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

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

Colin Firth, Emily Blunt & Adam Sandler Will Have A Murder Mystery

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colin-firthFor a while John Madden has been plotting Murder Mystery as his follow-up to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, with Charlize Theron attached to star. Now the cast has grown significantly, with THR reporting that Colin Firth, Adam Sandler, and Emily Blunt have also signed up to appear in the movie.

James Vanderbilt’s script is about a pair of American newlyweds visiting Europe on their honeymoon who get implicated in a murder they witnessed. There’s no news on exactly who any of the cast members will play, although Sandler and Theron will presumably be the American couple.

The film will shoot in Germany later this year.

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Abbie Cornish Finds Solace Alongside Colin Farrell & Anthony Hopkins

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abbie-cornishAbbie Cornish obviously enjoyed working with Colin Farrell on Seven Psychopaths, as she’s now in talks to reteam the actor on the thriller Solace for director Afonso Poyart, according to Variety.

The movie is about an FBI agent (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) who enlists the help of a renowned psychic (Anthony Hopkins) to help catch a vicious serial killer (Colin Farrell). No details were given for Abbie Cornish’s character at this time, although it’s described as being the female lead.

Afonso Poyart is directing from a screenplay by Sean Bailey (Tron: Legacy), Ted Griffin (Ocean’s Eleven), James Vanderbilt (White House Down), and Peter Morgan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy). After several delays, filming is set to get under way next month.

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Arthur Newman Trailer & Poster – Colin Firth & Emily Blunt pretend to be people they’re not

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Arthur-Newman-posterColin Firth and Emily Blunt team up for Arthur Newman, and now EW has unveiled the first poster and trailer for the movie.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Wallace Avery is tired of his life. Divorced, disconnected from his son, dissatisfied with his love life, he decides the time has come for a radical solution. He literally walks away from his life, buys himself a new identity as Arthur Newman, and sets out toward his own private Oz – Terre Haute, Indiana – where he believes he has a chance to work as a golf pro. Wallace’s idea of a second chance is to become a second person.His road trip is derailed by the entrance of Michaela Fitzgerald, whom Arthur discovers passed out poolside at a motel. It takes her all of a couple hours to bust Arthur’s identity scam. It takes Arthur a lot longer to bust hers.Colin Firth and Emily Blunt co-star in this gently comic love story set in a perfect storm of identity crisis. “Arthur Newman,” from a screenplay written by Becky Johnston, looks at how two people, desperate to remake themselves, fall in love and find a way to accept responsibility for who they really are.’

No UK release date has been revealed, but it hits the US on April 26th.

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Gambit (Blu-ray)

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Harry Dean (Colin Firth) is a seemingly dithering art expert working for the cold, abusive Lionel Shahbandar (Alan Rickman). He has a plan to get back at his boss, which involves a lost Monet masterpiece. He gets the Major (Tom Courtney) to paint a duplicate, and schemes to get Lionel to believe that it’s real, but was taken to the US after World War II and since then has been in the possession of a Texan family. [Read more…]

Tom Shadyac Eyes Untouchable Remake, With Colin Firth Circling

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untouchable-slideLast year Untouchable (aka The Intouchables) became the highest grossing French movie in history, taking over $400 million around the world. It’s little wonder then that Hollywood is interested in a remake. Now Deadline reports that a perhaps surprising name is attached to direct, Tom Shadyac – best known for broad comedy hits Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, The Nutty Professor and Ace Ventura.

Colin Firth is said to be circling a lead role, but nothing has been set in stone yet. Back in November, it was reported that Silver Linings Playbook star Chris Tucker had showed interest in the movie, but it’s not known if he’s still involved.

Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) is writing the screenplay, which follows an a very rich man who gets paralysed after a hang-gliding accident. He hires a young man with a criminal background to take care of him, forming a unique bond of friendship. The original film was one of the Best Foreign Language Film nominees at the Oscars last weekend.

Shadyac may actually be a better choice than his resume suggest, as he himself nearly died in a cycling accident. Afterwards he left the business altogether, dedicating his life to more altruistic endeavours. If he does end up making the film, it will be his first narrative feature since 2007’s Evan Almighty.

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Colin Firth Joins Nicole Kidman In Before I Go To Sleep

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colin-firthColin Firth is going to be dealing with memory loss, as Variety reports that he’s teaming up with fellow Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman for the movie Before I Go To Sleep, which will be directed by Rowan Joffe (Brighton Rock).

