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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

GENERAL MOVIE NEWS

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser (www.moviemuser.co.uk)

To Be Takei Trailer – Looking into the world of the gay Star Trek legend

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george-takei-to-be-takeiBack in January the documentary To Be Takei premiered at Sundance, and now its preparing for its proper US release on August 22nd. Just to ensure we all know why we should watch this look at the life of openly gay Star Trek and social media star, George Takei, we’ve now got a trailer, which you can watch below.

Here’s the film’s synopsis: ‘Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei boldly journeyed from a WWII internment camp, to the helm of the starship Enterprise, to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Join George and his husband Brad on this star’s wacky and profound trek for life, liberty, and love.’

He’s certainly led an interesting life, and indeed he’s probably more famous and respected now than he has been at any time in his life – after all, even at the height of Star Trek, he had to stand at the back with Walter Koenig. Now he’s been embraced by a whole new generation, who adore his sense of humour, knack for social media and his heartfelt support of gay rights. [Read more…]

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The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby Trailer – Jessica Chastain & James McAvoy deal with life from two sides

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The-Disappearance-of-Eleanor-Rigby-pic1When The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby was first announced it sounded like a fascinating idea, but one that was always going to make the backers worried. The idea was that it would essentially be a double feature – Him and Her – with each movie showing the life of a couple, first from one of their perspectives and then the other.

It premiered as that double feature at the Toronto Film Festival, but at Cannes it became ‘Them’, melding the two sides together into a single, more traditional film. It appears that’s how it’ll end up in cinemas, although the original dual-version may get a limited cinema run and will probably show up on DVD and Blu-ray.

Now the trailer for the merged version is here, which you can watch below.

The films follow a married couple in New York City, who deal with an emotional, life-altering experience. James McAvoy is the restaurant owner husband, while Jessica Chastain is his wife (Jessica Chastain), who goes back to college. Ned Benson both wrote and directs. [Read more…]

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Jason Bateman Up For An FBI Wedding Comedy

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jason-batemanJason Bateman recently completed his directorial debut, Bad Words, and it seems he enjoyed the experience, as he’s already developing another directorial effort, The Family Fang and now he’s signed up to direct and star in a currently untitled FBI wedding comedy for Universal Pictures, according to Variety.

Unfortunately there’s no word on the plot for the movie, and an FBI wedding comedy could go in all sorts of directions. However Bateman will direct from a screenplay by David Bar Katz (The Pest), with David Flebotte (Raising Hope) and Phil Alden Robinson (The Angriest Man in Brooklyn) previously working on the script.

The Family Fang will start shooting next month, so he presumably won’t get around to this new film for a while, by which time hopefully it’ll have a title and plot synopsis.

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Dracula Untold Trailer – Luke Evans is Vlad The Impaler before he turned vampire

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Earlier this week the trailer for Dracula Untold popped up online in various places, only to be pulled hours later when it emerged the promo has leaked without the studio’s permission. However they’ve now officially released it, so you can watch it below.

A couple of years ago there were numerous movies in the works about the man who inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Vlad The Impaler – some more supernatural than others. However only one has come to fruition, and now we get to take a look with the trailer below.

This isn’t pure history though, as it will show us Vlad as a vampire, but this will be the story of how he started out as a human and became the infamous bloodsucker.

Take a look below. [Read more…]

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Into The Storm Trailer – Richard Armitage takes on the twisters

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into-the-storm-poster2Richard Armitage has gained a lot of fans thanks to The Hobbit, but we haven’t seen a huge amount of him outside Middle Earth since An Unexpected Journey debuted. Now he’s coming to cinemas and battling some impressively bad weather.

A full trailer has now arrived, which you can see below, along with a poster above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot.

‘Told through the eyes and lenses of professional storm chasers, thrill-seeking amateurs, and courageous townspeople, “Into the Storm” throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme.’

The movie arrives in UK cinemas on August 22nd. [Read more…]

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Child Of God Trailer – James Franco gives his take on a Cormac McCarthy tale

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Child-of-God-pic2James Franco fits in more projects than virtually anyone else around. As well as popping up in several movies as an actor each year, he’s also directing a surprising amount of films as well as writing books. Now he’s back in the director’s chair with Child Of God, based on a story by Cormac McCarthy.

Now we’re got the trailer, which you can see below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Rootless and unstable, Ballard makes a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. As his reclusive tendencies become more extreme, he falls deeper into crime and degradation.’

