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

Orlando Bloom & Michael Douglas Up for Unlocked, Alongside Noomi Rapace

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Orlando-BloomOrlando Bloom is stepping back out of Middle Earth and teaming up with Michael Douglas and Noomi Rapace for the thriller Unlocked, with Michael Hafstrom directing, according to THR.

Based on Peter O’Brien’s script, the film is about Rapace’s CIA interrogator, who gets tricked into providing a terrorist with information that they need and because of that she becomes involved in a plot to plan a biological attack in London.

It’s not clear who either Bloom or Douglas will play.

The film is currently looking for buyers in Toronto, with production set to start this November.

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Escape Plan (Blu-ray)

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If this was 1987, Escape Plan would have been just about the most exciting prospect any popcorn flick fan had ever heard of, but Schwarzenegger and Stallone aren’t quite the box office titans they once were. So if they’re going to make a movie together they need something worthwhile around them and unfortunately Escape Plan doesn’t quite stack up.

Stallone is Ray Breslin a security expert whose job is to get inserted into maximum security prisons and then test their security by trying to break out. He’s asked to do the same for a secret facility where the government keeps the most dangerous people on the planet, who essentially need to be disappeared. However Ray won’t be allowed the back-up of his usual team. [Read more…]

Stallone & Schwarzenegger Head To Jail In Two New Escape Plan Posters

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone spent a bit of time together in The Expendables movies, but now they’re properly teaming up for Escape Plan. It may be 20 years after most people would have really wanted the action legends to make a movie together, but it’s coming nevertheless!

Now two new posters have arrived, which you can see above and below.

Directed by Mikael Hafstrom, Escape Plan is about Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone), a security expert who is framed for a crime and sent to the ultra maximum security prison that he designed. With the help of longtime inmate Swan Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Ray hatches a plan to break out of this one-of-a-kind floating prison at sea, and clear his name.

A UK release date is set for September 27th, with a US release set for October 18th.

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Escape Plan Trailer – Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sylvester Stallone team up

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have had a bit of time together in The Expendables movies, but now they’re properly teaming up for Escape Plan. The trailer has arrived to give us a taste of the film.

Directed by Mikael Hafstrom, Escape Plan is about Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone), a security expert who is framed for a crime and sent to the ultra maximum security prison that he designed. With the help of longtime inmate Swan Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Ray hatches a plan to break out of this one-of-a-kind floating prison at sea, and clear his name.

A UK release date is set for September 27th, with a US release set for October 18th. [Read more…]

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Mikael Hafstrom To Direct Family Fantasy Tunnels

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Mikael-HafstromEven before Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams’ novel Tunnels was published, Hollywood had snapped up the rights and was planning a film version. However it’s taken a lot longer than originally envisioned to get it ready. Now there’a bit more impetus as Relativity Media has announced they have signed Mikael Håfström (The Tomb, 1408) to direct the fantasy adventure book.

Andrew Lobel is the latest to work on the screenplay, taking over from Joel Bergvall & Simon Sandquist. Tunnels is based on the first installment of the novel series, which has sold over one million copies and been published in nearly 40 countries worldwide. The authors have already completed five sequels. with the sixth and final book in the series, Terminal, coming soon.

Tunnels is a fantasy adventure set beneath the streets of London, where two teenage boys discover an incredible, hidden underground world where a secret civilisation has been desperately waiting for a hero to save them all. The deeper they go, the closer they get to unearthing an evil that could destroy the world above and put an end to the lives they once lived.

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

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Vincent D’Onofrio & Vinnie Jones Join Stallone & Arnie In The Tomb

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Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed up to co-star together in The Tomb, and now Variety reports they’ve got a quartet of new castmates, as Vincent D’Onofrio, 50 Cent, Amy Ryan, and Vinnie Jones have signed on for the movie. James Caviezel was also recently added to the cast.

The film is set in the world’s most impenetrable prison, which was designed by security expert Ray Breslin (Stallone). However Ray gets framed for a crime, gets sent to the very prison he created, and must try and escape from the jail which he believes is completely secure.

Amy Ryan plays Breslin’s business partner and possible love interest, Vincent D’Onofrio plays the deputy director of the Prisons Bureau who convinces Ray to do one last job before retirement, while Vinnie Jones is playing a ruthless prison guard. No details are known regarding 50 Cent’s character.

Mikael Håfström is directing from a screenplay by Miles Chapman and Jason Keller, with filming set to begin later this year.

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Jim Caviezel Enters The Tomb Opposite Sly and Arnie

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It’s gonna be Rambo vs. The Terminator vs. Jesus himself in The Tomb, as with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have been joined by Jim Caviezel in the prison drama. Producer Mark Canton revealed on The Matthew Aaron Show that Caviezel has signed on to play the Warden.

Here’s what the producer had to say below about his growing cast, “It’s a big deal, because I always wanted Sly and Arnold together. The Expendables is fantastic, but where they’re really mono y mono, like in Heat, or a movie of that quality. We have this great director in Mikael Håfström, and yesterday we signed Jim Caviezel to play the Warden. It’s going to be a great cast. For me, it’s a very big thing to work with those guys together.”

The film is about Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone), a security expert who designed the most secure prison known to man. When he’s framed for a crime and sent to the prison he designed, he must outsmart himself to escape. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Church, an inmate who helps his fellow prisoners stay in touch with their own humanity.

Shooting is scheduled to begin this spring in Louisiana.

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Schwarzenegger & Stallone Confirmed for The Tomb

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In the 1980s, film fans cried out for a film that would team Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone together in one movie, but it never happened. However since Arnie’s returned to the movies from politics, they can’t stop working together. After two Expendables movies, the duo have now been confirmed for The Tomb, which starts shooting this spring, with Mikael Hafstrom (1408) directing.

The Tomb follows Ray Breslin (Stallone) who is the world’s foremost authority on structural security. He’s analyzed every high security prison and has gained a vast array of survival skills, but all Ray’s ingenuity and knowledge are about to be put to work in the most challenging test he’s ever faced: escaping from the master prison of his own design.

Schwarzenegger, in the role of Church, plays ‘a complex inmate with multiple shades of grey’. He’s the guy who fights to keep the prisoners from losing their humanity in their darkest hour as they struggle together to stay alive.

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Schwarzenegger May Enter The Tomb With Stallone

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The currently director-less project, The Tomb has already signed Sylvester Stallone and is looking to bring on Arnold Schwarzenegger to play a key role, according to AICN. Antoine Fuqua was previously attached to direct.

Sylvester Stallone will still play the lead role of Ray Breslin, and expert prison designer who has to escape from the most secure facility he ever helped create. Both veteran action stars will soon come together for The Expendables 2, alongside Bruce Willis, who was also interested in The Tomb’s lead role, but passed.

The Tomb is also in need of a director, and Deadline reports that Mikael Hafstrom (The Rite, 1408) is in talks to take on that job. There’s no news on when the film might shoot.

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