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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

Damian Lewis In Talks For Queen of the Desert

October 22, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

damian-lewisAt one point Queen of the Desert was due to star Naomi Watts, with the likes of Robert Pattinson and Jude Law also involved. However a few months ago Watts was out and Nicole Kidman signed on. Now Homeland star Damian Lewis is in talks to co-star for writer-director Werner Herzog, according to Deadline.

Kidman is attached to star as writer, explorer and archaeologist Gertrude Bell, who is credited with being central to the formation of the modern Middle East in the early 20th Century. Lewis will be Lt. Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie, an unhappily married British war hero who strikes up a torrid affair with Bell between 1913 and 1915. Tragically he was killed in active duty at Gallipoli.

Werner Herzog hopes to start shooting in December.

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ACTORS: Damian Lewis, Nicole Kidman  DIRECTORS: Werner Herzog  FILMS: Queen Of The Desert  

Naomi Watts Going To Holland, Michigan, While Nicole Kidman Replaces Her In Queen Of The Desert

September 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

naomi-wattsNaomi Watts is busy negotiating for film roles as Deadline reports that she’s up for Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris’ first narrative feature, Holland, Michigan. However, the same site also reports she’s out of Werner Herzog’s Queen Of The Desert, and Nicole Kidman is already in talks to replace her.

In Holland, Michigan she would be a serial killer’s wife, as the film, written by Andrew Sodroski, will see her as a woman who is deeply wounded when she comes to believe her husband is cheating on her. To get revenge, she decides to begin an affair of her own, but eventually uncovers her husband isnt’t sleeping with other people, he’s killing them.

Queen Of The Desert is a biopic of Gertrude Bell, an explorer, writer, archaeologist and attaché for the British Empire, who is credited with helping to catalyse the formation of the Middle East at the dawn of the 20th Century. She’s been described as the female Lawrence of Arabia, although the film will also include the real T.E. Lawrence, who’s set to be played by Robert Pattinson. There’s no news on exactly what the role Franco is up for will be.

Kidman may well have been drafted in so there’s a bigger name in the lead role. Despite Herzog directing and Watts, Pattinson and James Franco attached to star, it’s had difficulty getting the greenlight. Perhaps that will change now.

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ACTORS: Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman  DIRECTORS: Werner Herzog, Errol Morris  FILMS: Queen Of The Desert  

James Franco May Become A Queen Of The Desert

April 26, 2013 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

james-francoJude Law seems to be making leaving movies he was attached to a bit of a theme at the moment, as he joined and left Jane Got A Gun within a week last month, and now he’s left behind Werner Herzog’s upcoming Gertrude Bell biopic Queen of the Desert, according to Deadline. Herzog may have already found a replacement though in the form of James Franco.

The true story film stars Naomi Watts as Gertrude Bell, an explorer, writer, archaeologist and attaché for the British Empire, who is credited with helping to catalyse the formation of the Middle East at the dawn of the 20th Century. She’s been described as the female Lawrence of Arabia, although the film will also include the real T.E. Lawrence, played by Robert Pattinson. There’s no news on exactly what the role Franco is up for will be.

Law dropped out a few months ago so that he could do the play Henry V, which caused Queen Of The Desert to come to a halt, but getting Franco onboard will hopefully start it back up again.

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ACTORS: James Franco, Naomi Watts, Robert Pattinson, Jude Law  DIRECTORS: Werner Herzog  FILMS: Queen Of The Desert  

Jude Law Heads For The Queen of the Desert

November 3, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Queen Of The Desert has slowly been making its may to the screen, with various people flirting with it over the years. Now it’s looking for buyers at the American Film Market, and hopes that the addition of Jude Law to the cast will help attract buyers. He joins the already attached Naomi Watts and Robert Pattinson in this period drama, which will be written and directed by Werner Herzog.

The true story film stars Naomi Watts as Gertrude Bell, an explorer, writer, archeologist and attaché for the British Empire, who is credited with helping to catalyse the formation of the Middle East at the dawn of the 20th Century. She’s been described as the female Lawrence of Arabia, although the film will also include the real T.E. Lawrence, played by Pattinson. There’s no news on who Law will be.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Morocco in March 2013. (Source: THR)

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Robert Pattinson  DIRECTORS: Werner Herzog  FILMS: Queen Of The Desert  

Robert Pattinson Joins Queen of the Desert (sadly not a Priscilla sequel)

August 15, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Robert Pattinson is busy awkwardly doing press for the US release of Cosmopolis and trying to avoid questions about him and Kristen Stewart. He’s also looking to the future as Variety reports he has signed on to star in Queen of the Desert for writer-director Werner Herzog.

Naomi Watts is attached to star as British writer Gertrude Bell in this biopic. The story chronicles her entire life from being one of the first women to graduate from Oxford to her adventures as a writer, explorer, cartographer, archaeologist, and political attaché.

Pattinson will portray T.E. Lawrence, the British officer whose story served as the basis for director David Lean’s 1962 classic Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence and Bell were longtime friends, who both helped establish the Hashemite dynasties in Jordan and Iraq. Filming is scheduled to begin this autumn.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Watts  DIRECTORS: Werner Herzog  FILMS: Queen Of The Desert  

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