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

Interstellar Trailer – Matthew McConaughey is heading into space for Christopher Nolan

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So far the promotion of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar has been pretty low key, as while the loose plot details we’ve had have suggested a big space adventure, the marketing has been pretty earthbound.

That’s true of the beginning of this trailer – but things aren’t going very well for the planet. So it’s time to send Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway into space!

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), the production will travel the globe and utilize a mixture of 35mm anamorphic and IMAX film photography to bring to the screen a script based on the combination of an original idea by Nolan and an existing script by Jonathan Nolan, originally developed for Paramount Pictures and producer Lynda Obst. The new script chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

‘“Interstellar” features a prestigious cast that includes Matthew McCaughey (“Magic Mike,” “Mud”), Academy Award® winner Anne Hathaway (“Les Miserables,” “The Dark Knight Rises”), Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Tree of Life”), Bill Irwin (“Rachel Getting Married,” TV’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”), Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow (“Terms of Endearment,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), Academy Award® nominee Casey Affleck (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “Gone Baby Gone”), David Gyasi (“Cloud Atlas”), Wes Bentley (“The Hunger Games”), Mackenzie Foy (“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 and 2”), Timothée Chalamet (TV’s “Homeland”), Topher Grace (“Spider-Man 3”), David Oyelowo (“Jack Reacher,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), Academy Award® winner Ellen Burstyn (“The Last Picture Show,” “The Exorcist”), and Academy Award® winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).’

The film’s due out in November. [Read more…]

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Jessica Chastain Will Be Marilyn Monroe In Andrew Dominik’s Blonde

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Jessica-ChastainDirector Andrew Dominik (Killing Them Softly, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) has been working on the Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde, for several years, but he’s had difficulty getting it off the ground. Naomi Watts was attached to star back in 2010, but she’s since left the project behind when it failed to get funding.

The helmer hasn’t given up though and now TheWrap reports Jessica Chastain is in negotiations to take over the film’s central role.

Dominik wrote the script himself, based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel, which draws on historical and biographical sources to re-imagine the inner, poetic and spiritual life of this silver screen star, telling Monroe’s story in her own voice, and showing how she overcame the odds to achieve immense, global stardom in the 1950s.

The book was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 2001, and it was also adapted into a 2001 TV mini-series starring Poppy Montgomery.

Brad Pitt, who starred in both Jesse James and Killing Them Softly, is producing and was apparently instrumental in convincing the actress – who he worked with on Tree Of Life – to take on the role. Filming is set to begin in August.

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Interstellar Teaser Trailer – First look at Christopher Nolan’s latest

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When the logo for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar arrived a couple of days ago, it came with the news that a teaser trailer would be incoming very soon. Now it’s here!

As it’s Nolan, it’s still being a bit secretive about the actual plot of the movie, although it does suggest something pretty epic.

Here’s the current official synopsis: ‘Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.’

Matthew McConaughy, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine star, with a November 2014 release date set. [Read more…]

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Logo Revealed For Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, With A Trailer Coming Soon

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It’s just under a year until we can expect the next film from Christopher Nolan – Interstellar. Now Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures have launched the official website for the film at Interstellarmovie.com, and along with that comes a first look at the logo. That’s ahead of a teaser trailer that’s expected to play alongside The Hobbit 2.

This being Nolan, everything’s still wrapped in secrecy, although the shoot has travelled the globe and as with his Batman film it has used a mix of 35mm and IMAX film photography. It’s based on a script by Jonathan Nolan, which Chris then rewrote. All that’s known is that it’s about a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

The film’s due out November 7th, 2014 and stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Bill Irwin, Casey Affleck, Mackenzie Foy and John Lithgow.

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Tar Trailer – James Franco, Jessica Chastain And Mila Kunis star

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James Franco is a busy boy both as an actor and director. Although it seems difficult to imagine he’s have time to fit any more in, we’ve now got a trailer for Tar, which sees Franco team up with Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain, Henry Hopper and Zach Braff.