While earlier films by Franco have had the feeling that perhaps he was trying to fit so much in that he didn’t really have the time to craft his directorial efforts enough, early reports on Child Of God suggest it’s a tight and effective piece of filmmaking.

And August US release is set. [Read more…]

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The Guest Teaser Trailer – Dan Stevens isn’t the perfect houseguest he seems

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The-Guest-pic1Dan Stevens was certainly looking good in the first pic above from The Guest that was released earlier this year. Now we get to see a bit more from the movie, which is the next film from the people behind You’re Next. Take a look at the first trailer below.

The movie was recently announced as the opening night movie of this year’s Frightfest in London this August (it first premiered at Sundance).

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Still struggling over the loss of their oldest son, Caleb, to the war in Afghanistan, the Peterson family finds some solace when an unexpected visitor knocks on its door. David, a steely eyed and charismatic soldier who was recently discharged, is welcomed into their home when he comes to fulfill a promise he made to his fallen comrade. Siblings Anna and Luke are at first reluctant to accept David’s presence, but he soon wins them over by scoring kegs for Anna’s friends and roughing up some bullies from Luke’s school. Though he appears to be the perfect houseguest, a mysterious and sinister chain of events causes Anna to question whether David is actually whom he claims to be.’

The film should be in cinemas later this year. [Read more…]

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Sam Raimi Is Going To The Outpost For An Afghanistan War Drama

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sam-raimiSam Raimi may be one of the top directors in Hollywood, but he doesn’t exactly overwhelm us with movies. Indeed he’s only helmed 13 movies since The Evil Dead in 1981. Since Oz The Great And Powerful he’s been mulling over various possibilities, and now he’s added one more, as Deadline reports he’s signed up to produce and possibly direct The Outpost.

The film will be an adaptation of Jake Tapper’s book, The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, which tells the real-life story of 53 American soldiers stationed at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan. On the morning of October 3rd, 2009, they were attacked by over 400 Taliban fighter, but despite being heavily outnumbered, they managed to prevail.

Raimi will now oversee script development with writers Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Fighter) coming up with the actual screenplay.

The director commented, “The Outpost is an epic story of bravery, courage, and sacrifice of our men in uniform, and is absolutely a picture meant for the big screen. I’m honored to be a part of it.”

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Director Frank Darabont Takes On Chris Hemsworth’s The Huntsman

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frank-darabontShawshank Redemption’s Frank Darabont has been working in the world of TV for the past few years on the likes of The Walking Dead and Mob City. However now he may be heading back to the movies as TheWrap reports that Universal wants him to helm the follow-up to Snow White and the Huntsman.

Although TheWrap still calls it Snow White and the Huntsman 2, THR refers to it as a spin-off called The Huntsman. The film will revolve around Chris Hemsworth’s character from the first film, and while Kristen Stewart may pop up as Snow White, her role would be a minor one at best.

Stewart’s involvement in the sequel has been up in the air ever since it was revealed she’d been having an affair with the married director of the first movie, Rupert Sanders. Initially it seemed that while he was out she’d remain, and in December 2012 she confirmed that she was returning. However other reports suggested she wouldn’t. Now it appears at best she’ll get a cameo.

Darabont had been on a shortlist that also included Gavin O’Connor (Warrior) and Andres Muschietti (Mama), but Universal has now decided who they want. However it’s not clear when the film will shoot.

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Scoot McNairy Up For Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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scoot-mcnairyEver since Monsters, Scoot McNairy has become an increasingly popular face for directors looking to fill important supporting roles, such as in Killing Them Softly, Argo, Non-Stop, 12 Years A Slave and the upcoming Gone Girl. Now he’s got a new role, as Deadline reports he’s signed up for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

However nobody at Warner Bros. has confirmed the casting and there’s no news on who he might be playing. That could mean the versatile McNairy is just joining to play a small side-role, but as little news has been released about the plot he could be a more major character. Some are speculating that the fact his casting was announced after a month of shooting has already taken place, means he could have a cameo in Batman v Superman, but will become more important in future DC movies such as Justice League.

McNairy joined Henry Cavill (Clark Kent/Superman), Ben Affleck (Bruce Wayne/Batman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Diane Lane (Martha Kent), Laurence Fishburne (Perry White), Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman), Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor), Jeremy Irons (Alfred Pennyworth), Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey, Ray Fisher and Tao Okamoto.

Zack Snyder is directing from a script by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer. It’ll be in cinemas May 6th, 2016.

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