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

Emile Hirsch May Get Bromantic With Craig Roberts In Just Jim

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Emile-HirschCraig Roberts has found success as an actor in the likes of Submarine, 22 Jump Street and The Double. Now at just 23-years-old he’s stretching his wings into the world of directing with Just Jim.

He’s also set to star in the film and has snagged a great co-star, as Screendaily reports Emile Hirsch will also appear.

The film ‘centres on Jim, a teenage loser who life is turned around by the appearance of an enigmatic, handsome neighbour.’ There’s no news on exactly how Jim’s life might change, so we’ll just have imagine.

The film is taking advantage of a new scheme in Wales to support emerging talent and will shoot over the next three weeks in Caerphilly.

Roberts comments, “It’s surreal to be back in my home town shooting a movie. I’m excited to work with a great cast and I hope Emile likes Maesycwmmer.”

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Emile Hirsch Directs Homoerotic Cross-Dressing Music Video For Koga

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It seems that Emile Hirsch doesn’t want to let James Franco to be the only actor who’s output becomes homoerotic when they stepped behind the camera. After the shirtless guis and sexual tension of his directorial debut, a music video for Daft Punk’s ‘Alive’, he’s back with a cross-dressing tale of a man, his neighbour and the internet.

It’s a nicely ambiguous video where are man could be seen as sweet and romantic, or odd and stalkerish, while the twist at the end could either be a situation getting slightly out of hand, or almost the fruition of an elaborate piece of role-playing.

It’s a nice way of playing with gender-roles and expectations, although it does seem that if we’re going to draw any conclusions about Hirsch from his directorial output so far, he’s very interested in the male body and working out. We’ll have to see whether he continues the theme with whatever he comes up with next. [Read more…]

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Ellen Page May Be John Belushi’s Wife Alongside Emile Hirsch In A New Biopic

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A couple of months ago Emile Hirsch and Miles Teller signed on to star in a biopic of legendary comic John Belushi. Now it’s time for the movie to get a bit of female energy, as TheWrap reports that Ellen Page is in talks to play Judith Jacklin, John Belushi’s wife.

Steve Conrad (The Weather Man) wrote the screenplay and is directing the biopic, which follows John Belushi’s (Emile Hirsch) life until his tragic death at the age of 33 from a heroin overdose. The story is said to be an allegory that illuminates the highs and lows of the American dream.

Teller is set to be Dan Aykroyd, became one of Belushi’s main comedy partners, working with him on Saturday Night Live and making the likes of Blues Brother together.

Jacklin meanwhile was Belushi’s high school girlfriend, who later became his wife. Both Page and Teller will have firsthand experience to draw on as Aykroyd and Judith (who now goes by the surname Belushi-Pisano) are acting as producers.

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Miles Teller May Join John Belushi Biopic As Dan Aykroyd

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Miles-TellerA few months ago the surprising news emerged that Emil Hirsch had been tapped to star in a biopic of portly funnyman John Belushi. Now we know who’ll be joining him as John Belushi, as THR reports Mile Teller has bagged the role.

Steve Conrad (The Weather Man) wrote the screenplay and is directing the biopic, which follows John Belushi’s life until his tragic death at the age of 33 from a heroin overdose. The story is said to be an allegory that illuminates the highs and lows of the American dream.

Aykroyd of course became one of Belushi’s main comedy partners, working with him on Saturday Night Live and making the likes of Blues Brother together. Dan is also one of the executive producers, so it really should be an insider view.

Hirsch actually made the announcement at a Sundance party, telling the attendees, “A shout-out to Miles Teller! We’re going to be working together soon. He’s playing Dan Aykroyd in the Belushi movie.” However Teller hasn’t yet signed on the dotted line.

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New Lone Survivor Trailer – Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster & Taylor Kitsch turn Navy Seals

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Lone Survivor is already building a bit of Oscar buzz, and it’ll be interesting to see whether it can build that in the run up to Awards season.

