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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 Pics Of Natalie Portman & Joel Edgerton In Jane Got A Gun

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jane-got-a-gun-pic1-slideJane Got A Gun is unfortunately more intriguing for whether they’ve managed to pull it back from the mess it threatened to become than the movie itself. After ages in development the whole thing nearly collapsed the day before production was due to start when director Lynn Ramsey decided to quit.

That led to delays, a musical chairs casting roulette and Warrior’s Gavin O’Connor stepping in to helm.

However the movie is now in the can and heading to cinemas in the US in September, although no UK date is currently set, and the first images have now arrived.

Natalie Portman stars as the title character, whose husband (Noah Emmerich) comes home riddled with bullet wounds. When the band of outlaws of shot him comes to Jane’s farm to finish the job, she seeks help from a former lover (Joel Edgerton) to ward off these gunmen. Ewan McGregor is playing the leader of the bad guys, with Boyd Holbrook as his younger brother.

Take a look at the first pics above and below. [Read more…]

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Knight of Cups Trailer – First look at Christian Bale in Terrence Malick’s film

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knight-of-cups-pic1While Terrence Malick likes to take his time with films, there’s a chance we’ll be getting two 2015, as he shot a couple of movies back-to-back, the first of which, Knight Of Cups, will premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. And now we have a trailer for the film.

As you’d expect from the director of The Tree Of Life and To The Wonder, it’s not a typical movie, as it was shot with no script, allowing the cast to improvise to Malick’s direction. However as the trailer shows, it does look like something a little different, with more energy, modernity and than we’re used to seeing from the helmer.

There’s no real synopsis, but the great cast includes Christian Bale alongside Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Jason Clarke, Joel Kinnaman, Joe Manganiello, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Wes Bentley, Isabel Lucas, Teresa Palmer, Imogen Poots, Armin Mueller-Stahl and the voice of Ben Kingsley.

The other Malick movie mentioned above doesn’t have a title yet, but it shares quite a few of the same actors and is set against the music scene. [Read more…]

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Thor: The Dark World (Cinema)

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Thor – The Dark World is the 8th installment set in the Marvel’s Interconnected Universe, and this time the franchise has a new director, Alan Taylor, taking over from Kenneth Branagh, who did such a great job introducing Thor to the cinematic world.

So what do we need to know about Thor: The Dark World? Well, it delivers much the same as the original Thor – there are intergalactic baddies (Elves lead by Malekith – played by Christopher Ecclestone) trying to kill the residents of Asgard as well as the other nine realms. There are amazing backdrops to set the battles in, there are ridiculously over the top costumes, and massive body counts, rippling muscle and a good thread of humour running through the film. [Read more…]

Natalie Portman & Jaimie Alexander Get New Thor: The Dark World Posters Arrive

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Pretty much all the promotion for Thor: The Dark World has concentrated on the guys, from Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston to Anthony Hopkins and Christopher Eccleston. Now the ladies are getting a chance to shine, with new character posters featuring Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster and Jaimie Alexander’s Sif.

Hopefully Portman’s going to get something worthwhile to do in the film, as all the promos, including this one, has presented her as a bit of a damsel in distress. Take a look at the new posters above and below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

‘Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne (credit not final) and screenplay by Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (credit not final) and is based on Marvel’s classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book “Journey into Mystery “ #83 in August, 1962.’

The film’s out in the UK on October 30th and the US a week later.

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New Thor: The Dark World Posters Unmask Malekith And Allow Chris Hemsworth To Pose

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Thor: The Dark World hits cinemas in November, and to remind of that fact, Disney has released two new poster showing off the good guys and the baddies, with Chris Hemworth’s Thor striking a heroic pose (while Natalie Portman looks worryingly like a blow-up doll), and another featuring Christopher Eccleston’s evil Malekith unmasking.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

‘Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne (credit not final) and screenplay by Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (credit not final) and is based on Marvel’s classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book “Journey into Mystery “ #83 in August, 1962.’

The movie’s out October 30th 2013 in the UK, and November 8th in the US.

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New Thor: The Dark World Pics Show Off Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston & More

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Empire has gone slightly Thor: The Dark World crazy, with four different covers for the film with their new issue. They’ve also a slew on new pics from the film, showing off the world of Asgard, along with the likes of Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba, Jaimie Alexander and loads more.

