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

Steve Carell & Toni Collette Reteam For The Way, Way Back

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Back in 2006, Toni Collette and Steve Carell had a big indie success with Little Miss Sunshine, and now they’re planning to get back together for a film called The Way, Way Back, from Oscar-winning writers Jim Rash and Nat Faxon (The Descendants), who will also direct.

Variety has the news, and says the film is about a teenage boy who has to struggle through a summer holiday while dealing with a bored, inattentive mother (Collette) and a hard-drinking, drug taking and cheating stepfather (Carell). Allison Janney, Sam Rockwell and Annasophia Robb are also signed up for the movie.

The script has been around for a couple of years, and will hopefully go into production this summer.

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Mark Ruffalo Set To Be A Foxcatcher

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Foxcatcher has been in the works for years, and while it moved a bit closer to the screen last year when Steve Carell and Channing Tatum signed on to star, it still haven’t gone in front of the camera. Now it’s taken one step closer, as The Avengers star Mark Ruffalo has joined the cast.

In the based on a true story tale, Ruffalo will play Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, with the film charting his relationship with John du Pont (Carell), who shot and killed him in 1996. John du Pont was the heir to the Du Pont chemical empire, but was also a paranoid schizophrenic. Schultz was a longtime friend to du Pont, who repeatedly tried to get him help before du Pont killed him. Channing Tatum will play Schultz’s younger brother, Mark, who was also an Olympic wrestler.

Production is scheduled to begin this October in Pittsburgh, with Bennett Miller (Moneyball) directing.

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Steve Carrell In Talks For Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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Steve Carell wants to add another film to his already bust roster, as Deadline reports that he’s is in talks for the upcoming live action adaptation of Judith Viorst’s popular children’s novel, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

20th Century Fox is behind the family film, which will be the first live action take on the story after a couple of animated versions. Lisa Cholodenko, best known for The Kids Are All Right, will write and direct.

Steve Carell will play the role of Ben in this story about a young boy who endures a frustrating day that begins with him waking up to find gum in his hair and ends with him threatening to move to Australia. He just can’t seem to get anything right, with his teacher moaning about his picture of an invisible castle (actually just a blank sheet of paper) and getting into trouble for punching his brother, who calls him a crybaby after he gets pushed in the mud.

It’s not certain exactly who Ben is, as the story is naturally having to be expanded missaviely from the picture heavy children’s tale. It’s not certain when the movie will shoot, but hopefully they’ve already staked out a spot in Carell’s hectic schedule.

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Steve Carell Is Buying A Magic Kingdom

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Steve Carell loves attaching himself to movie, as it seems he’s got a new one on his roster every week. Now he’s added another one, as Hollywood.com reports that he’s now attached to Magic Kingdom for Sale – SOLD!, based on the book by Terry Brooks.

The film will see Carell as widowed lawyer Ben Holiday, who finds an ad offering the magical kingdom of Landover for the seemingly bargain price of $1 million. Holiday quickly snaps up the country and heads over to check out his newly purchased property. However, he very quickly discovers that he’s in over his head, as he struggles to unite his subjects against an evil demon.

Craig Wright is on scripting duties, with Akiva Goldsman producing. Stephen Sommers was previously attached to direct, but he’s since moved on. The film is being pitched as a family friendly blockbuster that’s being eyed as a franchise, as Magic Kingdom for Sale – SOLD! is the first of six books Brooks has written about Landover.

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Seeking A Friend At The End Of The World Trailer

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Oh no, it’s the end of the world, but it seems that Seeking a Friend for the End of the World will be a more humorous take of facing oblivion than you might expect. Steve Carell and Keira Knightley star in the comedy, which marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria. Set in a too-near future, the movie explores what people will do when humanity’s last days are at hand. As the respective journeys of Dodge (Carell) and Penny (Knightley) converge (continuing Hollywood’s love of older men with younger women), the two spark to each other and their outlooks – if not the world’s – brighten. Take a look at the trailer and brand new poster!

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Steve Carell Will Be One Of The Lunatics

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Steve Carell sure likes signing up for movie. Barely a week goes by without news of him attaching himself to yet another movie. Not content with the seemingly hundreds of films he’s already got lined up, Deadline reports he’s now attached to star in an adaptation of Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel’s novel Lunatics for Universal Pictures.

