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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)

Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton & Jacki Weaver On For JFK Assassination Drama Parkland

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Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) have signed on to the John F. Kennedy assassination themed feature film Parkland, from writer/director Peter Landesman, with Tom Hanks set to produce.

The film will be based on Vincent Bugliosi’s book, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which is follows the dramatic true story of the chaotic events that occurred at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Parkland was where JFK was taken after he was shot. Doctors worked feverishly to save him, although it was pretty much a foregone conclusion the wounds were fatal (it was also where Lee Harvey Oswald and his assassin, Jack Ruby, died).

It hasn’t been revealed exactly who the three actors will play. The movie will shoot in Austin, Texas with for release around the 50th anniversary of the JFK shooting in November 2013. (Source: Variety)

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Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders & Scarlett Johannson On For Captain America 2

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Yesterday, it was confirmed that Frank Grillo will play Crossbones in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Now there’s some more casting news, which lets us know some familiar faces will be back for the film, as Variety reports that The Avengers stars Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, and Cobie Smulders will reprise their roles for this stand-alone sequel.

Captain America: The First Avenger star Sebastian Stan will also be back as Bucky Barnes, who turns into The Winter Soldier. You may be wondering how that’s possible if you’ve seen the first movie, but his return in a new form is one of the main aspects of the plot.

It isn’t known how integral the return of the S.H.I.E.L.D agents will be, or indeed if with a S.H.I.E.L.D TV show be planned, they will try and tie the events in the movie into that series.

Marvel has also issued a casting call for actors in Los Angeles and Cleveland, for both principal and extra roles. Production begins March 1, 2013, with shooting to take place in Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Washington D.C.

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Bryan Singer Confirmed To Direct X-Men: Days of Future Past

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There was a bit of drama last week when despite the fact the shoot of X-Men: Days Of Future Past is already set to start in January, director Matthew Vaughn stepped down. At the time it was revealed that his most likely replacement was X-Men 1 & 2 helmer Bryan Singer, who up until that point was simply serving as a producer.

Now that’s been confirmed via Deadline, and Singer will indeed be in the director’s chair. Vaughn hasn’t completed severed all ties, as he is still attached to the project and is close to signing on as a producer alongside Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner. He also contributed to the story.

James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are set to return in the leads as Xavier and Magneto, with the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult as set to return. The original Days Of Future Past comic book storyline feature time travel, and features the mutants having to prevent a terrifying possible future. The film is set for release July 18, 2014.

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Disney Buys Lucasfilm & Plans New Star Wars Film For 2015

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In a move that caught Hollywood slightly off guard, Disney has announced that it is buying LucasFilm for $4.05 billion in stock and cash, and that they are developing a seventh Star Wars movie for release in 2015. George Lucas will not direct as he is pretty much retiring (although will serve as a creative consultant), although it is not known yet who will take over at the helm.

Disney chairman Robert G. Iger commented, “Lucasfilm reflects the extraordinary passion, vision, and storytelling of its founder, George Lucas. This transaction combines a world-class portfolio of content including Star Wars, one of the greatest family entertainment franchises of all time, with Disney’s unique and unparalleled creativity across multiple platforms, businesses, and markets to generate sustained growth and drive significant long-term value.”

So yep, that means that not only are they looking at this in terms of making new movies, but also how they can expand the merchandising and the saga’s role at the company’s theme park. However it’s Star Wars’ future in film that most people care about. George Lucas has often said that he originally intended for there to be nine films, and as part of the deal, Disney gets his treatments for Episodes 7, 8, and 9. The first movie should come in 2015, with plans for a new films every 2-3 years after that. With Disney wanting to mine this for all it’s worth, there have also been suggestions they’ll be looking at how they can bring the expanded Star Wars universe onto the screen, perhaps creating an Avengers style series of linked spin-offs.

Here’s what George Lucas had to say, “For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next. It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I’m confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come. Disney’s reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment, and consumer products.”

Kathleen Kennedy, current Co-Chairman of Lucasfilm and longtime blockbuster producer of the likes of ET and Jurassic Park, will become President of Lucasfilm, reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn.

However while more Star Wars are promised, what about Indiana Jones? Well, that’s apparently a possibility, but it’s not as easy as a new Star Wars movie, because Paramount still has certain rights over the adventure series. It’s also worth noting that while Disney now owns the original six Star Wars films, they don’t have distribution rights. Fox has rights to the first film forever and the other five until 2020, although those hoping for box sets including all the movies may get their way, as Fox only gets a small sliver from its Star Wars distribution fee (about 6%) and so may be willing to negotiate with Disney.

