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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

First Look At Matt Damon In Ridley Scott’s The Martian

May 24, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

the-martian-pic1Poor old Matt Damon, he got stranded for years on a distant planet in Interstellar and now he’s getting trapped alone on Mars! The first pics from Ridley Scott’s The Martian have now emerged, showing Matt looking very lonely on the Red Planet.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

‘After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

‘Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?’

While the movie will largely involve Matt alone on Mars, the film also features Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Michael Peña, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeff Daniels, Mackenzie Davis, Sean Bean, Donald Glover and Naomi Scott.

It’s due out in November.

Take at look at he pics below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Ridley Scott  FILMS: The Martian  

Why Did Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Cut A Gay Sex Scene From Good Will Hunting?

January 29, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

ben-affleck-matt-damon-good-will-huntingThe finished version of Good Will Hunting wasn’t noted for its hot gay sex scenes, but that doesn’t mean they never existed! Indeed according to producer Harvey Weinstein, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck included one just to see who was paying attention.

While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, Weinstein told the host (via Mental Floss), “Everyone in Hollywood wanted Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and the film. In the meeting with them, I said ‘I only have one really big note on the script. About page 60, the two leads, both straight men, have a sex scene. What the hell is that?'”

It turns out though that it was included as a deliberate ploy, as the actors/writers told him, “That’s the scene we wrote to see if guys like you read the script, because every studio executive we went to hadn’t read it. You’re the only guy who brought it up, so you get the movie”.

Without any gay sex, the script went on to win Damon and Affleck the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, while the movie itself became a major hit, grossing over $200 million.

However I’m now kind of wishing I was a Hollywood executive, as I’d have told them I’d have made the movie, but only if they kept that scene in. Sure it wouldn’t have made any sense, but who the hell cares?

And just as an aside, isn’t it slightly disturbing how young Damon and Affleck look in the pic above?

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ACTORS: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck  

Reese Witherspoon Will Be Downsizing Alongside Matt Damon

January 8, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

reese-witherspoon-wild-slideReese Witherspoon has been slightly in the filmic wilderness for the past few years, but coming off her well received performance in Wild she’s circling for a new film from a director beloved by the Academy, as she’s in talking Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, according to Deadline.

It’s her second time round on the project, as she was previously attached way back in 2009, before Payne but the project on the backburner.

The slightly odd sounding film is about a man (Matt Damon) who decides that his life would be much better if he shrunk himself. It’s previously been described as being a social satire.

It’s not 100% clear who Witherspoon will play, although she was previously set to play a woman who met the shrinking man (who at that point was set to be played by Paul Giamatti).

The main sticking point with Witherspoon’s involvement is scheduling, as it’s believed Damon will shoot the new Jason Bourne movie before Downsizing, and so it’s difficult to pin down exactly when it will go in front of the camera at the moment.

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ACTORS: Reese Witherspoon, Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Alexander Payne  FILMS: Downsizing  

Matt Damon Confirms He’ll Be Back As Jason Bourne

November 10, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

bourne-ultimatum-matt-damonIn September is was reported that director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon were in talks to make another Bourne movie. While the sources seemed pretty solid, Damon himself wasn’t saying anything about it, and with talks for a fourth Jason Bourne movie having fallen through before, it wasn’t completely certain.

However now Matt himself has confirmed it, telling E! News, telling them, “Yes, next year [we’ll shoot it]. It’ll be in 2016 when the movie will actually come out. Paul Greengrass is going to do another one and that’s all I ever said. I just needed him to say yes.”

Damon is just about to shoot The Martian for Ridley Scott and he’s also recently signed up for Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, so presumably the new Bourne movie will come after those films.

Previously 2016 was set to get a sequel to The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner, but when Damon and Greengrass came on board, that film took a backseat. It’s not clear yet whether they’ll bring in Renner to star alongside Damon, or whether we’ll have to wait longer for his return to the franchise.

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ACTORS: Matt Damon, Jeremy Renner  DIRECTORS: Paul Greengrass  FILMS: Bourne 5  

Matt Damon Is Going To Be Downsizing With Director Alexander Payne

November 6, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

matt-damonIn the seven year gap between Sideways and The Descendants, Alexander Payne worked on several projects, but despite the success of his earlier films he had difficulty getting a movie off the ground. One of those projects was Downsizing, which got trapped in development despite having a cast in place including the likes of Paul Giamatti, Reese Witherspoon and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Now though it’s back and it may have a better chance of getting made, as Deadline reports that Matt Damon is on board and 20th Century Box is backing it.

The slightly odd sounding film is about a man (Damon) who decides that his life would be much better if he shrunk himself (he must have never seen Honey I Shrunk The Kids, or he’d know shrink rays are a bad idea).

As with Sideways, which won them a Best Screenplay Oscar, Alexander Payne co-wrote the script with Jim Taylor. It isn’t known Downsizing will shoot, but it won’t be for a while as Damon is just about so start shooting The Martian for Ridley Scott.