The book is about Philip Horkman, the owner of a pet store who referees kids soccer games on Sundays, whose minor feud with one of the soccer dads escalates until it creates worldwide consequences, and leaves them running for their lives. Barry and Zweibel will adapt their novel, which is set to be published by in January.

It’s not known when it might go into production, but it’s early days so don’t expect it for a while.

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John Carney Takes On Steve Carell’s Dogs Of Babel

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Back in 2006, director John Carney made a bit of a splash with the musical Once, which won the Audience Award at Sundance amongst many other gongs (including an Oscar for one of the songs). However he’s been fairly quiet since, probably because rather than going Hollywood, he’s continued to make small Irish movies.

However that may change as the LA Times reports he’s in final talk to direct Dogs of Babel, which has Steve Carell onboard as producer and star. Jamie Linden wrote the screenplay, which is adapted from Carolyn Parkhurst’s novel of the same name. It centres on Paul Iverson (Carell), a linguistics professor who returns home and finds his wife dead in their back yard.

Although the police rule the death an accident, Paul is still skeptical. He tries to teach his dog Lorelei, the only witness to his wife’s death, how to speak, in hopes of determining what really happened that day. Hmm, let’s hope it’s better than it sounds, but thankfully Carney is the sort of guy who could pull this off. It isn’t known when production may begin on Dogs of Babel.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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Steve Carell Has Conviction

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People generally expect Steve Carell to be funny. Even if he gets a tad serious, they still expect to be able to have a smile on their face. He seems to be taking that seriously, as he’s just signed up for Conviction, which started out as action drama, but Deadline reports wi.ll now become an action comedy to better fit Carell.

Jonathan Herman wrote the original screenplay, which was a heist drama about a bank robber serving five years in prison, who is forced to give up his protege to the feds. That draft, which was compared to Heat, is being scrapped. Warner Bros. is seeking a new writer to turn it into an action comedy, although quite how it’s going to be funny and still be about giving up your protege to the government is anyone’s guess. The new take is said to be more like 48 Hours and Ocean’s Eleven.

It’s often difficult to understand why someone would board a project when they basically want to change everything about it, but it happens a lot in Hollywood. Hopefully though it’ll all work out here.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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Olivia Wilde In Talks For Burt Wonderstone

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Until last week the cast of the magician comedy Burt Wonderstone consisted of just Steve Carell, but a few days ago Jim Carrey came onboard and since then the other roles have been filling up fast, with THR reporting that Olivia Wilde and Steve Buscemi are both in talks for the movie, while Variety adds James Gandolfini has signed up.

The film centres on Steve Carell’s title character, a popular Las Vegas magician who gets upstaged by a hip new street performer (Carrey) with a penchant for dangerous tricks. Wonderstone then goes on a journey of self-discovery to reclaim his love of magic. Wilde is in talks to play Carell’s love interest (only a 22-year age difference there, but Hollywood has never had a problem with middle-aged men and young ladies), while Buscemi is set play Carell’s longtime friend and on-stage partner who quits the act after getting injured. Gandolfini meanwhile will be the owner of the casino where Carell’s character performs.

Sarah Silverman was also in contention for the love-interest role, but it appears they’ve decided on Wilde. Don Scardino will direct, with shooting set to begin in January.

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Channing Tatum May Be A Foxcatcher

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For several years, Capote director Bennett Miller has been working on the movie Foxcatcher, but he got rather sidelined making Moneyball. Now that movie is out of the way, he’s back on Foxcatcher and recently attached Steve Carell to the lead role. Now the LA Times reports that Channing Tatum may be joining him in the movie. No deal has been signed as yet, but Tatum is apparently in talks.

Based on a true story Carell will play John Du Pont, heir to the Du Pont family, who was convicted of murdering his friend, Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler, David Schultz – the role that Channing Tatum is up for. No motive was ever established, which may be because Du Pont was diagnosed with schizophrenia, so it was all in his own head. After the shooting, Du Pont then holed himself up in his mansion for two days while negotiating with the police. Indeed it’s the mansion and farm that give the movie its name, suggesting the film will concentrate on this bit of the multimillionaire’s life.

Miller is currently getting the final pieces of financing sorted for the film, with the hope he’ll be able to start shooting early next year.

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