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

Josh Brolin Has A Big Hammer In A New Oldboy Remake Poster

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oldboy-poster2After years in development and a lot of people saying Hollywood shouldn’t have even thought of remaking Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, Spike Lee’s new take on the 2003 film is due for release in just a couple of months time. Now a new poster has arrived, showing a rather haggard looking Josh Brolin and his hammer!

Here’s the synopsis: ‘OLDBOY is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. 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. Co-starring Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley, OLDBOY was directed by Spike Lee, from a script by Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, The Cell, Thor). The film was produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison and Nathan Kahane.’

The film will hit cinemas in November.

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New Pics Of A Shirtless Josh Brolin In Oldboy Released

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While some are still furious that Hollywood has dared remake Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, it actually look pretty intriguing, and Spike Lee is definitely an interesting director to take the project on. We’ve already had a poster and trailer, and now some new images have been released, featuring Elizabeth Olsen and Josh Brolin being all shirtless and locked up.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘OLDBOY is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. 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. Co-starring Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley, OLDBOY was directed by Spike Lee, from a script by Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, The Cell, Thor). The film was produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison and Nathan Kahane.’

The film will hit cinemas this autumn.

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First Look At Kate Winslet & Josh Brolin In Jason Reitman’s Labor Day Released

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Labor-Day-pic1It looks like Juno and Young Adult director Jason Reitman might be getting serious with Labor Day, as the first image, which arrives via EW, show us Kate Winslet looking rather stressed and upset, while Josh Brolin gazes off into the distance (or at least into the wall).

Reitman says it’s a more straightforward work than his previous movie. ”There’s no cynicism in this movie. There’s no irony in this movie,” he says. “This one is dramatic, romantic, and has moments of being a thriller — all new things for me. It felt like making my first movie again.”

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Labor Day centers on 13-year-old Henry Wheeler, who struggles to be the man of his house and care for his reclusive mother Adele while confronting all the pangs of adolescence. On a back-to-school shopping trip, Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, a man both intimidating and clearly in need of help, who convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape them for the rest of their lives.’

A Christmas Day US release is set, with the film coming to the UK in early 2014.

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Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke & John Hawkes May Go Up Everest

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josh-brolinEverybody in Hollywood is gonna be going up Everest soon – or at least pretending to – with rivals project based on ill-fated assents of the mountain currently in the planning stages. Doug Liman is planning to direct one with Tom Hardy likely to star, while Baltasar Kormakur (2 Guns) is helming the other.

Now that latter one is filling out its cast. Deadline reports that Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke are all in talks for the movie. Christian Bale was previously being courted for the film, but he’s no longer involved.

The movie is based on an infamous incident in 1996, and will follow two separate groups who tried to reach the summit of Mount Everest, but the whole thing ended in tragedy. There’s no news on who the actors would play, but Bale had been set to play Rob Hall, the leader of a New Zealand group of climbers, four of whom never returned from the mountain. The plan is to shoot the movie this autumn.

Liman’s Everest film meanwhile is about George Mallory, who may have been the first to reach the mountain’s summit in 1924, but who never made it back to reveal if he had made it to the top or not.

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Oldboy Red Band Trailer – Take a look at Spike Lee’s remake of Park Chan-Wook’s film

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As we were promised, the first trailer for Spike Lee’s version of Oldboy has been released, which partially seems to be about trying to assuage fans of Park Chan-Wook’s original that this will be its own beast, while keeping the best bits of the original. To be honest, I don’t think it’s gonna help, as those who love Wook’s Oldboy, really love it and pretty much see Lee’s film as sacrilege, whatever it turns out to be like.

It does look like it might be okay though.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘OLDBOY is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. 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. Co-starring Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley, OLDBOY was directed by Spike Lee, from a script by Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, The Cell, Thor). The film was produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison and Nathan Kahane.’

The film will hit cinemas this autumn. [Read more…]

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Josh Brolin Is Out Of His Box In The First Oldboy Remake Poster

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oldboy-poster1While there are still a lot of people angry that Hollywood would dare to remake Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, the fact is that it’s coming, with Spike Lee directing and Josh Brolin starring. Now the first poster and some images (via Facebook) have arrived, which suggest Lee is keen to put his own stamp on the film.

