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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)

Kings Of Summer’s Jordan Vogt-Roberts To Helm Metal Gear Solid Movie

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Jordan-Vogt-RobertsFor years there’s been talk of a movie version of the video game Metal Gear Solid. Now Sony is trying to push it forward with Deadline reporting that Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer) is in talks to direct.

The video game, which first launched on the Playstation in 1998, is about a retired soldier named Solid Snake, who infiltrates a nuclear weapons facility to thwart a terrorist attack by a renegade special forces unit, known as Foxhound. Solid Snake must rescue two hostages, the head of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the president of a major arms company, before stopping the nuclear attack.

A movie version has been in development for many years, although it looked like they’d given up on the back in January 2010. At that point producer Michael De Luca said the project wasn’t moving forward anymore. However in September 2012 producer Avi Arad and Sony Pictures stepped in and revived it.

The would be Vogt-Roberts first major studio gig.

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Scott Derrickson Announced As Marvel’s Doctor Strange Director

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scott-derricksonMarvel may be rushing around trying to find a replacement for Edgar Wright on Ant Man, but they’ve found someone for another of their upcoming movies, as THR reports that Scott Derrickson has been hired to helm Doctor Strange.

A Doctor Strange movie has been in development for some time, and it’s been known that Marvel was hoping the movie would part of Phase 3 of its universe. The presumption is that the film will be released in 2016.

Doctor Strange is a former neurosurgeon, a practicing sorcerer, and serves as the Sorcerer Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats. Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer had been writing the script, but it appears Marvel is on the lookout for new writers, with Jon Aibel and Glenn Berger said to be in the mix.

Derrickson had a major success with The Exorcism of Emily Rose, but his first attempt at big budget studio filmmaking, The Day the Earth Stood Still, didn’t work out so well. However Sinister was a hit and it’s believed Marvel were also impressed with his work on the upcoming thriller Deliver Us from Evil, and so thought it was a good idea to give him another shot at a major special effects flick.

It’ll be interesting to see how Marvel handles Doctor Strange, as the character is more on the magic side of their comic books rather than the more sci-fi heavy superheroes. With Thor they took the magical side and presented it as simply being sci-fi with a fantasy element. Presumably they’ll take a similar tack with Doctor Strange, so that he doesn’t seem out of place with the rest of the Marvel universe.

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New Hercules Trailer – Fresh look at the Dwayne Johnson action flick

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We’ve already had one Hercules movie this year, but it didn’t make much of a dent at the box office, leaving things wide open for this one, which stars Dwayne Johnson.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ film HERCULES, starring Dwayne Johnson, bows on July 25. Based on Radical Comics’ ‘Hercules,’ this ensemble-action film, featuring an international cast, is a revisionist take on the classic myth set in a grounded world where the supernatural does not exist. HERCULES also stars Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan and John Hurt.

The Brett Ratner directed movie will be out in UK cinemas on July 25th. [Read more…]

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Gavin O’Connor Will Helm A Massacre in the Himalayas

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gavin-o-connorRecently Gavin O’Connor has been busy stepping in at the last minute to direct the western Jane Got A Gun after Lynne Ramsey walked just a day before production was due to begin. But now the Warrior helmer has got time to think about the future, with Variety reporting that he’s planning to tackle a real-life story called Massacre In The Himalayas.

The film is based on a Men’s Journal article by Freddie Wilkinson, about a team of experienced international mountaineers who were attempting to conquer K2 in Pakistan. Climbing the mountain was difficult enough, but unexpected danger emerged when extremists attacked the party and killed 10 climbers, as well as the local Pakistani cook who had been travelling with them.

300 producer Gianni Nunnari bought the rights to the article, and now O’Connor  has come onboard to direct. A writer is expected to be attached soon.

O’Connor comments, “I love the idea of using the colossal backdrop of K2, the second highest peak on earth, to explore a man’s battle for survival against the Taliban, nature, and himself. Our hero becomes a one-man army on a quest to avenge the deaths of his mountaineering team. His experience becomes a living nightmare, a lifetime journey, and a redefinition of the man.”

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Lupita Nyong’o & Gwendoline Christie Join Star Wars: Episode VII

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lupita-nyongoA couple of months ago there were rumours that 12 Years A Slave Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o was being courted to appear in Star Wars: Episode VII, but when the main cast list was announced, her name was missing. However now it’s been officially announced that she’s joining the movie.

She’s not the only one, as Gwendoline Christie, best known for playing Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones, will also appear. Christie will also be seen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.

Lucasfilm’s head Kathleen Kennedy commented, “I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII. It’s thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape.”

As with the other new cast members, there’s no news on exactly who they will play, but they join fellow newbies Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Andy Serkis, Max Von Sydow. The join original cast members Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.

The film is already shooting with JJ Abrams directing. The film is due out towards the end of 2015.

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Ruben Fleischer To Helm Ghostbusters 3?

