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

Brad Pitt & Robert Zemeckis Teaming For Romantic Thriller

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brad-pittIt’s always slightly frustrating when a new film is announced but they don’t bother to tell you what it’s about. It happens a lot and now we’ve got another one, as it’s been revealed the Brad Pitt is set to star in a new film from director Robert director.

However on the plot side, the only thing know is that it’s described as an ‘epic story’, and a ‘sweeping romantic thriller’. Rumours suggest it will be set during World War II, although that hasn’t been confirmed (it would make sense though, as Pitt does seem to like WWII films).

Steven Knight will write the script, which bodes well as he’s the man behind Dirty Pretty Things, Locke, Eastern Promises and The Hundred-Foot Journey.

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The Walk Trailer – Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Robert Zemeckis take on a high wire act

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the-walk-slideIt looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt enjoyed looking nothing like Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Looper, as it appears he’s at it again with The Walk, where he’s transformed himself into Philippe Petit.

In 1974 the daredevil infamously, and illegally, walked on a tightrope between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center, as shown in the acclaimed documentary Man On Wire.

The Walk, directed by Robert Zemeckis, takes a look at this incredible event.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds. The film is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the Towers of the World Trade Center.’

The movie is due out autumn 2015. [Read more…]

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First Pics Of Joseph Gordon Levitt In Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk Released

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the-walk-pic2Yesterday marked the 40th Anniversary of Phillipe Petit’s August 7th, 1974 tightrope walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center, which made it a good time for TriStar to announce that Robert Zemeckis’ film about the event – The Walk – has wrapped principal photography, and to release the first two pics (via USA Today), which you can see above and below.

The film, based on Petit’s book To Reach the Clouds, stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young dreamer who dared the impossible: an illegal wire walk between the World Trade Center towers.

Here’s the synopsis from the official press release: ‘Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds. The film is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the Towers of the World Trade Center.’

Also starring in the film are James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, Charlotte Le Bon, Clément Sibony and César Domboy.

The film will be released on October 2, 2015.

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James Badge Dale & Ben Kingsley Will Reach For The Clouds Alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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james-badge-daleBack in January is was revealed Robert Zemeckis was working on To Reach For the Clouds, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt rumoured to star. The project is now coming together fast with the hope it will shoot this summer.

THR reports that Gordon-Levitt will indeed star and now he has some company as Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, and Charlotte Le Bon are set to join the cast.

The film will be based on the memoirs of Philippe Petit, who walked on a tightrope strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. Zemeckis is planning to direct from a script he is co-writing with Christopher Browne.

The actual tightrope walk won’t be featured until towards the end of the movie, with the bulk of the film looking at on how Philippe Petit and a group of friends meticulously planned what was later called the ‘artistic crime of the century.’ It took six years from conception to execution. Eventually in 1974 they snuck up to the top of the towers to string a 450-foot cable from one building to the other, using a custom-made 26-foot balancing pole. The heist elements of the story are (inevitably) being compared to Ocean’s Eleven.

A documentary about the event, Man on Wire directed by James Marsh, won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2009.

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Robert Zemeckis May Direct Man on Wire Adaptation With Joseph Gordon Levitt Starring

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Dark Knight RisesIt seems that Robert Zemeckis is hoping to To Reach For the Clouds, which is a 3D narrative remake of the hit documentary Man on Wire. The film already has someone in its sights for the lead role, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt being eyed to star, although he’s yet to be officially offered a deal.

Producer Tom Rothman has acquired the rights to the memoirs of Philippe Petit, who walked on a tightrope strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. Zemeckis is planning to direct from a script he is co-writing with Christopher Browne. The director has apparently always wanted to make a feature about Petit, but it was Rothman, who’s new company TriStar Productions is focussing on high concept 3D ideas, who got him involved in this film.

The actual tightrope walk won’t be featured until towards the end of the movie, with the bulk of the film looking at on how Philippe Petit and a group of friends meticulously planned what was later called the ‘artistic crime of the century.’ It took six years from conception to execution. Eventually in 1974 they snuck up to the top of the towers to string a 450-foot cable from one building to the other, using a custom-made 26-foot balancing pole. The heist elements of the story are (inevitably) being compared to Ocean’s Eleven.

The original Man on Wire documentary, directed by James Marsh, won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2009. The feature version hops to shoot this summer.

