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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)

Chris Hemsworth Heads For The Crime Thriller Candy Store

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Chris Hemsworth has fast become one of the most in demand actors in Hollywood. While he has to fit other movies in between his Marvel commitments, he’s now signed up for Candy Store, from writer/director Stephen Gaghan, according to The Wrap.

The film is about an elite, deep-cover operative (Hemsworth) whose life begins to fall to pieces and must start over from the beginning. Stuck working the beat as a cop in Brooklyn, he discovers that the organisation he was previously working hard to bring down is now operating in his new neighbourhood. He sets out to investigate them once more and may get a shot at redemption in the process.

It’s not known when it might shoot, and it may depend on when it can fit in Hemsworth’s schedule, as he’s got promotion for Rush and Thor 2 coming up and is also attached to star in The Avengers 2 and a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman.

There are also said to be many more juicy parts in Candy Store, with Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz’s name having come up in connection with the film, although it isn’t clear if they’re still be looked at.

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Cameron Diaz Will Be The Other Woman, With Kristen Wiig Circling

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Kristen Wiig and Cameron Diaz sounds like a good combination of funny ladies and it looks like it may well happen, as The Wrap reports that Diaz has signed up for The Other Woman, with Wiig also circling the project.

The movie is about a woman who learns that the man she’s been seeing is actually married. Filled with rage, she decides to tell the man’s wife and the two of them team up for payback. The project is described as being similar to The First Wives Club, but targeting a younger audience.

The script was written by Melissa Stack, who doesn’t have any feature credits but had her first screenplay, I Want To F**k Your Sister, land on the Black List (the annual list of the best unproduced screenplays). That script is currently in development at MTV Films.

It isn’t known how close Wiig is to signing up, but she could certainly be a good sparring partner for Diaz.

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S.H.I.E.L.D. TV Series Gets Iain De Caestecker & Elizabeth Henstridge

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The S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series is certainly coming together. The pilot already has Ming-Na and Clark Gregg attached, and now THR reports that two British actors have signed up for this expansion of the Marvel universe, Elizabeth Henstridge and Iain De Caestecker.

The actors will play Agent Gemma Simmons and Agent Leo Fitz, who both came up through the academy together and spend a majority of their time with each other. While that might sound like a recipe for romance, a recent character breakdown describes their relationship as being more like siblings, and they spend much of their time bickering. Gemma is a science expert, with Leo specialising in technology.

This will be Henstridge’s first major mainstream role, although she has filmed a role in the upcoming Tooting Broadway and appeared in a couple of episode of Hollyoaks. Caestecker is best known for The Fades and Young James Herriot and will shortly be seen in the mini-series, The Secret Of Crickley Hall.

Joss Whedon will direct the pilot episode S.H.I.E.L.D, and is also writing the pilot script with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen. It isn’t known when production will begin on this highly-anticipated pilot.

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Maria Bello Joins James Wan’s Haunted Murder House Thriller

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Maria Bello is having a busy week, as at the weekend it was revealed she’d joined the cast of Prisoners, opposite Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, and now she’s taking the lead in a supernatural thriller from producer James Wan (Saw, Insidious). Will Canon (Brotherhood) is set to direct the movie, based on Max La Bella script, who was working from an original idea of Wan’s.

The film is set during the aftermath of a horrific massacre: five college students, brutally murdered inside a decrepit, abandoned home. Fresh on the scene, detective Mark Lewis and the police department’s psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein (Bello), question one of the few survivors who explains they were amateur ghost-hunters, seeking out paranormal phenomenon at the abandoned house, believed to be haunted. But what started out as a harmless activity turned into something truly terrifying, and the suspect claims the responsibility doesn’t lie with any of the inhabitants, but with the house itself.

Here’s what James Wan added about his new cast member, “I’m so thrilled to be shepherding this project. The talent is really incredible, and in particular, Maria Bello was on the top of our list so we’re excited to have her.”

Shooting begins January 2013 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Source: THR)

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Jack Nicholson May Be Robert Downey Jr’s Father In The Judge

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Jack Nicholson’s screen roles have become ever rarer. We’ve only had two films from him in the last two years, How Do You Know in 2010 and The Bucket List in 2007. However now Warner Bros. is trying to lure him back in front of the camera according to THR, offering Nicholson a pivotal role in their courtroom drama, The Judge. Robert Downey Jr. is already attached to star, and Nicholson would play his father.

Downey Jr. will play an attorney, who returns home for his mother’s funeral. The lawyer comes to learn that his father is suspected of killing her mom. He must defend his dad, a judge with Alzheimer’s disease, reconnecting with the man he walked away from years ago.

It isn’t known if the two-time Oscar winner, who is famously picky about which roles he takes on, will accept the offer. Nick Schenk (Gran Torino) penned the original screenplay, with Bill Dubuque offering rewrites. David Dobkin will direct. The plan is to shoot sometime next year.