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ACTORS: Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Alexander Payne  

Matt Damon May Head To The Great Wall of China

September 22, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

matt-damonEver since the box office in China started to explode, Hollywood has been trying to find ways to court the country’s viewers, whether it’s remaking The Karate Kid and setting it in China or shooting Chinese-only scenes for Iron Man 3.

A couple of years ago Legendary, the company behind the likes of Godzilla and Pacific Rim, even set up a China based offshoot and announced plans for a movie about the Great Wall Of China. Now it’s moving forward with Deadline reporting the Matt Damon is circling to star and Zhang Yimou (Hero, House Of Flying Daggers) set to direct.

The film was originally due to shoot last year with with Henry Cavill and Benjamin Walker set to star and Ed Zwick directing. That all fell through though, so they’re starting over with the hope Damon will sign on.

There’s still not too much info on Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro’s script (with more recent work by Tony Gilroy), other than that it ‘reveals the mystery behind why the Great Wall was built, and the secrets hidden beneath its stones’.

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ACTORS: Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Yang Zhimou  

Matt Damon & Paul Greengrass Coming Back For More Bourne?

September 17, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

matt-damonBefore we got The Bourne Legacy there was a lot of back and forth about whether Matt Damon would make another Bourne movie. While he never completely ruled it out, he did say he wouldn’t come back without director Paul Greengrass – and at the time the helmer wasn’t interested.

It seems things have changed though, as Deadline reports that Universal Pictures is finalizing deals with Damon and Greengrass for a new Bourne flick. It was Matt himself who seems to have opened the door, saying back in May that he was open to playing Bourne again, and also hinted that Greengrass wasn’t completely averse to the idea if they could find a story that interested them both.

It’s bad news for Jeremy Renner though, as he’s due to star in a follow-up to Bourne Legacy, which Justin Lin is set to direct and currently has a July 2016 release date set. However if it all comes together for Jason Bourne’s return, the Renner movie is likely to get bumped with the Damon film taking over that release date.

It’s not known what the plot might be or who will write the script.

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ACTORS: Matt Damon, Jeremy Renner  DIRECTORS: Paul Greengrass  FILMS: Bourne 5  

Matt Damon Is Going To Manchester-By-The-Sea

September 8, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

matt-damonMatt Damon has booked himself a new role and he’s going a bit dramatic for the movie Manchester By The Sea, according to THR. The movie will reunite him with Kenneth Lonergan, who he worked with a couple of years ago on the movie Margaret.

In the movie, ‘Damon will play a Boston-living ne’er-do-well plumber who is forced to return home to the titular town after he learns his brother passed away. (Damon is a Boston native.) There, he finds himself thrust into the care of the man’s 16-year old son but finds himself crumbling due to a secret tragedy in his past.’

The film is said to be similar in tone to Lonergan’s Oscar-nominated 2000 movie You Can Count On Me, which starred Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney.

Manchester By The Sea is due to shoot soon, with Damon fitting the move in before The Martian starts filming in November.

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ACTORS: Matt Damon  

Jessica Chastain & Kristen Wiig May Star Opposite Matt Damon In The Martian

September 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

jessica-chastainFor a few months now Matt Damon and Ridley Scott have been preparing to team up for The Martian. While the film is largely about a man stranded alone on Mars, he’s not 100% of the story, and now it looks like he’s getting some company, as Variety and Deadline report that Jessica Chastain and Kristen Wiig are circling the movie.

There’s no news on who they might play, although it’s likely one of the actresses will be the Commander of the NASA mission that results in Damon get stuck on the Red Planet, while the other will be back at Mission Control on Earth.

The film is based on the self-published e-book by Andy Weir, with Drew Goddard having adapted the script (Goddard at one time was set to direct, but was replaced by Scott after Drew went off to make the Spider-man spin-off The Sinister Six).

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ACTORS: Kristen Wiig, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Ridley Scott  FILMS: The Martian  

Ridley Scott Circling The Matt Damon Sci-fi, The Martian

May 14, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Ridley-ScottLast month it was Matt Damon had attached himself to the sci-fi flick The Martian, but at the same time director Drew Goddard dropped out, due to his commitments to Sony’s Spider-man spin-off, The Sinister Six.

Now a replacement might have been found as THR reports that Ridley Scott is in talks to direct the 20th Century Fox movie.

Based on the self-published e-book by Andy Weir, The Martian ‘follows an astronaut who becomes stranded on Mars and must figure out how to survive long enough to return to Earth.’

The movie has been described as a cross between Apollo 13 and Cast Away (they seem to be deliberately avoiding mentioning Gravity, as the premise is bound to make some people wonder whether this film will end up as Cuaron’s movie’s poor cousin).

It’s believed they’ll still work from Goddard’s screenplay. It’s not clear when it will shoot though.

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ACTORS: Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Ridley Scott  
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