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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)

Michelle Williams & Joel Edgerton Join The Double Hour

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Michelle-WilliamsJoel Edgerton and Michelle Williams seem like they’d be a pretty good on-screen team. Now we’ll be able to see if that’s true, as they have signed up to star in The Double Hour, according to Variety. The movie is remake of a 2009 Italian thriller of the same name.

The story is about a couple (Edgerton and Williams) whose secret rendezvous is interrupted by a well-planned robbery. Filippo Timi and Kseniya Rappoport starred in the original.

Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace) is set to direct the remake from his own screenplay adaptation, but there aren’t any details on when it might shoot.

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Extended Trailer

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It’s little surprise that ABC picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as making a TV show set in the comic company’s cinematic universe seems like a no-brainer. Now that the US networks are officially unveiling their new shows for this autumn, in the hope of get as much ad revenue as possible, an extended trailer for the show has debuted.

It looks like it could be a lot of fun, with Agent Coulson back (despite what happened in Avengers) and a new set of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents looking into all manner of superhero antics. Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Chloe Bennet, and you can see pics of all of them below.

Click on the pics below to take a look at the characters.

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New Hunger Games: Catching Fire Poster Sees Jennifer Lawrence Atop A Mountain

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The hype for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is already building, and the latest thing designed to pique people’s interest is a new poster, featuring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, standing atop a peak.

It also features the memorable quote from Suzanne Collins’ novel, “The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.”

Following Katniss and Peeta’s Hunger Games victory, dissent has grown in the districts and she’s now seen as a major threat by the Capitol. Unsurprisingly they want her out of the way. If you’ve read the book you’ll know what that means, although I won’t spoil it if you don’t know.

The film is out this November.

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Shia LaBeouf May Be A Villain For Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

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shia-labeoufWhen Shia LaBeouf said a few months ago that he was done with Hollywood, many thought that many he’d only make little arty movies from now on, but it appears he’s just done with films like Transformers. Deadline reports he’s signed up for a movie that may not break the box office, but has decent commercial prospects.

The movie is Villain, which Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) has just signed on to direct, with the project being put together as a vehicle for LaBeouf. Shia will play one of two brothers who reunite under mysterious circumstances in a merciless wilderness.

Unfortunately there’s no more plot details than that on Josh Zetumer’s script, or any info on who will play the other brother (it’s suggested somebody will be cast soon).

The project is being sold at Cannes, although there’s no news on when they hope to shoot.

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Michael Pena Joins Brad Pitt In The World War II Drama Fury

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Michael-PenaDavid Ayer’s World War II action-thriller Fury already has Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman and Shia LaBeouf on board to star. Now another actor has signed up, as Variety reports that Michael Pena to star. The film will reunite Pena and Ayer following the success of End of Watch.

All the actors attached so far will play members of a five-man U.S. tank crew, who battle a desperate unit of Nazi soldiers towards the end of World War II. Pena is set to be Wardaddy, the tank’s driver and a brutal alcoholic who has vowed never to go into combat sober.

David Ayer is directing from his own screenplay, with filming set to begin in the autumn, with a November 14th, 2014 release already set.

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Iron Man 3 Co-scribe Drew Pearce Writing Mission: Impossible 5

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drew-pearceMission: Impossible 5 is moving into high gear, with  Tom Cruise recently committing to starring and Jack Ryan helmer Christopher McQuarrie reportedly in talks to direct. Many assumed he would also write the movie, but now THR reports that Iron Man 3 co-writer Drew Pearce is in talks to script M:I 5.

He seems like a good choice, although at the moment there’s no news on the direction he’ll take the plot and what Ethan Hunt will be up to this time around.

Pearce is going to have to work pretty fast though, as Cruise wants to shoot the movie this autumn, giving them a relatively limited time to get the script up to par and all the pre-production sorted – something that can take ages on a movie of this scale.

