens may not be in cinemas until December, but with Star Wars: Episode VIII currently set for release May 2017, they don’t have time to see whether JJ Abrams’ movie is a success before moving forward with its sequel.

Indeed they’re already casting for new roles, with TheWrap reporting that Disney/Lucasfilm has offered a villainous role to Benicio Del Toro. Although nothing has been officially announced, it seems he’s likely to sign on for the movie.

As you’d expect, there’s little info on the plot (we still know fairly little about The Force Awakens), although as he’s being cast now and Episode VIII isn’t due to shoot until either the end of this year of early 2016, there’s speculation that he may be introduced in Force Awakens before becoming more important in the follow-up.

Of course between these two films we also have the standalone movie Rogue One, which is due out December 2016 and follows the mission to steal the Death Star plans, which led to the events of the first Star Wars movie. That film is currently shooting.

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Sicario Trailer – Emily Blunt leads Denis Villeneuve’s new crime thriller

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sicario-slideWith Incendies, Prisoners and, to a lesser extent, Enemies, Denis Villenueve has shown he’s one of the most interesting directors around, and you’ve got to think teaming up with Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro for Sicario has to be a good idea.

Here’s the film’s synopsis: ‘In Mexico, SICARIO means hitman. In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent [Emily Blunt] is enlisted by an elite government task force official [Josh Brolin] to aid in the escalating war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past [Benicio Del Toro], the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive. A Lionsgate presentation, a Black Label Media presentation, a Thunder Road production, a Denis Villeneuve film.’

Following it’s Cannes premiere it’s been getting some good reviews. You can take a look at the trailer below, with the film itself due in cinemas later this year. [Read more…]

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Escobar: Paradise Lost Trailer – Benicio Del Toro & Josh Hutcherson take on the drug kingpin

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escobar-paradise-lostWhile he may not exactly have been the nicest guy in the world, Pablo Escobar is certainly a fascinating figure. He became a billionaire by getting drugs into the US and as a results was one of the world’s most wanted men. However his cash also meant it was difficult to touch him, as he could pay Colombian officials off and have anyone killed he wanted.

He was revered by many in the area he lived as a kind of Robin Hood figure, as he used large chunks of the cash he made to help the local area. Incidentally, he also built a zoo in the compound where he lived, and now there are hippos living wild there, as while the house has fallen into disrepair it’s proved impossible to move the semi-aquatic mammals.

Escobar: Paradise Lost looks at part of the drug kingpin’s story, following young surfer Nick (Josh Hutcherson) who thinks all his dreams have come true when he goes to visit his brother in Columbia. Against an idyllic backdrop of blue lagoons and white beaches he falls madly in love with a beautiful Colombian girl called Maria. It all seems perfect until he meets her uncle, one Pablo Escobar (Benicio Del Toro.

The film will be out in the US on January 16th, but there’s no UK date as yet. [Read more…]

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First Look At Benicio Del Toro As Pablo Escobar In Paradise Lost

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paradise-lost-pic1Benicio Del Toro is turning infamous drug lord for Paradise Lost, playing the notorious Pablo Escobar. Now the first image of him in the movie has arrived, via Pathe International.

The official synopsis says, ‘Young surfer Nick (Josh Hutcherson) thinks all his dreams have come true when he goes to visit his brother in Columbia. Against an idyllic backdrop of blue lagoons and white beaches he falls madly in love with a beautiful Colombian girl called Maria. It all seems perfect until he meets her uncle, one Pablo Escobar.;

The film is based on a true story and as you might expect, thing soon get very dangerous.

Italian actor Andrea Di Stefano (Life of Pi) wrote the screenplay and makes his directorial debut with the movie. It should be in cinemas next year.

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James Franco & Rachel McAdams On For The Little Prince Adaptation

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the-little-prince-book-coverAntoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novella The Little Prince has fast become a children’s classic, and now it looks like it’s going to get a big screen animated adaptation, with a fairly starry cast lining up to add their voice talents.

THR reports that James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Bridges, Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro and Paul Giamatti have all signed up to voice characters in the movie. Mark Osborned (Kung Fu Panda) is set to direct.

The Little Prince is about a pilot who crash lands in the Sahara desert and then comes across a young boy who claims to hail from an asteroid and has fallen to Earth. As the pilot fixes his plane, the boy tells him stories about his homeworld.

Bridges will be provide the voice of the pilot, but there’s no info on who the other actors will be portraying.

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Benicio Del Toro Joins Guardians of the Galaxy, But Who Will He Play?

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benicio-del-toroWith production due to kick off pretty soon, director James Gunn is fast fitting together the cast of Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy. The latest to join is Benicio Del Toro, according to Deadline, who’s set to play an unidentified but pivotal character, who it seems will also be included in future Marvel movies.

The Oscar-winning actor joins a cast that includes Chris Pratt (Peter Quill), Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), and Michael Rooker (Yondu), along with Lee Pace, Ophelia Lovibond, Glenn Close and Karen Gillan. Lee Pace is believed to be playing the main villain known as The Collector, although that has not been confirmed at this time.

There’s been immediate speculation about who Del Toro will play, with most of it surrounding the two characters we know will be in the movie but who haven’t been cast yet – Rocket Raccoon and Thanos. Some are saying it will be Rocket Raccoon, thinking the way Del Toro speaks fits well for a talking raccoon from space.

However speculation seem to be leaning towards Thanos, a villainous character who popped up in the end credits of The Avengers, but who we knew would be recast for subsequent appearance. He’s going to be a key but relatively small role in Guardians, but is likely to become more central in Avengers 2 & 3.

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Benicio Del Toro Finds Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

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benicio-del-toroThere was five years between There Will Be Blood and The Master, but Paul Thomas Anderson is keen to ensure we don’t have to wait as long for his next movie. Indeed, there are already plans to start shooting Inherent Vice in the next couple of months. Now a couple of new cast member have signed up – Benicio Del Toro and Kevin J. O’Connor.

This noir film, set in 1969 Los Angeles, is based on Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel about a weed-smoking private detective, Doc Sportello, who’s on a kidnapping case involving a missing girlfriend. Joaquin Phoenix is set to star in the lead role (taking over from Robert Downey Jr. who was attached when the movie was first mooted). Del Toro will play the small but crucial role of Sportello’s lawyer friend.

It isn’t known who Kevin J. O’Connor will play, although as he’s worked by Anderson on both There Will Be Blood and The Master, hopefully the writer/director has saved a juicy role for him. (Source: The Wrap)

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