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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

Will Poulter Is ‘It’ In A New Take On Stephen King’s Horror Novel

May 5, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

will-poulterFor a while there’s been talk about a new film version of Stephen King’s It, with Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) attached to direct. Now it’s moved a little closer to the screen as Variety reports the movie has found its villainous Pennywise The Clown in the form of Will Poulter.

Although he’s a lot younger than Tim Curry was when he took on the role in the 80s (initially the new film intended to go older too, looking at the likes of Mark Rylance and Ben Mendelsohn), it’s a potentially smart move as Will has shown he can be funny, as in We’re The Millers, but is also getting buzz for his more dramatic, intense role in The Revenant.

The current plan is to make two movies, based on Kings book which follows, ‘a group of outcast kids who come together over summer break to take on the monster that’s haunting their town, battling their own personal monsters in the process.’

Filming will start this summer.

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ACTORS: Will Poulter  DIRECTORS: Cary Fukunaga  FILMS: It  

True Detective (Blu-ray Review)

June 8, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Alexandra Daddario, Kevin Dunn
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Running Time: 440 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: June 9th 2014 (UK)

HBO has certainly got itself a reputation in the last few years for bringing the big screen onto the small screen, whether it’s with films like Behind The Candelabra and The Normal Heart or by getting big name stars to appear in its TV series. With True Detective they lured in Matthew McConaughey (just before he was going to win an Oscar) and Woody Harrelson, as well as Jane Eyre director Cary Fukunaga, for what the makers have describes as an eight-part cinematic experience.

Although that might sound rather hyperbolic, this time it pretty much lives up to the hype, even if it isn’t the total masterpiece some have suggested. [Read more…]

Cary Fukunaga Takes On War Drama Noble Assassin

August 22, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Cary-FukunagaDreamWorks has picked up the rights to Paul Kix’s upcoming book Noble Assassin, and they’ve already got a director attached, as Cary Fukunaga (Jane Eyre, Sin Nombre) has signed on, according to Deadline.

The film tells the true story of Robert de la Rochefoucauld, who was a mercenary for the French Resistance during World War II. He was trained in the dark arts and partook in the destruction of train stations and munitions factories. The war veteran also endured months of torture and escaped his own execution.
The book will be hitting U.S. shelves this October.

The film isn’t likely to shoot for a while, as Fukunaga is first set to make Beasts of No Nation, which recently added Idris Elba to star.

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DIRECTORS: Cary Fukunaga  

Director Cary Fukunaga Takes On Stephen King’s It

June 8, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

In the 80s and early 90s you couldn’t move for films based on Stephen King stories, but things have been fairly quiet for the past few years. However there’s been a resurgence of interest, with remakes of the likes of Carrie and Pet Sematary in the works, while Warner is working on The Stand and Ron Howard still hopes to make The Dark Tower. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of the King-based films in development.

There’s also been talk of taking the author’s novel It to the big screen, and now THR reports that Warner Bros. has found a director for the project, Cary Fukunaga, who most recently made Jane Eyre. It’s a bit of a departure for the director, and a major project, as the idea at the moment it to turn the hefty and densely plotted tome into two movies.

The story follows a group of kids called the Losers Club that encounter a creature called It, which preys on children and whose favorite form is that of a sadistic clown called Pennywise (famously played by Tim Curry in a 1990 two-part TV version). When the creature resurfaces years later, the now-grown kids are called upon to regroup again, this time as adults, even though they have no memory of the first battle.

There’s no news on when the film might shoot.

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DIRECTORS: Cary Fukunaga  

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