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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

Blade Runner 2049 (Blu-ray Review) – An artificial Ryan Gosling needs to track down Harrison Ford

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When it was first announced that a sequel to Blade Runner was in the works, it seemed like a bad idea. Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford are on a bit of a roll revisiting their greatest hits, following Scott’s Alien Prequels and Ford’s return to Indiana Jones and Star Wars. However, Blade Runner was such a singular movie – and one so far removed from the modern blockbuster – that it seemed a wholly bizarre idea to now be making a sequel.

Scott then handed the directing reigns across to Denis Villeneuve, which gave some guarded optimism following Sicario and Arrival, but it still seemed ill judged. [Read more…]

Blade Runner Short Film Explores What’s Been Happening Between The Two Films

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There’s 30 years between when the action of Blade Runner took place and that of the upcoming sequel, Blade Runner 2049. A lot can happen in three decades, and so three short films are coming which explore what’s been happening in that time.

The first of those has arrived in the form of 2036: Nexus Dawn, which takes us into a world where replicants have been banned, but then Jared Leto’s reclusive genius Niander Wallace turns up with plans to change that. Benedict Wong also stars.

It gives us a feel for where Blade Runner 2049 will be going. Here’s the synopsis: ‘Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.’

Take a look at Nexus Dawn below. Blade Runner 2049 will be in cinemas in October. [Read more…]

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Harley Quinn Vs. the Joker Movie Being Planned At Warner Bros

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A sequel to Suicide Squad is already in the works, currently planned for release in 2019. However, Screen Rant has revealed that Warner Bros. is also planning to expand that part of the DC film universe with Harley Quinn Vs. the Joker.

The current plan is that both Margot Robbie and Jared Leto will return as the title characters. Robbie is also set for another spin-off, Gotham City Sirens, which features a selection of Gotham’s female villains.

It appears it’s early days on the Harley Quinn vs. the Joker movie at the moment, as there’s very little info available, other than that Geoff Johns will produce the movie. It’s not even known when we might get to see the movie, although Warner/DC has announced a couple of release dates for films it hasn’t officially announced yet, so this may be one of those.

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New Blade Runner 2049 Trailer – There’s a replicant mystery for Harrison Ford & Ryan Gosling

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Returning to the world of Blade Runner makes for an interesting trailer challenge for the studio’s marketing department. For many the film is one of the true classics of sci-fi, with a unique style and a tone that’s far more contemplative than most. However, there are also a lot of people out there who’ve never seen it and have grown up on a diet of bloated sci-fi excess. So how do you appeal to both crowds?

The new trailer does a good job of showing the effort that’s gone into recreating the grimy, holo-ad covered future, as well as that it will further explore how the likes of replicants work (with the help of a blind Jared Leto). It also shows that the scale has grown for those who demand non-stop action.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

‘The film also stars Ana de Armas, Robin Wright, Jared Leto, Barkhad Abdi, Lennie James, Mackenzie Davis, and Sylvia Hoeks.’

The film is due out in early October. [Read more…]

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Blade Runner 2049 Trailer – The future is full of mystery for Harrison Ford & Ryan Gosling

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Returning to the world of Blade Runner makes for an interesting trailer challenge for the studio’s marketing department. For many the film is one of the true classic of sci-fi, with a unique style and a tone that’s far more contemplative than most. However, there are also a lot of people out there who’ve never seen it and have grown up on a diet of bloated sci-fi excess. So how do you appeal to bother crowds.

Well, this trailer gives it a go, doing a good job of showing the effort that’s gone into recreating the grimy, holo-ad covered future, as well as that it will further explore how the likes of replicants work (with the help of a blind Jared Leto). It also shows that the scale has grown for those who demand non-stop action.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

‘The film also stars Ana de Armas, Robin Wright, Jared Leto, Barkhad Abdi, Lennie James, Mackenzie Davis, and Sylvia Hoeks.’

Blade Runner 2049 will be in cinemas in September. [Read more…]

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Jared Leto Reportedly Circling Disney’s Tron Reboot

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With Marvel, Pixar, its animated films and its live-action versions of classic animations, Disney has had huge amounts of success in the past few years. It’s also had some bombs, where films were hyped to the hilt and then underperformed at the box office. That includes John Carter, The Lone Ranger and Tron: Legacy.

Although the last of those wasn’t a complete failure (it made around $400 million), it certainly didn’t click with audiences in the way Disney had hoped, as they were planning TV series and an ongoing movie franchise, which quietly got pushed to one side. However the studio hasn’t given up on Tron, and has been working on a new movie set in that world.

Now it looks like they’re starting to move forward, as THR reports that Jared Leto is circling the movie. The film is a bit of a reboot, as it won’t be a full-on sequel to Tron: Legacy, but will use some of the ideas from the third Tron movie that Disney previously commissioned a script for.

