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

Adrien Brody Heads For Motor City

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Adrien Brody is in negotiations to play the villain in Motor City for Warner Bros. and director Albert Hughes. The actor replaces Gary Oldman, who was in talks to star back in February before bowing out. Brody doesn’t seems like a natural replacement for Oldman, but hopefully it’ll work.

Gerard Butler is set to star as an ex-con who immediately after his release begins tracking down the men who framed him and sent him to prison. Amber Heard and Mickey Rourke are also attached to star. Gary Oldman is not the first actor to drop out of the project. Dominic Cooper and Jake Gyllenhaal were previously attached.

Albert Hughes is directing from a screenplay by Chad St. John. Production is scheduled to begin September 17th in Atlanta. (Source: Variety)

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Playing For Keeps Trailer – Gerard Butler is popular with the soccer moms

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Gerard Butler gets his David Beckham on as a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star who returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s soccer team. But his attempts to finally become an “adult” are met with hilarious challenges from the attractive “soccer moms” who pursue him at every turn. The film co-stars Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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Chasing Mavericks Trailer – Curtis Hanson takes on surfing

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We haven’t had a movie from LA Confidential helmer Curtis Hanson since Lucky You in 2007, but now he’s coming back with the surfing drama Chasing Mavericks. Based on a true story, the film is about Jay Moriarty, who sets out to ride the legendary Northern California break known as Mavericks, with the help of Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler). While Mavericks is now a well known surfing spot, at the time it was a secret. A UK release is set for November 2nd.

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Olympus Has Fallen For Melissa Leo & Rick Yune

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The battle of the White House taken over by terrorists movies is heating up, with barely a day going by without news of a new actor being added to the cast of either Olympus Has Fall of White House Down. Both films essentially have the same story, with bad guys taking control of the White House and Secret Service agents needing to take it back.

Yesterday James Woods signed up for White House Down, and today it’s the turn of Olympus Has Fallen, with THR reporting that Melissa Leo and Rick Yune have joined the cast. The movie, directed by Antoine Fuqua goes into production this week, with Gerard Butler in the lead role.

Leo is in talks to play a tough secretary of Defense who cracks when tortured. Yune meanwhile will play the villain of the movie, a North Korean posing as a South Korean ministerial aide who is described as a sociopathic monster. Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Cole Hauser and Radha Mitchell also star.

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Olympus Has Fallen For Dylan McDermott

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Olympus Has Fallen already has Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Angela Bassett onboard, and now it’s added a new name, with Variety reporting that Dylan McDermott has signed up for the Antoine Fuqua movie.

The film sees the White House taken over by terrorists and Butler’s Secret Service agent having to take it back. McDermott is set to play a fellow Secret Service agent, although there’s no info on exactly how he fits into a plot. Eckhart will be the President.

It’s not the only film with this plot of the cards, as Roland Emmerich is putting together White House Down, with Channing Tatum in the lead role.

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Olympus Has Fallen For Angela Bassett

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Just yesterday, Aaron Eckhart signed up to play the President in Olympus Has Fallen, and now the film has another star as Variety reports that Angela Bassett will also appear in the movie, which Antoine Fuqua is directing.

The film centres on Gerard Butler’s former Secret Service agent who tries to save the White House after terrorists attack the presidential residence. The plot has been described as Die Hard in the White House. Bassett is due to play the head of the Secret Service, in charge of protecting the President.

The movie is quite similar to Roland Emmerich’s White House Down, which is also racing into production with Jamie Foxx as the President and Channing Tatum as the Secret Service Agent who must take the White House back. Both movies will shoot later this year for release in 2013.

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Aaron Eckhart Joins Olympus Has Fallen

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The White House is gonna be in trouble at cinemas next year, as two movies are in the works that see terrorists taking over the President’s house and Secret Service agents having to take it back. Now Antoine Fuqua’s Olympus Has Fallen has got its US President, as Variety reports that Aaron Eckhart has signed up to play the role.

The film centres on Gerard Butler’s former Secret Service agent who tries to save the White House after terrorists attack the presidential residence. The plot has been described as Die Hard in the White House. The movie is quite similar to Roland Emmerich’s White House Down, which is also racing into production with Jamie Foxx as the President and Channing Tatum as the Secret Service Agent who must take the White House back.

Both movies will shoot later this year for release in 2013.

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Gerard Butler Is Going On A Manhunt

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Gerard Butler always seems to be signing up for movies, although only a few of them actually come to fruition. The latest is the action thriller Manhunt, which The Crazies helmer Breck Eisner is attached to direct.

The thriller is about a team of FBI agents sent to the North Carolina wilderness to chase the FBI’s most wanted man, domestic terrorist and survivalist James Tollan, who has eluded arrest with the support of the local population while attacking the federal government. The feds enroll the help of a reluctant bear hunter to capture the killer. However, once the team enters the woods, the hunters become the hunted as Tollan will stop at nothing to survive and defend his territory.

The movie is based on a script by the Iron Man writing team of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. (Source: Deadline)

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Antoine Fuqua To Direct Gerard Butler In Olympus Has Fallen

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It’s undoubtedly become more common for film companies to start developing similar projects at the same time, hoping they’ll be first to make it through the development proess and on to cinema screens.

Just last week Roland Emmerich attached himself to the spec screenplay, White House Down, about terrorists taking over the President’s house, and now Antoine Fuqua is in early talks to direct Olympus Has Fallen, which has a rather similar plot.

Gerard Butler is already set to star in this action thriller about a former secret service agent forced to save the White House from a group of bad guys. The script, written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, has been described as Die Hard in the White House.

Due to the Emmerich movie, Nu Image/Millennium Entertainment hopes to move fast on Olympus Has Fallen, with the plan being to start shooting this June. (Source: THR)

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Gerard Butler Going To Motor City

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Getting someone locked in to the main role for Motor City has proved a bit tough, with Dominic Cooper and Jake Gyllenhaal both coming and going from the movie, but director Albert Hughes will be hoping he’s finally got his man now that Gerard Butler is in talks to star, according to Variety.

Back in September, Dominic Cooper signed on to play an ex-con who goes on a quest for vengeance against the men who framed him and sent him to prison. Jake Gyllenhaal was in talks to replace him earlier this month, but bowed out shortly afterwards, due to scheduling conflicts. Gary Oldman is set to play the villain, while Amber Heard is cast as the female lead.

Albert Hughes is directing Motor City from a screenplay by Chad St. John, which was featured on the 2009 Black List. Production is scheduled to begin in June, around the same time Butler is supposed to be shooting Brilliant, so it seems there’s more scheduling to sort out.

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