Big Gay Picture Show

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

New Hitman: Agent 47 Trailer – Zachary Quinto gets subdermal titanium body armor!

By Leave a Comment

HITMAN_UK_POSTER_LARGEIt’s only a few years since we had a Hitman movie starring Timothy Olyphant, but as it didn’t leave much of an impression, Fox has decided it’s time for another movie version of the popular video game, this time with Rupert Friend in the title role, joined by Zachary Quinto in villainous mode.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research – and forty-six earlier Agent clones — endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47’s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.’

The movie hits cinemas on August 27th. Take a look at the new trailer below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: ,   FILMS:   

Hitman: Agent 47 Trailer – Rupert Friend is the shaven headed spy

By Leave a Comment

Rupert Friend in Hitman: Agent 47

Rupert Friend in Hitman: Agent 47

It’s only a few years since we had a Hitman movie starring Timothy Olyphant, but as it didn’t leave much of an impression, Fox has decided it’s time for another movie version of the popular video game, this time with Rupert Friend in the title role.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research – and forty-six earlier Agent clones — endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47’s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.’

The movie hits cinemas this August (as you can see from the banner, it was supposed to be out this month, but got pushed back). Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS:   FILMS:   

Starred Up (DVD Review)

By Leave a Comment

Eric (Jack O’Connell) is transferred from a young offenders institution to adult prison, and while he feels as if he can be a king in this new place, it soon becomes clear that he’s been thrust somewhere far more brutal and dangerous than he’s used to. The young man knows that his father, Neville (Ben Mendelsohn) is in the prison, and is hoping for a reunion.

It’s an awkward reunion though, as while Nev is keen to protect his boy, he is a violent, dangerous man and the two have very little common ground, especially due to the anger Eric barely seems to realise he harbours against his father. [Read more…]

Thomas Kretschmann joins Rupert Friend In Agent 47

By Leave a Comment

thomas-kretschmannThomas Kretschmann’s star is certainly on the rise, he apparently has a multi-picture deal with Marvel that will start with Avengers: Age Of Ultron, and now he’s signed up to play the villain in Fox’s plans to reboot the videogame Hitman on the big screen, which is going by the name Agent 47.

The project had a major setback when Paul Walker, who was set for the title role, tragically died, but he’s now been replaced by Rupert Friend, playing a deadly assassin with a barcode tattooed on the back of his head. Kretschmann is playing LeClerq, the chairman of Syndicate International, an organisation that is striving to create an army of unstoppable agents, and which Friend’s character must stop.

Zachary Quinto and Hannah Ware are also set to star, but it’s not clear who they will play.

Aleksander Bach is directing from a screenplay by Skip Woods and Michael Finch (Predators). Filming has already begun in Berlin. (Source: THR)

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: , ,   FILMS:   

Zachary Quinto Up For Hitman Reboot Agent 47

By Leave a Comment

Zachary QuintoZachary Quinto continues to flit between the worlds of film and TV, and now it’s been revealed he’s heading back to the former, as he is role in Fox International’s Agent 47, their new attempt to bring the Hitman videogame franchise to the big screen.

Rupert Friend signed up a few weeks ago to play the title character, replacing the late Paul Walker in the role. The original plan was to start production this February, however that inevitably got delayed after Walker tragic death.

The videogames follow a mysterious assassin known only as Agent 47, who has a barcode tattooed to the back of his head and works for a shadowy organization. It’s not clear who Quinto will play.

The games were adapted into the movie Hitman in 2007, which starred Timothy Olyphant and earned just under $100 million worldwide. Aleksander Bach is directing from a screenplay by Skip Woods, who also wrote the original Hitman, and Michael Finch. Filming will now start in March. (Course: Deadline)

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: ,   

Starred Up Trailer – Jack O’Connell & Ben Mendelsohn head for prison

By Leave a Comment


Jack O’Connell may not be a name you know well now, but he may be a lot more famous by the end of the year thanks to major roles in Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken and 300: Rise Of An Empire. Before then he’s got Starred Up, which also stars Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend in a prison drama.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In STARRED UP, Jack O’Connell gives a star-making performance as 19 year-old Eric Love, a violent and troubled teenager making the difficult transition from a young offenders’ institute to adult prison. He seems to be destined for a life behind bars, but the prison’s unconventional therapist (Rupert Friend) is determined to help Eric find a way through, assisted by of one of the prison’s longest serving inmates – Neville (Ben Mendelsohn) – who just happens to be Eric’s father.’

It’s in UK cinemas on March 21st. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: , ,   FILMS:   

Films Find Replacements For The Late Paul Walker In The Form Of James Marsden & Rupert Friend

By Leave a Comment

james-marsdenWhile Paul Walker was best known for the Fast & Furious, he also had a few other films lined up, two of which have now decided it is time to find a replacement, with Deadline reporting James Marsden is likely to take Walker place in The Best Of Me, while Rupert Friend is in talks for Agent 47, according to TheWrap.

The Best of Me is adapted from Nicholas Sparks’ novel, which follows two high school sweethearts, Dawson Cole and Amanda Collier, who reunite 25 years later at the funeral of their friend. James Marsden has been offered the role of Dawson, with Michelle Monaghan portraying Amanda. Michael Hoffman will direct. The film was due for an October 2014 release, but that may shift due to Walker’s death.

Agent 47 is the planned reboot based of the Hitman videogame series, which previously became a movie starring Timothy Olyphant in 2007. In the game, Agent 47 is an assassin with a barcode tattoo on the back of his head. Friend has previously appeared in Pride & Prejudice, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and The Young Victoria, and more recently has been starring in Homeland. Aleksander Bach is making his feature directorial debut with the movie. It isn’t known when it might shoot.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: , ,   FILMS: ,