The film is ‘based on Pulitzer prize-winning poet CK Williams’ collection of the same name. The film blends together adaptations of 11 of the poems to create a poetic road trip through CK William’s life. The film takes us on a journey through several decades of American life from CK’s childhood and adolescence in Detroit in the 1940s and 50s to the early 1980s: CK and his wife Catherine are married with their son Jed. CK prepares for a reading of ‘Tar’ in New York City, and spends his nights struggling to write new poems, haunted by memories of his past. As CK drives to his reading in New York City, he remembers central moments of his life: we come to experience and understand both his relationship to love and loss, and how he found his calling as a poet through the women in his life. The film takes us back and forth between past and present, punctuated by voice-over from CK Williams’ poems, recreating the experience of memory and exploring how the fragments of one’s man life can be turned.’

A December US release is set. [Read more…]

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Jessica Chastain Joins Javier Bardem In A Most Violent Year

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Jessica-ChastainJessica Chastain is quite good at picking movies, as while they don’t always make big bucks at the box office, they’re nearly always worth a watch. Now she’s got a new one, as Variety reports the Mama and Zero Dark Thirty actress is up for A Most Violent Year, starring opposite Javier Bardem, with JC Chandor (Margin Call) directing.

No official plot details have been released for the movie, although a fansite for the director says that, ‘Bardem will reportedly play the ‘good guy’, an ambitious businessman who is forced to deal with a corrupt establishment in 1980s New York.’

Even that could be wrong, as Chandor is keeping his cards very close to his chest on this one, and there’s absolutely no word on who Chastain will play. She’s always a good choice though, so hopefully she’ll bring some class to the proceedings.

It’s suggested the film will start shooting in New York next month.

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Jessica Chastain Joins Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar

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Jessica-ChastainJessica Chastain has tended to stick with dramas and Oscar-worthy fare, without going too far into the mainstream, but now she’s headed towards one of next year’s biggest sci-fi projects, as Deadline reports that Chastain is in talks to star in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar.

The actress will play the third lead, joining Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in the movie. Little is known about the story, although it’s been said it’s about a journey into outer space that redefines what we know about science and technology.

Originally set to be directed Steven Spielberg in its first incarnations, the idea for the movie was be based on the theories of physicist Kip S. Thorne, who believes that wormholes actually exist, and can be used for time travel.

Christopher Nolan is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother, Jonathan Nolan. It’s not clear when it will shoot, but a release date of November 7th, 2014 is already set.

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Jessica Chastain Joins The Zookeeper’s Wife

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Jessica-ChastainJessica Chastain has certainly made her mark on the film world in the last couple of years, even if her lack of big blockbuster Hollywood movies means she’s still not that well known to the general moviegoing public. She’s sticking with the sort of movies that bring a lot of critical acclaim even if they don’t always become breakout mianstream hits, as THR reports he’s take the title role in The Zookeeper’s Wife.

Based on Diane Ackerman’s non-fiction book, The Zookeeper’s Wife, the tome chronicles how Jan and Atonina Zabinski, who were the keepers at the Warsaw Zoo, turned it into a safe haven for Jews during the Second World War, after the Nazis invaded Poland. Persecuted Jews were hidden in cages and sheds (most of the animals were dead), as well as the Zabinski’s house.

Niki Caro (Whale Rider) is set to direct, with a script by Angela Workman. Now that Chastain is attached, the movie will be looking for buyers at Cannes later this month.

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Jessica Chastain Up For Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak

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Jessica-ChastainEven though it’s not likely to start shooting until early next year, Guillermo Del Toro is pulling together a great cast for Crimson Peak. He’s already got Emma Stone, Charlie Hunnam, and Benedict Cumberbatch onboard, and now Variety reports that Zero Dark Thirty star Jessica Chastain is in final talks to join the cast.

Not too much is known about the movie, although it is known that it takes place in the early 1900s, with half of the movie set in the US and the rest in a decaying mansion in Cumbria in North West England. Del Toro has also described is as a ghost story and a gothic romance.

As with the other actors, not specific details are known about the character Chastain will be playing. Guillermo del Toro is directing from a screenplay he is co-writing with British playwright Lucinda Clarkson.

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Lawless (Blu-ray)

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When it was released in cinemas last September, there were rumblings that Lawless would be in the running for the Oscars. It rather lost momentum over the last few months and ended up with no nominations at all. It’s a shame as while it’s not a masterpiece, Tom Hardy deserved a nod in one of the acting categories and the cinematography should also have been acknowledged. Indeed, I’d have included it in the Best Picture category ahead of Amour and Silver Linings Playbook. [Read more…]