The premise is rather 50 First Dates turned into a thriller, following a woman with amnesia who wakes up each day and must re-start her memories by finding out who she is from a journal that she keeps. However ‘As terrifying new truths emerge she is forced to question everyone around her.’

Firth will play Kidman’s husband in the film. The premise sounds as if he might be lying to her and creating a world in her journals that isn’t really true, but we’ll have to wait for the movie to see whether he really is in on it.

Mark Strong and Anne-Marie Duff will also star, although there’s no word on their characters. Shooting kicks off at the end of the month in London.

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Colin Firth & Michael Fassbender Will Show Genius

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With the American Film Market in full swing, news on a number of projects is emerging, one of which is Genius, which now has Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, Shame) lined up to star.

Based on the biobraphy Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, by A. Scott Berg, Genius is about the real-life relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe (Fassbender) and renowned editor Max Perkins (Firth). Finding fame and critical success at a young age, Wolfe is a blazing talent with a larger-than-life personality to match. Perkins is one of the most respected and well-known literary editors of all time, discovering such iconic novelists as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Wolfe and Perkins develop a tender, complex friendship. Transformative and irrepressible, this friendship will change the lives of these brilliant, but very different men forever.

John Logan (The Aviator, Gladiator, Hugo, Skyfall) has written the script, while Michael Grandage, who recently served as the Artistic Director of London’s famed theater the Donmar Warehouse, will be in the director’s chair.

Here’s what director Michael Grandage and producer James Bierman had to say in a joint statement, “John Logan, Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender is an extraordinary line-up to work with and we are particularly delighted to bring Glen Basner and all at FilmNation onto the team to join us as we move forward. Together, we can all now look ahead to making this project a reality and bring this amazing story to the attention of audiences everywhere.”

Cameras won’t roll until early 2014, so don’t expect to see this one for a while.

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First Images Of Firth & Kidman In The Railway Man

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The first images from the movie The Railway Man have debuted via the Russian site Kinopoisk, giving us a look at Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in the true story movie that’s set for release next year.

Director Jonathan Teplitzky’s (Burning Man) film is is based on Eric Lomax’s autobiography, which details his capture by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where he was sent to work on the infamous “death railway” in Burma. The story is split between his capture as a young soldier, and his life as an adult who still can’t fully grasp the torturous experience.

Colin Firth plays the adult Eric Lomax, while War Horse’s Jeremy Irvine will portray the younger version. Kidman is his wife, Patti, who convinces him to set off on a journey to try and reconcile with his former captors.

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Gambit Trailer – Firth, Diaz & Rickman star in the Coen Brothers scripted film

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Gambit has been in the works for a long time, with the Coen Brothers intially thinking of directing this remake of a 1960s Shirley Maclaine and Micheal Caine movie. However after delays due to financing, they handed the directing reigns to Michael Hoffman, although Joel and Ethan did provide the script. Now we have the trailer, which gives us out first taste of the movie.

Here’s the official synopsis: ‘Private art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) devises a finely-crafted scheme to con England’s richest man and avid art collector, Lionel Shabandar, (Alan Rickman) into purchasing a fake Monet painting. In order to bait his buyer, he recruits a Texas rodeo queen (Cameron Diaz) to cross the pond and pose as a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII.

‘BAFTA award winner Sir Tom Courtenay, Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci and Academy Award© winner and veteran comedienne Cloris Leachman round out the cast.’ The movie hits UK cinemas on November 21st.

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Diaz, Firth & Rickman Gambit Character Posters Debut

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Gambit was recently moved back to a winter 2013 release in the UK, but it’s still coming to the UK this autumn, with November 21st release date set for the film. The movie features a script by Joel & Ethan Coen, with Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) directing, based on a 1966 movie starring Shirley Maclaine and Michael Caine. Now Orange has debuted three rather cool character posters, featuring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman.

Here’s the official synopsis: ‘Private art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) devises a finely-crafted scheme to con England’s richest man and avid art collector, Lionel Shabandar, (Alan Rickman) into purchasing a fake Monet painting. In order to bait his buyer, he recruits a Texas rodeo queen (Cameron Diaz) to cross the pond and pose as a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII.

‘BAFTA award winner Sir Tom Courtenay, Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci and Academy Award© winner and veteran comedienne Cloris Leachman round out the cast.’

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