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Robert Zemeckis To Direct The Porcelain Rabbit Focussed Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

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robert-zemeckisSince Robert Zemeckis came back to the world of live-action with Flight, most of the movies he’s been attached to have had a rather adult feel, however he’s now signed up to helm and adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s 2006 children’s novel, The Remarkable Journey of Edward Tulane, according to Variety.

The book follows the adventure of a china rabbit in the 1930s. The porcelain bunny is owned by a 10-year-old girl who loses him during a voyage on the Queen Mary. After that he time, under water, is tossed about in a storm, gets discovered by a fisherman’s wife, then becomes the property of a hobo and his dog, and onto a sick girl.

Jeff Stockwell will write the script.

It sounds like a good fit for Zemeckis, as it should given him a chance to flex his visual muscles and use special effects, while telling a family friendly tale that needs a grown-up touch to make it a success on the screen.

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Robert Zemeckis Set For Marwencol, With Leo DiCaprio Sought To Star

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robert-zemeckisRobert Zemeckis made in impressive return to live-action with Flight, after a decade in the world of motion capture. He’s busy planning what he’ll do next, and one of the project that’s just been announced is a narrative adaptation of the 2010 documentary Marwencol, according to Variety.

Although no offers have been made, the director is reportedly trying to lure in Leonardo DiCaprio to star.

Universal has also picked up the life rights of Mark Hogancamp, the subject of Jeff Malmberg’s documentary. The original film follows Hogancamp’s long road to recovery after he was severely beaten by five teenagers, causing him to slip into a coma for nine days. When he came out around, he had no memory of his life or friends and family.

To help his recovery, he began constructing a one-sixth scale model of a World War II-era Belgian village in his backyard, with figures that resembled his friends, family members and even his attackers, which allowed him both to heal his memory and escape into his own fantasy scenarios.

Caroline Thompson (The Secret Garden, The Nightmare Before Christmas) is writing the screenplay, which will blend fantasy and reality. There’s no news on when it might shoot.

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Robert Zemeckis Up For Chaos Walking, From A Charlie Kaufman Script

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robert-zemeckisFollowing Flight, it seems Robert Zemeckis is firmly back in live-action territory, and he may now be going young adult, as TheWrap reports that he’s in talks to direct Chaos Walking, based on Patrick Ness’ series of books.

It should be more interesting than most young adult outings, as Adaptation and Being John Malkovich scribe Charlie Kaufman is on scripting duties.

Chaos Walking is the title of three books, The Knife Of Never Letting Go, The Ask And The Answer and Monsters Of Men, which are ‘set in a dystopian future where humans have colonized a distant Earth-like planet. When an infection called the Noise suddenly makes all thought audible, privacy vanishes and chaos ensues, leading a corrupt autocrat to threaten to take control of the human settlements and wage war with the indigenous alien race.’

Hunger Games studio Lionsgate is backing the movie, with the company apparently hoping Chaos Walking can fill the void when Katniss’ adventure come to an end in 2015.

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Robert Zemeckis Says Roger Rabbit Sequel Is Ready, But Needs Greenlight

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It’s been 24 years since Who Framed Roger Rabbit became a box office sensation, and ever since then there have been rumours of a sequel, which have been kept alive over the years by director Robert Zemeckis. Now he’s been talking about it again, saying the film is ready, and that “I’m happy with the script, it’s very good!”

It still needs the greenlight from Disney, who for unknown reasons have been holding back on giving the film the go ahead (even though it would seem a pretty good bet). Of course it’s now almost impossible that Bob Hoskins would return as Eddie Valiant, as he’s now retired due to health issue, but it could happen with a new cast.

In an interview with MTV, Zemeckis also said, “If I were to do the sequel, it would be done just like the first one. It would look the same way, but we would present it in 3-D in its release. I would do all of the animation hand-drawn; 2-D, but using 3-D tools. It wouldn’t be like Pixar 3-D. It wouldn’t look like that… this would again be another period movie.”

It would be fascinating to see how that worked, although they probably got a lot of clues from the first film, which was one of the first to make extensive use of computers, particularly to bring a dimensionality to the cartoon characters so they looked like they really existed in the live-action world and weren’t simply drawn on top.

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New Flight International Trailer – Denzel Washington is a bit of a drunken hero

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After spending the last decade faffing about with motion capture movies, director Robert Zemeckis returns to the live action arena with Flight, which should hit cinemas UK cinemas on February 1st, 2013. In the action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault, and what really happened on that plane?

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