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

Channing Tatum In Talks To Be Evel Knievel

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He’s heating up UK cinemas today with the release of Magic Mike, but Channing Tatum is busy looking to the future, as THR reports that he’s in talks to play Evel Knievel in a new biopic. Tatum will also produce the films with his Iron Horse Entertainment partner Reid Carolin, who will write the screenplay.

Born Robert Craig Knievel, the stuntman became a household name in the 1970s for his nationally televised motorcycle jumps. Ever the showman, Knievel became recognizable for his use of a Stars-and-Stripes getup and the fact he broke 433 bones. He died in 2007 at the age of 69.

Tatum isn’t the first actor to assume the famed thrill-seeker. George Hamilton starred in the 1971 film titled Evel Knievel, while Knievel himself toplined the 1977 film Viva Knievel! The new movie will be based on Stuart Barker’s 2008 book, Life of Evel.

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James Woods Circles White House Down

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We haven’t seen James Woods too much on the big screen lately, but now he has entered into early negotiations for a role in Sony’s White House Down for director Roland Emmerich, according to Variety.

The movie is about a young Secret Service agent (Channing Tatum) who gets put to the ultimate test when a paramilitary group invades the White House and takes everyone hostage. If a deal is finalised, Woods will play the head of the President’s protection detail. But as this is James Woods, what’s the betting he’s secretly a bad guy? Jamie Foxx and Maggie Gyllenhaal also star.

Roland Emmerich is directing from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt, which was acquired by Sony for a whopping $3 million back in March. Shooting is scheduled to begin next month.

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See Channing Tatum In His Real-Life Stripper Days

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Channing Tatum & co. in Magic Mike

Channing Tatum & co. in Magic Mike

Magic Mike hit US cinemas last Friday and is out in the UK on July 11th. As you probably know by now, it’s partially based on Channing Tatum’s real-life experiences as a young stripper. We’ve come across a bit of evidence of this former life, where in the 90s Tatum put on the baggiest trousers in the world, just so he could teasingly take them off again!

Take a look at Tatum’s stripping days above and decide whether he’s sexier now or then. [Read more…]

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Magic Mike (Cinema)

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When I first saw the advert I thought, ‘Oh no, it’s Showgirls meets The Full Monty’, however I was perplexed somewhat that Oscar winning director Stephen Soderbegh was at the helm. He’s delivered some brilliant films over the years, including Traffic, Erin Brockovich and Solaris, although his work of recent has not been as impressive, namely Haywire and Contagion.

However, with Magic Mike, he has given us is a crowd pleasing, energetic, realistic behind-the-scenes look at the glamorous but shady lives of the stripping community, in a tight, well scripted gem of a movie. [Read more…]

The Vow (DVD)

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Inspired by a true story, Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum play Paige and Leo, a young married couple who are desperately in love and living a slightly bohemian life in the big city. However their romantic idyll is shattered when a truck rear-ends their car, sending Paige through the windscreen. She’s left with amnesia, meaning that while she can remember her early life, she has no memory of Leo or their marriage. Indeed, the last she can remember, she was engaged to another man (Scott Speedman). She also can’t understand why she’s supposedly estranged from her wealthy parents, or why she’s now an artist when the last she knew she was in law school. [Read more…]

New Magic Mike Strip Clip – Channing Tatum takes his clothes off

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The first clip from Magic Mike arrived a few days ago, and now Channing Tatum is taking off his money for cash in another short promo from the movie. Unfortunately it puts the tease in striptease as it’s only the beginning of Tatum’s routine – but that’s presumably the point, as the hope if you’ll go and see the rest when it hits UK cinemas on July 11th. Partly based on Tatum’s experiences as a young male stripper, the film sees him mentoring a newbie (Alex Pettyfer) as well as having romantic problems when his job causes friction in his personal life.

 

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Loads Of Hot New Magic Mike Pictures Online (Shirtless guys alert!)

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Lionsgate has released a huge array of new pics from their upcoming male stripper flick Magic Mike, which stars the likes of Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manganiello, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer and Adam Rodriguez. It’s out in the UK on July 11th, and we here at BGPS are extremely excited because we’re going to see it on Monday and will give you our thoughts as soon as we’re allowed!

