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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)

Lily Collins Up For The Rom-Com How To Be Single

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lily-collinsLily Collins’ bid for her own young adult franchise with The Mortal Instruments may not have not worked out that well, but that’s not the end of her career as she’s in talks for the romantic comedy How to Be Single, according to Variety.

The movie is based on a book by Liz Tuccillo and is said to be in the same vein as He’s Just Not That Into You and Valentine’s Day. It follows the loves lives and breakups of a group of New Yorkers over the course of a decade.

Christian Ditter is set to direct  from a screenplay by Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn. Drew Barrymore is producing alongside Nancy Juvonen.

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Amanda Seyfried Joins Ted 2 As The New Female Lead

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amanda-seyfriedSeth MacFarlane has been busy making his second directorial outing, A Million Ways To Die In The West, but he hasn’t forgotten about the sequel to his first, as Deadline reports that Amanda Seyfried has joined Ted 2 as the new female lead.

If you’re wondering what’s happened to Mila Kunis, who played the girlfriend of Mark Wahlberg’s John Bennett in the first film, she is likely to film a small part for the new film, however it is likely to be so minor that it could end up being cut from the film. Kunis being given a smaller role is apparently purely for creative reasons and not due to a rift between Seth MacFarlane and the actress (after all, she still voices Meg on his show, Family Guy).

Seth MacFarlane is directing from a script he co-wrote with Ted collaborators Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. A release date of June 26th, 2015, with filming expecting to start this summer. Seyfried will also be seen in MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West, which is out this May.

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Bradley Cooper Takes On The Witness Protection Program With American Blood

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Bradley Cooper seems to have become slightly obsessed with movies with the word ‘American’ in the title. He’s just come off the extremely successful American Hustle, he’s been trying to put together American Sniper, and now THR reports he’s signed up American Blood.

The film is based on an upcoming crime novel Ben Sanders, which centers on Marshall Grade (Bradley Cooper), a former NYPD cop who became a mob informant and is now part of the witness protection program in New Mexico. Despite the fact he’s supposed to be trying to maintain his anonymity, he gets involved in a missing person’s case.

The hope is that this can become a franchise, as Sanders it already planning a series of novels based around the character. At the moment the American Blood book isn’t even finished, but the idea and partially complete manuscript was enough to spark the interest of Warner Bros and another rival studio, along with several TV production companies.

Andrew Sodroski has already been hired to write the screenplay adaptation, with Bradley Cooper, John Lesher, Adam Kassan, Brendan Deenan and Pouya Shabazian set to produce. It’s not known when it will shoot, but as the novel isn’t due out until 2015, it’s likely to be a while.

Cooper will next be heard as Rocket Raccoon in Guardians Of The Galaxy, although we’re presuming he’ll be lobbying to get the title changed to Americans Of The Galaxy.

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Ghostbusters Star Harold Ramis Dies Aged 69

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harold-ramisHarold Ramis, best known to many as Dr. Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters has died aged 69, it’s been revealed. The Chicago Tribune first reported the news, saying Ramis passed away as a result of complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels. He had been battling health issues for several years.

While he became a legend for co-writing and starring in Ghostbusters, Ramis saw just as much success behind the camera. After getting his start with the Second City improvisational group (which bred many of the big names of Saturday Night Live), he got his big break co-writing National Lampoon’s Animal House. He also helped write the likes of Caddyshack and Analyze This, as well as directing movies those films, along with hits such as National Lampoon’s Vacation, Groundhog Day, Multiplicity and Bedazzled. More recently he helmed several episodes of the US version of The Office.

He is survived by his wife, Erica, and three children.

Harold Ramis – November 21st, 1944-February 24th, 2014 – RIP

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The Amazing Spider-man 2: Rise Of Electro Trailer – Take a new three-minute look at Andrew Garfield & Jamie Foxx

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Sony is betting big on The Amazing Spider-man 2, hoping it’s going to be a huge superhero success. With an April 18th UK release set, it’s not long until we’ll get to see it, and to ensure our appetites are suitably whetted, a new, three-minute Rise Of Electro trailer has been released, which you can watch right here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead.

‘It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.’

