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

Taylor Swift & Katie Holmes Up For The Giver, Alongside Jeff Bridges & Meryl Streep

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KATIE-HOLMESAfter years of trying to get it off the grounds, Jeff Bridges is finally moving an adaptation of The Giver towards the screen. The likes of Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Cameron Monaghan, Odeya Rush and Brenton Thwaites have already signed up to star alongside Bridges, and now Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift may join them.

Phillip Noyce is set to direct the sci-fi drama, which is based on a novel by author Lois Lowry. The story is set in the future where the entire range of human emotion has been forgotten. In the society, the Receiver of Memorieshas been given the right to remember the past in case it is deemed necessary to make use of it. A young boy named Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) has been given the right to become the next Receiver of Memories and his life is thrown into question when he begins his training with an elderly Receiver.

Meryl Streep will be playing the Chief Elder in the movie, an antagonist and authoritarian charged with keeping order in [the] society. Jeff Bridges meanwhile will be the title character, who delivers the memories that uproot a rebellion in the young man. Monaghan will portray Asher, Jonas’ best friend.

Katir Holmes will be Jonas’ mother, with Skarsgard as his father. Swift has signed on for the part of Rosemary, who has previous been mentored by Bridges character.

Shooting start next month in South Africa, with an August 15th, 2014 release already set.

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Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard & Cameron Monaghan Join Jeff Bridges in The Giver

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Meryl-StreepJust yesterday it was revealed Meryl Streep had signed up to reunite with Robert De Niro for The Good House. Now Deadline and The Wrap report that she’s also circling The Giver, which perhaps surprisingly will mark the first time she’s star alongside Jeff Bridges. Alexander Skarsgard & Cameron Monaghan are also up for the movie.

Phillip Noyce is set to direct the sci-fi drama, which is based on a novel by author Lois Lowry. The story is set in the future where the entire range of human emotion has been forgotten. In the society, The Giver has been given the right to remember the past in case it is deemed necessary to make use of it. A young boy named Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) has been given the right to become the next Giver and his life is thrown into question when he begins his training with an elderly Giver.

Meryl Streep will be playing the Chief Elder in the movie, an antagonist and “authoritarian charged with keeping order in [the] society.” Jeff Bridges meanwhile will be the title character, who delivers the memories that uproot a rebellion in the young man. Skarsgard is set to play Jonas’ father, while Monaghan will portray Asher, Jonas’ best friend.

The Weinstein Company and Walden Media are backing the movie, although it isn’t clear when it will shoot.

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Seventh Son Trailer – Plus a new poster for the Jeff Bridges fantasy

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Young Adult fantasy has proved a difficult genre, as while success can be enormous, more often than not they barely make a dent at the box office. However after spending decades trying to get it off the ground, Jeff Bridges will be hoping audiences take to Seventh Son. Now we get our first taste with a trailer and poster.

Here’s the official synopsis: ‘In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more.

‘Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) is a knight who had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), centuries ago.  But now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance.  Summoning her followers of every incarceration, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world.

‘Only one thing stands in her way: Master Gregory. In a deadly reunion, Gregory comes face to face with the evil he always feared would someday return.  Now he has only until the next full moon to do what normally takes years: train his new apprentice, Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) to fight a dark magic unlike any other.

‘Man’s only hope lies in the seventh son of a seventh son.’

It’ll be out later this year. [Read more…]

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R.I.P.D Featurette – Inside the Rest In Peace Department with Ryan Reynolds

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To be honest, I’d be surprised if R.I.P.D. became a big hit, as despite a summer release slot in the US on July 19th (it doesn’t get until September 20th) and the presence of Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, plus a fun sounding plot, it doesn’t seem like Universal is pushing it too hard.

However a new featurette has now popped up online, which does make the movie look like it might be pretty entertaining.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds headline the supernatural action-adventure R.I.P.D. as two undead cops dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to protect our world from an increasingly destructive array of creatures who refuse to move peacefully to the other side. R.I.P.D. is directed by Robert Schwentke (Red) and produced by Neal H. Moritz (the Fast and Furious series, I Am Legend), Michael Fottrell and Mike Richardson.’ [Read more…]

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Brenton Thwaites To Star Opposite Jeff Bridges In The Giver

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brenton-thwaitesYoung Aussie actor Brenton Thwaites should see his star rise next year when he plays the Prince in Maleficent, and now he’s hoping to capitalise of that by signing up to star opposite Jeff Bridges in The Giver, which Philip Noyce is directing, based on Lois Lowry’s dystopian young adult novel.

Thwaites beat out the likes of Kings of Summer’s Nick Robinson, Mud’s Tye Sheridan and Prisoners’ Dylan Minnette for the role.