You can see the 35 hot new images (most of incredibly buff guys with their shirt off below.

Here’s the synopsis, ‘To a rebellious 19-year-old kid (Pettyfer) looking for independence from his family, Magic Mike (Tatum) seems like the perfect role model: he’s got a nice car, a nice apartment, and a seemingly endless supply of women. What’s his secret? He’s a male stripper, and when the kid dives headlong into Magic Mike’s world, his mad dancing skills and hunger for excitement make for an unforgettable summer…Sexy, funny and shocking, this film is a hedonistic thrill ride with a powerful undertow. A razor sharp cast – led by top liner Channing Tatum in a career-defining turn as the titular Magic Mike devours the up-to-the moment freight train of a script, and the result will be relentlessly entertaining and sure to be one of the most talked about films of the year…… and let’s not forget the price-of-admission dancing sequences…’ [Read more…]

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Maggie Gyllenhaal Circles White House Down

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Sony’s plans to get White House Down into production as quickly as possible continue apace, as just yesterday we reported Jamie Foxx was in talks to join Channing Tatum in the movie, and now Maggie Gyllenhaal has joined the steadily growing cast of director Roland Emmerich’s film.

The movie is about a paramilitary group that takes the White House hostage. Jamie Foxx is in talks to play the President, while Channing Tatum is portraying a Secret Service agent who tries to stop the takeover. Maggie Gyllenhaal will play another Secret Service agent, who is assigned to protect the President.

Roland Emmerich is directing from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man). It’s believed it will shoot later this summer. (Source: Deadline)

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Second Magic Mike Poster – More shirtlessness from Tatum & co.

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It seems you liked the first Magic Mike poster we put up a few days ago as it’s had many admirers, and even more of you swooned at the It’s Raining Men stripping clip we posted on Saturday. Now a new poster has arrived, with Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Joe Manganiello, Matthew McConaughey and Matt Bomer once more being allergic to shirts!

Here’s the synopsis, ‘To a rebellious 19-year-old kid (Pettyfer) looking for independence from his family, Magic Mike (Tatum) seems like the perfect role model: he’s got a nice car, a nice apartment, and a seemingly endless supply of women. What’s his secret? He’s a male stripper, and when the kid dives headlong into Magic Mike’s world, his mad dancing skills and hunger for excitement make for an unforgettable summer…Sexy, funny and shocking, this film is a hedonistic thrill ride with a powerful undertow. A razor sharp cast – led by top liner Channing Tatum in a career-defining turn as the titular Magic Mike devours the up-to-the moment freight train of a script, and the result will be relentlessly entertaining and sure to be one of the most talked about films of the year…… and let’s not forget the price-of-admission dancing sequences…’ The film hit cinemas in the UK on July 11th.

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Magic Mike – It’s Raining Men strip!

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Our over-excitement about Magic Mike continues as just a day after we posted the new poster for the movie comes a new clip/trailer, which sees the likes of Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer and Matthew McConaughey stripping to the rather camp tune of It’s Raining Men.

It is great that they’re advertising this to gay men and straight women in the same way they usually market films full of scantily clad women to straight men. Normally with this sort of film they play down the men as sex objects angle, but here they’re going full bore with it!

Here’s the synopsis, ‘To a rebellious 19-year-old kid (Pettyfer) looking for independence from his family, Magic Mike (Tatum) seems like the perfect role model: he’s got a nice car, a nice apartment, and a seemingly endless supply of women. What’s his secret? He’s a male stripper, and when the kid dives headlong into Magic Mike’s world, his mad dancing skills and hunger for excitement make for an unforgettable summer…Sexy, funny and shocking, this film is a hedonistic thrill ride with a powerful undertow. A razor sharp cast – led by top liner Channing Tatum in a career-defining turn as the titular Magic Mike devours the up-to-the moment freight train of a script, and the result will be relentlessly entertaining and sure to be one of the most talked about films of the year…… and let’s not forget the price-of-admission dancing sequences…’ It hits UK cinemas July 11th.

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