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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)

Tim Blake Nelson In Talks For Fantastic Four

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tim-blake-nelsonTim Blake Nelson is joining the club of people who’ve played more than one character in superhero movies. After being Samuel Sterns (aka The Leader) in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, now THR reports that he’s in final talks to star as Harvey Elder in the The Fantastic Four reboot.

He joins Miles Teller as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Kate Mara as his girlfriend Sue Storm (aka Invisible Woman), Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm (aka The Thing), and Michael B. Jordan as Sue’s brother Johnny (aka The Human Torch). Toby Kebbell is set to be Dr. Doom.

In the comics Harvey Elder becomes the villainous Mole Man, but that won’t happen in this movie. Instead the reboot will set up the transformation ready for planned sequels, where he will play a more prominent role. Elder starts out as an eccentric and socially awkward scientist who is later shunned by humanity and becomes the leader of a subterranean group of monsters known as Moloids.

Josh Trank is set to direct with filming due to kick off fairly soon, ready for a summer 2015 release.

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New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer – Now with added Shredder and amphibian action

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The just was definitely out after the first trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It gained both a lot of fans and a lot of naysayers – many of whom thought the turtles themselves looked wrong.

Now we get another look, and while much of the footage in this one is the same as in the first trailer, we do get a slightly better look at Shredder and a few new shots of the Turtles in action.

There’s not been much info on the plot up to this point, but now we have a synopsis, which reads, ‘The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.’

We’ve still got a while to ait for this one though, as the Jonathan Liebesman directed movie doesn’t hit US cinemas until August, while the UK currently has to wait until October (although if the buzz for this one grows, don’t be surprised if it moves up). [Read more…]

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Hailee Steinfeld Joins Anna Kendrick & Rebel Wilson In Pitch Perfect 2

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hailee-steinfeld-pitch-perfect2A few days ago the ladies of Pitch Perfect 2 posed for a picture marking the first day of rehearsals. However at the time, casting-wise we’d only heard that nearly all the cast of the first film would be back for the follow-up.

However now Variety reports there’s a newbie, as Hailee Steinfeld (Rome & Juliet, True Grit) has signed up for the film. Universal confirmed that shortly afterwards with the picture featured to the right.

Plot details are still thin on the ground, but its believed the film will follow Rebel Wilson and Anna Kendrick’s Beca and Fat Amy through to their university graduation. If that’s true it would suggest they wouldn’t be around for a potential third movie, but Universal has reportedly brought in Steinfeld with an eye to her taking over the franchise if Pitch Perfect 2 does as well as the first film.

Filming kicks off soon with Elizabeth Banks directing. A May 2015 release date has already been set.

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Great Gatsby’s Baz Luhrmann Eyes An Elvis Presley Biopic

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Baz-LuhrmannA couple of weeks ago it was revealed that Moulin Rouge and Great Gatsby’s Baz Luhrmann is in talks to helm a movie version of the 70s TV show Kung Fu. However that’s now the only film he’s considering, as TheWrap reports he’s circling a biopic of Elvis Presley.

Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks) is writing the script for the film, which currently doesn’t have a title.

It’s not known if this will just cover part of his life or be a birth to death biopic. The latter seems likely as Warner Bros. has apparently secured the rights to ‘all musical components in Presley’s catalog for this project.’

That certainly helps set it about from the numerous Elvis based projects that are in the works.

It’s certainly a project that could fit Luhrman’s visual style, from Presley’s birth in Depression-era Mississippi, through the sequin jumpsuits of his Vegas era. Baz hasn’t signed on quite yet, but if he does a deal is expected to be completed soon.

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Colin Firth Looks To Drone Thriller An Eye In The Sky

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colin-firth-2There’s a lot of interest and controversy at the moment over the military’s use of drones (especially now that the machines are starting to sneak into civilian life). It’s not too surprising the film world is also interested in them, and that includes Ender’s Game director Gavin Hood.

He’s set to helm Eye In The Sky, which Deadline reports has Colin Firth attached to star.

The project has been around for a few year but got trapped in development hell. Now it’s found new life, with eOne coming onboard to back the film.

The film follow a London-based military intelligence officer called Colonel Michelle Madden who is tasked with overseeing a secret mission to capture a group of terrorists in Nairobi. However she realises the targets are about to embark on a suicide mission, which shifts the operation from trying to capture the bad guys to killing them.

American drone pilot Steve Watts is sent in to destroy the safe-house, but he realises that taking it out will also put the life of a nine-year-old-girl at risk. With the volatility of the situation and the possible fallout increasing, Madden passes the mission up the ‘kill chain’ to politicians and lawyers, including the British Foreign secretary. Guy Hibbert wrote the script.