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ruben-fleischerAs we just reported, Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer was on Marvel’s list to replace Edgar Wright as director of Ant Man, but he apparently ruled himself out so he could spend time with his new baby. However if TheWrap is to be believed, once the little one has grown a bit he may return to the director’s chair for Ghostbusters 3.

If true it would keep Fleischer at Sony, where he made Zombieland and 30 Minutes Of Less (although he helmed Gangster Squad for Warner Bros). Having proven he can mix comedy and the supernatural together, he has apparently been sought out by Ivan Reitman, the director of the first two Ghostbusters movies. Reitman stepped down from the helming the third film himself after the death of Harold Ramis, but he is still onboard as a producer.

It’s believed that the third Ghostbusters films will have space for any of the original cast who wish to return (Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson almost definitely will, Sigourney Weaver is likely to, but Bill Murray is still up in the air), but will largely hand the action over to a younger team of spectre hunters.

The film isn’t likely to shoot for some time, and Sony hasn’t commented on the Fleischer rumours.

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Adam McKay Won’t Helm Marvel’s Ant-Man After All

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adam-mckayOver the weekend we reported that Adam McKay had entered negotiations to direct Marvel’s Ant-Man, but no sure was he in than he was out again. Variety reports that McKay dropped out of his own volition.

Talks began in earnest on Friday, but by Saturday the Anchorman helmer has decided to depart. He’s since said the reason for the quick in-out is that he loves the comics and was keen on making a Marvel movie, but with numerous other projects in the works, be simply couldn’t devote the time needed for it.

Marvel is apparently desperate to keep the film’s July 2015 release date and so will be trying to fill the void as quickly as possible. It’s been suggested that Rawson Marshall Thurber, known for the likes of Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and We’re the Millers, and Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer are in contention, but no official talks took place.

Fleischer apparently also rules himself out so that he can spend more time with his wife and newborn baby. Expect more news soon.

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Left Behind Trailer – God doesn’t like Nicolas Cage enough to Rapture him

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Many were surprised when a bigger budget remake of Left Behind was announced. While Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye’s novel series and the early 2000s films adaptations have a following, it’s mainly amongst a particular section of the American religious right who are big into ‘The Rapture’.

Nevertheless they signed up the likes of Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray and Lea Thompson for the movie, and now the trailer has arrive.

The story follows a group trying to survive in the aftermath of the Rapture, which has seen all the true Christians being spirited up to heaven, leaving everyone else behind to deal with the end of days. Cage is plays Ray Steele, a neglectful dad and pilot who finds God too late and so forms the Tribulation Force to cope with the coming carnage.=

Paul Lalonde, who wrote the original Left Behind in 2001, and John Patus, who wrote the last instalment of the earlier film series, Left Behind: World at War, came up with the screenplay. Stun legend Vic Armstrong directs.

From the trailer is seems the overly pious tone of the earlier movies has been toned down for this version, instead trying to sell it as more of a mainstream action movie with a religion bent. [Read more…]

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New The Green Inferno Trailer – Fresh look at Eli Roth’s jungle cannibal movie

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Eli Roth hasn’t directed a movie since 2007′s Hostel: Part II, as he’s spent most of his time either producing or starring in other people’s films. However now he’s coming back with The Green Inferno.

Now a new trailer ahs arrived ahead of the movie’s autumn release.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Idealistic Justine (Lorenza Izzo) joins a group of campus radicals on a mission to disrupt the illegal clear-cutting of a Peruvian jungle, which is endangering the tranquil lives of an isolated Amazonian tribe. Armed with good intentions and the power of their cellphone cameras, the group flies to Peru and seemingly succeeds in their mission. But the activists’ celebration quickly turns to tragedy when their plane crashes in the jungle — and they find themselves on the dinner menu of the very people they were trying to protect.’

If you like cannibal movies, it looks like you’re in for a treat. If you’re into political correctness you’ll probably have to look elsewhere. [Read more…]

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Adam McKay in Talks To Helm Marvel’s Ant-Man

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adam-mckayAfter last week’s shock news that Edgar Wright was stepping away from Ant-Man despite working on it since 2006 (apparently he was upset with last minute script rewrites), Marvel has been scrambling to find a replacement, partly in the hope they wouldn’t have to delay the summer 2015 opening.

Now it seems they’ve found one, as AICN and Variety reports that frequent Will Ferrell collaborator Adam McKay has been offered the job.

It’s an interesting choice, as it suggests that Marvel still hopes Ant Man will be a comedy (there had been suggestions the rewrites had stripped out a lot of the humour), although perhaps a more mainstream one that the usually quirky Edgar Wright might have been hoping for. McKay has also worked with Paul Rudd on the likes of Anchorman – so a rapport with the leading man already exists – and the director has shown he can handle action with the likes of The Other Guys.

It will be more of an effects film than anything he’s done before though, although the likes of Talladega Nights has involved SFX work. It’ll be interesting to see if they bring in Will Ferrell in some capacity, as McKay has never directed a feature-length movie without him.

The director does have plenty of other films in the works, but if he signs on for Ant Man, he’ll have to drop everything else, especially if it’s going to keep its July 17th, 2015 release date.

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