It’s still early days as no director is attached and a writer hasn’t been hired yet sort out the script. However, they’re hoping to get Leto onboard and build the film around him as a star vehicle.

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Suicide Squad – Extended Cut (Blu-ray Review)

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Suicide Squad may have been this year’s most anticipated movie. After the underwhelming Man Of Steel and the ho-hum Batman vs. Superman, the trailers made it look like this was the fun, mischievous shot-in-the-arm that the DC Universe needed to really get it up and running, as well as being a counterpoint to the Marvel movies but which wouldn’t be as dour as the previous DC films. However, when the reviews came in, it was generally agreed by the critics the movie was a messy misfire (although it did okay at the box office).

Now it’s coming to Blu-ray and VoD in Extended Cut form, which adds in 10-minutes of extra footage. As with the Ultimate Edition of Batman vs. Superman, the extra scenes do help, but they’re unlikely to change anyone’s overall opinion of the movie. [Read more…]

Jared Leto To Produce And Star In Biopic Of Gay Artist Andy Warhol

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Jared-LetoThere have been quite a few films that have featured artist Andy Warhol – whether it’s Men In Black suggesting he was an alien or a move about his would-be in I Shot Andy Warhol – however, there hasn’t been a really good biopic of the man himself. That’s partly because he’s such an enigmatic figure, who it would be tough to fully pin down on screen.

However, now Jared Leto is stepping up to the plate, to produce and star in a movie about the legendary pop art icon. The movie will be based on Victor Bockris’ 1989 biography, Warhol, with Wolf of Wall Street’s Terence Winter writing the script.

With his bold visual style and ability to incorporate pop culture into art, Warhol became one of the most famous artists of his era. He also had a huge influence on others, especially for those who passed through his ‘factory’, which featured a number of muses, artists and fellow taste-makers, such as trans actress Holly Woodlawn and super-hunk Joe D’allesandro.

Warhol was also gay, although he claimed to be a virgin, sometimes suggesting he was almost asexual except for an interest in voyeurism. However, others have said he did have sex, with the way he talk about his sexuality in public being a deliberate part of his mystique (many have said the public and private Warhols were very different). There’s no doubt that homoeroticism infused his art – indeed, the first works he submitted to a gallery were male nudes that were rejected for being too openly gay.

Leto is likely to face a backlash from some quarters for being a straight-identifying man playing a gay role. It’s not something completely new to him, as he faced something similar after playing a trans women in Dallas Buyers Club, a role for which he won an Oscar.

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Jared Leto Set To Join Ryan Gosling & Harrison Ford In Blade Runner Sequel

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Jared-LetoThe follow-up to Blade Runner just got a little more interesting. Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright and Ana de Armas are already onboard to star, and they’ve now been joined by Jared Leto, according the THR.

There’s still not much info about the exact plot of the movie, but we do know it’s set several decades after the original, and that Harrison Ford will once more be reprising his role as Rick Deckard. It’s been rumoured that Gosling will also be playing a detective, while Robin Wright will be an android. We’d also be willing to bet Leto is going android too.

Denis Villeneuve, director of Prisoners and the upcoming Arrival, will helm the movie, with Alcon Entertainment producing. It’s currently set for release October 2017.

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Jared Leto Says ‘A Gay Leading Man Wouldn’t Have The Same Opportunities As A Straight One’

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jared-leto-joker-slideWhile an increasing number of TV and smaller movie stars have come out in recent years, we’re yet to have an LGBT a-list actor. Many have suggested this isn’t a coincidence, and it appears Jared Leto agrees with them.

Talking to GQ, the Oscar-winning Suicide Squad star was asked if he thought America was ready to accept a gay leading man. “I think so,” said Leto, although after a little prodding he changed that to the less definite, “I hope so”.

There are reasons it’s only a hope, as he adds, “I definitely don’t think a gay leading man would have the same opportunities as a straight leading man. I don’t think that. Not for a single second. I don’t know if that’s offensive or not, but that’s my thought right now. It shouldn’t be that way. I don’t think you’ll have as many opportunities.”

He continued by suggest it was the same for minorities, adding, “What a word, ’minority,’. Have we taken that word off the list yet? ‘Cause it should be. Anyway, no, I think that this is still a very conservative business.”

Leto certainly isn’t the only person to think so. While individually most people in Hollywood are quite liberal, when it comes to business and the millions of dollars they’re throwing around, they tend to be far more timid and afraid of anything they think might affect the box office. That makes it far more difficult for gay actors to get major role, and also for mainstream populist movies about LGBT leads to get made, as the perception is it will knock the box office in conservative countries and amongst right wing homophobes. Hopefully that may change, especially if the upcoming The Flash, starring queer actor Ezra Miller, proves a hit.

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