Firth comments, “The use of unmanned aircraft in modern warfare and in the so-called ‘War on Terror’ poses critical questions for us all… I’m pleased to be a part of an exploration into such a crucial issue.”

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Armie Hammer Will Get Stuck In The Desert In Mine

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Armie Hammer

Armie Hammer has been having difficulty capitalising on his breakout role in The Social Network, with the likes of J. Edgar, Mirror Mirror and The Lone Ranger have had mixed success. Now he’s switch tacks slightly as Variety reports that he’s signed up for a psychological thriller called Mine.

Hammer will be ‘a soldier who, after a failed assassination mission, finds himself stranded in the desert. Exposed to the elements, he must survive the dangers of the desert while also battling the psychological toll of the treacherous situation’

The Conjuring’s Peter Safran is producing, while Hammer will exec produce.

The movie is set to shoot this autumn, presumably wrapping before Hammer has to go off and promote his next movie, a film version of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., where he’s playing Russian agent Illya Kuryakin.

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Step Up Hunk Ryan Guzman Joins Jem and the Holograms

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A few days ago the main female cast for Jem and the Holograms was announced. Now one more name has been added with THR reporting that Ryan Guzman with play Holograms’ road manager and technical engineer Rio, who is also Jem’s love interest.

Based on the popular 80s toyline and cartoon series, Ryan Landels wrote the script which ‘centers on an orphaned teenage girl who becomes an online recording sensation. She and her a couple of other orphans embark on a music-driven scavenger hunt — one that sends them on an adventure across Los Angeles in an attempt to unlock a final message left by her father.’

Aubrey Peeples will be Jem/Jerrica, Stefanie Scott is Jem’s sister Kimber, Aurora Perrineau will be Shana, with Hayley Kiyoko as Aja. Nathan Moore has also been cast in the role of hired thug Zipper.

Guzman is best known for appearing in Step Up Revolution and a recurring role in Pretty Little Liars. He will next be seen in Step Up All In.

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Rob Lowe Joins Lucas Till & Jane Levy In Monster Trucks

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Rob-LoweRob Lowe is going back to the movies as he has signed up to star in the live-action/CGI comedy, Monster Trucks, according to Deadline.

Jane Levy, Lucas Till, Danny Glover, Amy Ryan, Holt McCallany, Thomas Lennon and Barry Pepper also set to star, with Chris Wedge (Ice Age: Continental Drift) is directing from a script by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (Kung Fu Panda).

There’s not too much word on the plot, although previous reports have suggested Lucas Till is playing a bad boy with a good heart, while Jane Levy’s character is described as a high school version of Tina Fey.

As May 29th, 2015 release date has already been set.

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit Star Bob Hoskins Dies Aged 71

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bob-hoskins2Last year Bob Hoskins announced that he was retiring from acting due to the onset of Parkinson’s disease. Now it’s been revealed that he has died due to pneumonia and complications from his disease.

He is best known to many people for playing Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, however that was just a highlight in an illustrious career.

Born in Suffolk on October 26, 1942, Bob Hoskins started out as circus fire-eater (yes, really) and succeeded despite the fact that he never took an acting lesson in his life – something he prided himself on. He started acting on stage and in small television roles, before getting his breakthrough role with the classic 1980 gangster movie, The Long Good Friday.

He followed that with the likes of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club and Mona Lisa. In Hollywood he also played Smee in Steven Spielberg’s Hook and Mario in Super Mario Bros. He also played an important role in the cult classic Terry Gilliam fantasy drama Brazil.

He always felt that his only real competition in Hollywood, in terms of physicality, was Danny DeVito. Indeed, DeVito was originally set to play Mario before Hoskins stepped in to assume the role.

He continued working through the 90s and 2000s in the likes of Son of the Mask,  Jet Li’s Unleashed, Mrs. Henderson Presents and Made In Dagenham. His final movie role was in 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman.

Bob Hoskins is survived by four children from his two marriages, including his most recent wife of 32 years, Linda Banwell.

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Godzilla Asia Trailer – The best look at the monsters yet?

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Most of the marketing for Godzilla has been based around hiding the big beastie, but it appear audiences in Asia wouldn’t put up with any of that nonsense, and so this Asian trailer gives us our best look at the giant lizard yet – along with the other monsters that feature in the movie.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

‘Gareth Edwards directs “Godzilla,” which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,” TV’s “Breaking Bad”).’

The film is out in May. [Read more…]

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