The movie is due in UK cinemas this April, with a May 2nd US release set [Read more…]

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The Sacrament Red Band Trailer – Take a look at the latest horror from Ti West

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Ti West has quickly gained a great reputation in horror circles with the likes of The House Of The Devil, Cabin Fever 2 and The Innkeepers. Now he’s back with The Sacrament.

The film follows, ‘follows a group of journalists shooting a doc about a man’s attempt to locate his missing sister. They find her in a rural cult preparing for a mass suicide.’ Initially they think the cult seems like a nice, earthly paradise, but that assessment doesn’t last too long.

Now the red band trailer for the movie has arrived. The movie screened at last year’s London Film Festival and will be released in the US on VOD from May 1st and in cinemas from June 6th. No UK release date is currently set. [Read more…]

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Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Take On Console Wars

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seth-rogenIt’s tough to seen how the rivalry between two companies will become a movie, but Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg obviously think they can find a way. Collider reports they’ve signed up to co-write and co-direct a movie based on the upcoming book, Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo And The Battle That Defined A Generation, by Blake Harris.

The non-fiction book takes a close look at the fight between Sega and Nintendo in the 1990s, when both companies were battling for console dominance. Their striving to be the best (and to undermine the other) led to the massive gaming industry we have today, where Nintendo is still a player, but Sega has fallen by the wayside, replaced by Sony and Microsoft.

The book follows the fight between the 16-bit consoles the SNES and the Sega Mega Drive, both of which helped turn video games from something most people only saw on arcade machines, into an essential part of every young person’s home.

Rogen may also star in the movie, but as yet he’s just set for writing and directing duties.

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The Lego Movie Tops The US Box Office Again, With Pompeii Going Down In Flames

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lego-movie-poster2The success of The LEGO movie continues with the film topping to US box office for a third week, taking an impressive $31.4 million. That makes for a total of $183 million so far. After this success, it’s little surprise Warner is already moving forward with a sequel.

The LEGO Movie completely obliterated the new competition, neither of which could scare up a huge amount of interest. 3 Days To Kill was in second spot with $12.3 million. It could have been worse as the movie didn’t cost a huge amount to produce, but it’s not a great start for the Kevin Costner action flick.

Going into the weekend, some were wondering if Pompeii would top the chart, but in the end it fizzled rather than erupted as the big budget movie barely took $10 million. It’s far less than most disaster movies, but at least it was a little higher than other recent effects-heavy bombs, The Legend Of Hercules and I, Frankenstein.

Take a look below for the box office top 10 for the weekend of February 21st-23rd 2014.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The LEGO Movie $31.4 $183.1
2 3 Days To Kill $12.3 $12.3
3 Pompeii $10.0 $10.0
4 Robocop $9.4 $43.6
5 The Monuments Men $8.1 $58.0
6 About Last Night $7.4 $38.1
7 Ride Along $4,6 $123.1
8 Frozen $4.3 $384.0
9 Endless Love $4,3 $20.1
10 Winter’s Tale $2.1 $11.2
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X-Men: Days Of Future Past Character Pics – Evan Peters, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy & Loads More

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It’s been reported that X-Men: Days Of Future Past in Fox’s second most expensive movie ever, after Avatar, so they’ve got a lot riding on this foray into mutant territory. The movie brings together the cast of the original trilogy and First Class, along with some new face.

Now we can take a look at them in a set of character pics, including Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Page, Evan Peters, Daniel Cudmore Nicholas Hoult, Anna Paquin, Peter Dinklage, Halle Berry and more

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from “X-Men: First Class,” in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.’

It’ll be in cinemas May 2014.

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Hostel’s Eli Roth To Helm Knock Knock

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eli-rothDirector Eli Roth had a big hit with Hostel and it’s sequel, but there’s been a six-year gap between Hostel Part II and Green Inferno (which doesn’t get released until later this year). He’s keen to ensure there isn’t another lengthy break as he’s got a new movie in the works. TheWrap reports Roth has signed on to direct the horror-thriller Knock Knock.

The movie will reunite him with his Aftershock and The Green Inferno co-writers, Nicolá Ló and Guillermo Amoedo.

The film is about ‘two young girls who show up unexpectedly at the home of a married man where they seduce him and wreak havoc on his perfect life’.

No cast members is attached at this time, but Roth will be moving quickly to find some actors as shooting is set to begin this April on a budget of less than $10 million.

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