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Game Of Thrones Star Kit Harington Up For Pompeii

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Kit Harington has found great success with Game of Thrones (indeed he’s probably the best thing in it). The TV series has ensured he’s been up for a lot of major film role, but not much has come of it so far. For example he was all ready to go in a major Arthur & Lancelot movie, until it got cancelled in the last minute. Now he’s in talks for the lead role in Summit Entertainment’s Pompeii, which has Paul W.S. Anderson onboard to direct, according to THR.

The film, based on Robert Harris’ novel, is set in 79 A.D. and centres on Milo (Kit Harington), a slave whose plans to marry the daughter of his shipping tycoon master are dashed when he is sold to another owner in Naples. When Mount Vesuvius erupts, he flees back to Pompeii to rescue his lover and his best friend, a gladiator trapped in the coliseum.

Janet Scott Batchler and Lee Batchler wrote the original screenplay, with Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes providing the most recent script revision. It hasn’t bee revealed when it might shoot.

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Sylvester Stallone Joins Indie Drama Reach Me

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In the last few years, Sylvester Stallone has been reminding us he’s an action star, but in the past he’s also been surprisingly good in dramas such as Copland. Now he’s heading back into indie territory for Reach Me, from writer-director John Herzfeld (15 Minutes).

The movie is about a group who connect with a self-help book written by a former football coach. No details have been revealed about Sylvester Stallone’s role, although the actor recently wrapped production after shooting for several days (so it’s probably not the main role). The cast also includes Danny Aiello, Omari Hardwick, Nelly, and producer Rebecca Chaney.

The project serves as a reunion for Sylvester Stallone and filmmaker John Herzfeld. Before making his directorial debut with 2 Days In The Valley, John Herzfeld worked as an actor, co-starring in the 1986 action-thriller Cobra with Sylvester Stallone. Herzfeld most recently directed The Death and Life of Bobby Z, starring Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, and Olivia Wilde. (Source: Variety)

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Full Oz The Great & Powerful Triptych Poster Arrives

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There’s been a lot of grumbling and criticism of the Oz The Great And Powerful posters that have been released over the last couple of weeks. The first (the first third of the pic above) was said to be dumb because it didn’t include enough of the main characters. The second (the far right portion), was said the be too busy and like someone who’d just learn Photoshop had just had an orgasm.

However what the naysayers didn’t seem to be paying attention to, was that right from the beginning Disney said this was part of a triptych, so you couldn’t properly criticise it until we got the whole thing. Now we have just that, with the image above filling in the middle section, which gives us the main characters and better composition the moaners didn’t like – plus the Yellow Brick Road and Emerald City.

It’s a pretty packed image, keen to suggest that Sam Raimi’s film will be a visual feast. We’ll be able to get a better picture of whether the movie will live up to its fantastical promise tomorrow, as we’ve been promised a new trailer then. Until then, click on the pic above to see a larger version of the triptych poster.

Here’s the synopsis: Disney’s fantastical adventure “Oz The Great and Powerful,” directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

It hits cinemas March 2013.

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Listen To Neil Finn’s Hobbit Tune, ‘Song Of The Lonely Mountain’

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Each of the Lord Of The Rings movies included an end credits song, and it seems Peter Jackson plans to continue that with The Hobbit, as Rolling Stone has debuted Neil Finn’s track Song of the Lonely Mountain, which will play over the end credits of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey when its released next months.

Unfortunately we can’t embed the song here, but you can have a listen by clicking here.

Finn, who’s best known as a member of New Zealand band Crowded House commented, “‘The Song of the Lonely Mountain’ was developed from a dark and mysterious theme which the dwarves sing early in the movie. After some days of mining underground (actually, in Peters office) I emerged with the song, then set about recording it with my sons Elroy and Liam. Dave Fridmann came in at the end with a bold mix. He seemed to respond well to my demands for ‘more anvil!’ Pop music needs more anvil!”

It’s certainly not a bad song, with a bit of a folk music feel about it.

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21 & Over Trailer – The Hangover heads for college

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Ever since The Hangover, Hollywood has been bringing us ever more raucous party antics and now we’re getting a college age look at a crazy night of alcogol fuelled antics in 21 & Over – and this one is even from the writers of The Hangover, which suggests exactly what we should expect. Justin Chon (Twilight) plays Jeff Chang, who’s planning a quiet night at home on his 21st birthday in preparation for an important grad school interview. His plans change – whether he likes it or not – when his best friends (Miles Teller and Skylar Astin) arrive unannounced, dragging him out for a wild evening to celebrate the fact he’s now allowed to drink. Unsurprisingly things soon get out of hand. The film should be out next spring.

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