The movie is based on a failed 2005 mission, Operation Red Wing, which tasked four members of SEAL Team 10 (Wahlberg, Hirsch, Foster, Kitsch) to kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. However they were quickly compromised and came under attack. As the title suggests, it didn’t go well. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana, Emile Hirsch and Alexander Ludwig.

Universal have slotted it in for a prime Oscar push, with a limited US release around Christmas before it goes wide next January. Take a look at the new trailer below. [Read more…]

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Emile Hirsch Will Be John Belushi In An Upcoming Biopic

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If you were going to cast someone to play portly comedy legend John Belushi, Emile Hirsch isn’t probably the first name that would come to your mind. However he has indeed signed on for a biopic of Belushi, according to Variety. The news comes only a few days after it was reported he was in contention for the title role alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Workaholics star Adam DeVine.

Steve Conrad (The Weather Man) wrote the screenplay and is directing the biopic, which follows John Belushi’s life until his tragic death at the age of 33 from a heroin overdose. The story is said to be an allegory that illuminates the highs and lows of the American dream (but then, isn’t nearly every biopic about a star with a drug problem?).

John Belushi’s widow, Judith Belushi-Pisano, is serving as executive producer along with Dan Aykroyd. Filming is planned to start next spring.

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Lone Survivor Trailer – Mark Wahlberg, Emile Hirsch & Taylor Kitsch are under fire in Afghanistan

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Lone Survivor looks like it might be an interesting one and Universal obviously agree, as they slotted it in for a prime Oscar push, with a limited US release around Christmas before it goes wide next January. Now we get our first look at the Peter Berg movie, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana, Emile Hirsch and Alexander Ludwig.

The movie is based on a failed 2005 mission, Operation Red Wing, which tasked four members of SEAL Team 10 (Wahlberg, Hirsch, Foster, Kitsch) to kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. However they were quickly compromised and came under attack. As the title suggests, it didn’t go well.

Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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New Prince Avalanche Trailer – Paul Rudd & Emile Hirsch turn roadworkers

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David Gordon Green has been busy in Hollywood for the last few years with the like of Pineapple Express, Your Highness and The Sitter, but now he’s heading back to his low budget indie roots with Prince Avalanche, although he does have Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch to help him.

The film is and English-language adaptation the Icelandic comedy Either Way. Here’s the synopsis: ‘An odd couple of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin (Rudd) and his girlfriend’s brother, Lance (Hirsch), dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the centre of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. An unlikely friendship develops through humour and nasty exchanges, leading to surprising affection.’

It premiered at Sundance and also screened at Tribeca. Now it’s preparing for an August UK release, although no UK date is set yet. Take a look at the new trailer below.

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Prince Avalanche Trailer – Paul Rudd & Emile Hirsch become road workers

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Prince Avalanche is the English-language adaptation the Icelandic comedy Either Way. It premiered at Sundance and recently screened at Tribeca, and now we get our first look with a trailer, featuring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘An odd couple of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin (Rudd) and his girlfriend’s brother, Lance (Hirsch), dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the centre of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. An unlikely friendship develops through humour and nasty exchanges, leading to surprising affection.’

David Gordon Green directs, getting back to his indie roots after the likes of Pineapple Express, Your Highness and The Sitter. It’ll be released in the US in August, but no UK date has been set yet.

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Jesse Eisenberg & Emile Hirsch Take On Midnight Sun

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Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger are teaming up for Midnight Sun, according to Screen Daily, and it seems they’re going to help create the atomic bomb! Actor turned filmmaker Chris Eigeman is set to write and direct, with the movie currently looking for backers at the European Film Market.

The reports says the film is ‘Set in 1943, the drama follows two young post graduates recruited by the US Government to work on a top-secret project in New Mexico. Along with one of the students’ new wife, they drop their jazz-filled lives in New York and move to a secret community of scientists in the desert.’

It’s not a huge leap from their to assume they’re working on The Manhattan Project, the programme that resulted in the atom bomb and the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer prize for book The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is an advisor on the project, so hopefully it’ll stick fairly close to the truth of the project. The current plan is to shoot the movie this summer.

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