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Mandy Patinkin Joins Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here

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mandy-patinkinAfter his successful (if slightly controversial) Kickstarter campaign, writer-director-star Zach Braff has cast Mandy Patinkin in his indie drama Wish I Was Here. Braff revealed the news himself via Twitter, saying ‘One of my favorite actors of all time joins the cast of “Wish I Was Here”: Mandy Patinkin will play my father’, You can take a look at a pic of them together below.

The film is about 35-year-old Aidan (Zach Braff), an actor who is struggling to provide for his family. When his ailing father (Mandy Patinkin) can no longer afford to pay for his young children’s private school, Aidan reluctantly agrees to home school them, learning a lot about himself in the process.

Zach Braff is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother, Adam J. Braff. The project has met its $2 million Kickstarter goal – indeed it’s now up to $2.6 million in donations, with several days left to donate.

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Jake Gyllenhaal & Chris Pine Could Head Into The Woods For A Musical

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Pine aren’t the first people you’d think of when looking for people who could sing, but it seems they both want to show off their skills, as THR reports they’re in talks for Rob Marshall’s planned movie version of Stephen Sondheim’s musical, Into The Woods.

Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep are already on board, so if Gyllenhaal and Pine sign up, it’s gonna be a pretty starry adaptation.

Into The Woods follows a baker and his wife who try to break a curse placed upon them, which prevents them from having children, by confronting the witch (Streep) who caused their trouble in the first place. Along the way, they encounter fairy tale characters such as Rapunzel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and many more (Depp will be the big bad wolf).

Pine and Gyllenhaal are up to play the film’s pompous princes, who get a big musical number of their own. The current plan is to shoot Into The Woods this autumn.

Pine’s not only planning to go musical, as TheWrap reports he’s is talks to reunite with Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnaham on Stretch. Patrick Wilson is already onboard as a limo driver who has the unfortunate responsibility of driving around a mysterious billionaire “who drags him to hell and back.” Pine’s role isn’t mentioned, but there’s a good chance he’ll be the billionaire.

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Christoph Waltz Going To The Candy Store With Robert De Niro

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christoph-waltzAfter his Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained double whammy, Christoph Waltz will now have to see if he can win an Oscar for a movie that isn’t directed by Quentin Tarantino. Perhaps The Candy Store will be that film, which he’s just signed up to appear in, according to Variety.

He joins Robert De Niro, Jason Clarke and Omar Sy in the movie, from Academy Award-winning writer and director Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana).

The Candy Store interweaves several storylines set against the backdrop of the criminal underworld in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. A former covert operative (Jason Clarke) discovers the organisation he was dedicated to fighting is now operating in his new backyard.

When he teams up with a disgraced local cop (Robert De Niro), their investigation leads them to an international sex trade entrepreneur (Omar Sy), a Cold War consigliere posing as a typical American suburbanite (Christoph Waltz), and a beautiful girl wrapped up in an elaborate threat against Manhattan.

Gaghan will direct and produce from a script he co-wrote with Shannon Burke. Shooting kicks off in the next couple of months.

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Will Smith Plans Modern Wild Bunch Remake

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will-smithAfter slowing down for a couple of years, Will Smith seems to be back with a vengeance, as in the last couple of months he’s been busy filling his development slate. Now he got a new one, as he is in talks to star in and produce a modern remake of the The Wild Bunch for Warner Bros, according to TheWrap.

Sam Peckinpah directed the original movie, which starred William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, and Edmond O’Brien as a group of aging outlaws who plan one final score on the Texas-Mexico border. The reboot will be set in present day and focus on a crooked DEA agent who puts a team together to go after a Mexican drug lord’s fortune.

Back in January 2011, The Wild Bunch was mentioned as one of several titles Warner Bros. was looking to remake. Tony Scott was attached to direct, before he tragically died. David Ayer had been hired to write the screenplay for that version, but now Warner Bros. is seeking a new writer.

If a deal is finalised, Will Smith will produce alongside Jerry Weintraub, who he previously worked with on the 2010 The Karate Kid remake.

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