Indeed it makes it all look a little strange and mysterious. We’ll be able to get a better feel for the movie on Wednesday, which is when the first trailer is due.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘OLDBOY is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. 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.

‘Co-starring Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley, OLDBOY was directed by Spike Lee, from a script by Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, The Cell, Thor). The film was produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison and Nathan Kahane.’

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Josh Brolin Joins Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

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josh-brolinWith shooting scheduled to kick off this summer, Paul Thomas Anderson is busy adding to the cast of Inherent Vice. Now he’s got another name, as Josh Brolin has signed up for the film, according to Deadline.

The movie is based on Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel of the same name, which follows Los Angeles private detective Doc Sportello in 1969. It’s described as being, ‘Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon- private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era. In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren’t there.

‘It’s been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex- girlfriend. Suddenly she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It’s the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that “love” is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” except that this one usually leads to trouble.’

It isn’t know who Josh Brolin’s will play, but he joins a cast that includes Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Martin Short, and Jena Malone.

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Sin City 2 Reveals Josh Brolin As Dwight In New Pics

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While many of the Sin City actors are returning for the sequel, one who isn’t is Clive Owen. However with Dwight an important part of the movie, director Robert Rodriguez has drafted in Josh Brolin to play the character.

Now we’ve got our first look at the new Dwight, with Rodriguez tweeting images of Brolin in front of a green-screen, and then in moody black and white as he’ll look in the finished neo-noir movie.

For the image above he tweeted ‘Here’s bad ass Josh Brolin driving a Rodriguez-mobile. (A green box with a steering wheel bolted on)’

And the one below ‘And here’s a quick photo touch up I do to set a tone for the actors. (Probably won’t be raining in final movie) ‘

The film is due out this autumn, with Jamie Chung, Jessica Alba, Alexa Vega, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Dennis Haysbert starring.

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Josh Brolin Playing Dwight In Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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josh-brolinJust yesterday we discovered Joseph Gordon-Levitt had joined the cast of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and now the roll call of well-known names has grown again, as Josh Brolin and Christopher Meloni have joined the film.

Brolin will play Dwight, taking over the role from Clive Owen who played the part in the first Sin City Movie. In Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Dwight is hunted down by the only woman he ever loved, Ava Lord, and then watches his life go straight to hell. Chronologically, this story takes place prior to ‘The Big Fat Kill’ (featured in the film Sin City) and explains how Dwight came to have a dramatically different face – so it should make sense that he’s not played by Clive Owen.

Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller commented, “Dwight is a constant character throughout the Sin City world and “A Dame To Kill For” is a defining episode in his life. We’re looking forward to Josh’s take on Dwight.”

As yet it’s not known who Christopher Meloni will play.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For weaves together two of Miller’s classic stories with new tales in which the town’s most hard boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more repulsive inhabitants. Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson and Jaime King all return, with new cast members including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dennis Haysbert and Jamie Chung. The part of the ‘Dame’ has yet to be cast. Production is underway at Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas. (Source: Variety)

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James Ransone Replaces Nate Parker In Spike Lee’s Oldboy

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James Ransone is currently seeing decent success in Sinister, and now he’s picked up another gig, as he has joined the cast of Spike Lee’s Oldboy, replacing the recently cast Nate Parker, who’s been forced to drop out due to scheduling issues. It’ll be James Ransone’s third movie with Lee, as the actor previously starred in the filmmaker’s Inside Man and Red Hook Summer.

Ransone will play a doctor who works with Elizabeth Olsen’s character. The film follows the story of 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. His quest for revenge leads him into an ill-fated relationship with a young social worker (Elizabeth Olsen) and ultimately to an illusive man (Sharlto Copley) who allegedly holds the key to his salvation. Samuel L. Jackson also stars.

Spike Lee is directing from a screenplay by Mark Protosevich. Production is currently under way in New Orleans. (Source: Variety)

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