It’s also our best look yet at Christopher Eccleston under a load of make-up as the evil Malekit, as well as his minions.

And don’t expect everyone to survive this film, as director Alan Taylor has revealed,”You know, we are killing Asgardians in this movie. It turns out immortality isn’t all that it was cracked up to be.”
Hopefully that isn’t the reason Loki isn’t in The Avengers: Age Of Ultron, as there will be a lot of angry fans if it is.

Producer Craig Kyle also spoke about how the events of Thor lead into Thor: The Dark World. “When the Bifrost was broken at the end of the first film, Odin had to conjure a lot of dark energy and go through a lot of personal sacrifice to try and get his son back to Earth,” he says. “And it was a one-shot deal. If Thor didn’t succeed, without the Tesseract he couldn’t have got back again. And in our film, finally the Bifrost has been rebuilt, but during that time, when the cops were largely cut off from the rest of the universe, you had miscreants that came in from outside the Nine Realms, pillaging and destroying and causing havoc. So that’s what our guys have been doing now – trying to put all these fires out across the Nine Realms.”

Thor: The Dark World is out November 8th, 2013.

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New Thor: The Dark World Trailer – Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are back in Asgard

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In the first Thor, the alien god spent most of his time on Earth, but for the sequel, The Dark World, we’ve been promised plenty more time in Asgard, along with the other realms of the Thor universe. Now a new trailer gives us out best look yet at the film, which can’t resist but show us there will be some moments on Earth in the film – after all, Natalie Portman has to reunite with Thor somehow – even if it’s still very fantasy sci-fi overall.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.’

The film is out October 30th. [Read more…]

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Chris Hemsworth Strikes A Heroic Post In An Ace New Thor: The Dark World Poster

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I’m not sure whether Natalie Portman will be that impressed by her rather subservient Princess Leia pose on this new poster for Thor: The Dark World, but it’s still a rather cool image. It brings together Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston and more, letting us know that this film will be exploring Asgard far more than Earth.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.’

The film’s due out October 30th,  2013.

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Natalie Portman Courted For Cheerleading Movie Dare Me

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natalie-portmanGrey Gardens and The Vow director Michael Sucsy has been hired to helm the novel adaptation Dare Me. Now he and Fox 2000 are looking towards casting the movie and, they want Natalie Portman. At the moment there’s no info on how interested she might be, but the studio is hoping to get her, according to Deadline.

Dare Me is based on Megan Abbott’s novel, which has been described as Heathers meets Fight Club, with a dash of Bring It On thrown in. It’s about cheerleaders Addy Hanlon and Beth Cassidy, who are the unchallenged rulers of their high school until a new coach comes into town and gives the girls an attitude adjustment. After a shocking event takes place, the local police begin an investigation involving the coach and her squad.

Portman is presumably being sought for the coach role. There’s no news on who the teens might be, or indeed when they’re hoping to shoot the movie.

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Jane Got a Gun Loses Yet Another Talent, This Time Bradley Cooper

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bradley-cooperIt seems like Jane Got A Gun is bidding to join the ranks of legendary cursed productions, as after Michael Fassbender departed shortly before production due to scheduling problems, he was joined shortly afterwards by director Lynn Ramsay, who had creative differences with the producer. That led Jude Law to depart, who was then replaced by Bradley Cooper.

However Cooper has now gone too, according to Deadline, saying he’d hoped to fit it in but is too busy shooting David O’Russell’s new film and promoting The Hangover Part III. O’Russell’s film was affected by the Boston Bombings, which seems to have caused some delays.

Gavin O’Connor is now directing Jane Got A Gun, and as he had to come in at the last minute they added in a production break to help him get caught up. Cooper was due to film his scenes in the second part of the shoot, which starts next month, but they’ll now have to find a replacement.

Producers have already reached out to Jake Gyllenhaal, who’s unavailable, and are also looking at the likes of Tobey Maguire, and Tom Hiddleston to fill their latest casting void.

Natalie Portman stars as the title character, whose husband (Noah Emmerich) comes home riddled with bullet wounds. When the band of outlaws comes to Jane’s farm to finish the job, she seeks help from a former lover (Joel Edgerton) to ward off these gunmen.

Cooper was due to plain the main villain.

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