The book is a philosophical fantasy set in another world where all emotions, history and freedom have been expunged. Thwaites will play Jonas, a young man who, when assigned a profession, is given the important yet painful job of being the society’s Receiver of Memories. The new position sees him cut off from everyone he knows and he is mentored by the former Receiver of Memories, known as The Giver (Bridges). As Jonas and The Giver work together, the young man’s eyes are opened to the lies that the society is built upon.

Bridges is producing as well as starring, having been trying to put a movie version together for around two decades. It’s only now, with the success of other young adult projects, that it’s finally coming together, with the hope they’ll be able to start shooting this Autumn in South Africa. (Source: TheWrap)

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James Franco & Rachel McAdams On For The Little Prince Adaptation

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the-little-prince-book-coverAntoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novella The Little Prince has fast become a children’s classic, and now it looks like it’s going to get a big screen animated adaptation, with a fairly starry cast lining up to add their voice talents.

THR reports that James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Bridges, Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro and Paul Giamatti have all signed up to voice characters in the movie. Mark Osborned (Kung Fu Panda) is set to direct.

The Little Prince is about a pilot who crash lands in the Sahara desert and then comes across a young boy who claims to hail from an asteroid and has fallen to Earth. As the pilot fixes his plane, the boy tells him stories about his homeworld.

Bridges will be provide the voice of the pilot, but there’s no info on who the other actors will be portraying.

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Ryan Reynolds & Jeff Bridges Are Defending Souls In A New R.I.P.D. Poster

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ripd-poster2-2A new poster has arrived for R.I.P.D., via Empire, with Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds looking pretty heroic and rather Ghostbusters as they promise that they’re ‘Defending Our World One Soul At A Time’.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds headline the supernatural action-adventure R.I.P.D. as two undead cops dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to protect our world from an increasingly destructive array of creatures who refuse to move peacefully to the other side. R.I.P.D. is directed by Robert Schwentke (Red) and produced by Neal H. Moritz (the Fast and Furious series, I Am Legend), Michael Fottrell and Mike Richardson.’

It’s out July 19th in the US and August 30th in the UK.

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R.I.P.D. Trailer – Ryan Reynolds & Jeff Bridges are dead cops!

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R.I.P.D. was filmed over 18 months ago, but it’s only now that we’re getting the first trailer, ahead of its summer release. It certainly looks a bit nuts, but could be a lot of fun.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds headline the supernatural action-adventure R.I.P.D. as two undead cops dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to protect our world from an increasingly destructive array of creatures who refuse to move peacefully to the other side. R.I.P.D. is directed by Robert Schwentke (Red) and produced by Neal H. Moritz (the Fast and Furious series, I Am Legend), Michael Fottrell and Mike Richardson.’

It’s out July 19th in the US and August 30th in the UK. [Read more…]

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Great New Posters For 300 Rise Of An Empire, Oldboy & R.I.P.D.

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New posters have emerged for three films that have slightly got lost in the shuffle as the studio concentrate on their biggest summer tentpole flicks. Even so, there are a lot of people out there waiting for 300: Rise Of An Empire, R.I.P.D. and Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy.

300 director Zack Snyder tweeted the Rise Of An Empire poster (he’s producing and writing this time around, with Noam Murro directing). The follow-up stars Sullivan Stapleton as General Themistokles, who attempts to unite all of Greece in battle against the evil Persian ruler Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). The film hits cinemas this August.

R.I.P.D. follows a recently killed beat cop (Ryan Reynolds) who joins the Rest In Peace Department, where undead police patrol the underworld. He agrees to 100 years service in return for a shot at getting the guy who killed him, and is teamed with an old gunslinger (Jeff Bridges), who’s been dead hundreds of years. Robert Luketic directs, with a July US release date set (there’s no official UK date yet).

Oldboy follows an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement without any indication of his captor’s motive. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his bizarre and torturous punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment. Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley and Samuel L. Jackson also star. It’ll be in cinemas this autumn.

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First Pic Of Ryan Reynolds & Jeff Bridges In R.I.P.D. Arrives

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Back in 2011 Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges headed to the set to shoot R.I.P.D., but it’s been in post-production for a long time, with the release still a couple of months away (it’s set to hit US cinemas on July 19th). Now the first image from the film has arrived via the print edition of EW (scan via Bloody Disgusting), showing Bridges and Reynolds looking armed and serious.

The plot revolves around two dead cops, one recently passed away (Reynolds) and the other a gunslinger (Bridges) who’s been dead for hundreds of years. They work in the Rest in Peace department, which is essentially the divine police department of the dead. The new R.I.P.D. member has agreed to give 100 years service in return for a shot at finding out who killed him.

Robert Schwentke directs from a screenplay by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, which is adapted from the comic book series created by Peter M. Lenkov. Hopefully we really will get to see it later this year.

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