In order to allay people’s fears, Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy took to the internet to talk about future plans for the Star Wars saga, so you can see what they had to say below.

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters – Red Band Trailer

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If all had gone to the original plan, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters would have hit cinemas last spring, but it got delayed (some have suggested because it’s not that great, others have said that movie was waiting for Jeremy Renner to get more famous). Now it’s set for release early next year (March 15th to be exact), and the a new red band trailer has arrived, giving us a look at the movie, which sees Renner and Gemma Arterton as grown up versions of the fairy tale characters, who now work as bounty hunters tracking down witches. If you were thinking this was going to be all buttercups and fairytale prettiness, think again, as it’s going to have plenty of blood and guts, along with a dark sense of humour.

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John Dies At The End Trailer – Paul Giamatti teams with the director of Bubba Ho-Tep

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During the years Don Coscarelli was trying to put together a sequel to Bubba Ho-Tep, Paul Giamatti was said to be all ready to star in it. However when that didn’t pan out, Giamatti signed on for Coscarelli’s John Dies At The End instead, which as this trailer shows, is going to be a rather strange sci-fi trip. Here’s the slighly odd synopsis: ‘It’s a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can’t.’ The movie should be out sometime next year.

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Movie Based On The Magic Castle Planned

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Magic, of the illusion variety, seems to be popular in Hollywood at the moment, as the Steve Carell magic comedy Burt Wonderstone is due out next spring, while Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me, about a team of illusionists who rob banks, is out next year too.

Now THR has learned that a movie is in the works based on the Magic, the LA venue where some of the world’s top magicians gather to meet, perform for one another and trade secrets (some may remember the Magic Castle from Arrested Development, but not realised it was a real place). The mansion was built in 1909 and turned into a private night club back in 1963. Sadly though it’s closed to the public (the only way to get in is if you’ve been invited by a member), so few now what really goes on inside.

Ted Field serving as a producer through his Radar Pictures label, with 20th Century Fox backing the film. To be honest if Burt Wonderstone and Now You See Me bomb, don’t be shocked if we never here about this one again, but if they hit it big, it’s likely it’ll go into production quickly.

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Daniel Craig & John Goodman Up For Monuments Men

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Just yesterday we reported that Sony has decided to team with Fox as half-partners in George Clooney’s Monuments Men, and at the same time it was revealed that Cate Blanchett & Bill Murray were also up for the movie.

Now news comes via Deadline that Clooney really is lining up a stunning cast, as Daniel Craig, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville, and Bob Balaban are also all attached to the movie, along with Jean Dujardin, who entered negotiations to star in the film a few weeks ago, and Clooney himself. Sadly we don’t know who all these people will play, but it’s certainly an impressive roster.

The movie will be based on the nonfiction book, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel, which tells the story of the US government’s efforts to retrieve artwork stolen by the Nazis and the art experts whose skills were put to use in the campaign. The title comes from the name given to the American and British art historians and museum curators who helped the military track down the stolen pieces.

It’s a setup that certainly gives plenty of room for star turns from the great cast. The Monuments Men is set to begin filming in Europe this spring.

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RZA Takes On Genghis Khan Biopic & Heist Movie No Man’s Land

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It seems Wu Tang Clan’s RZA must have enjoyed directing The Man With The Iron Fists, as he’s already got an adaptation of Grant Morrison’s comic Happy! in the works, and now THR reports reports that he has two other flicks in development, one of which is likely to be his next movie.

The first film is pretty ambitious, as it’s a biopic of legendary mongol warrior Genghis Khan, who united various tribes and conquered large swathes of Asia and parts of Europe in the 13th Century. The movie has been a long-developing passion project for writer John Milius. While Milius originally wanted to helm himself with Mickey Rourke starring, he couldn’t get that off the ground, so now RZA is in the director’s chair, with the hope he can get it going.

The other project is No Man’s land, written by Trey Ellis and David Klass, which is about ‘a man who steals a powerful criminal’s diamond that soon proves to be far more valuable than initially thought. With the help of a dancer, he attempts to stay alive and cash in on the jewel. The story takes place during one night and has been described as having echoes of The Warriors.’

No Man’s Land is likely to be RZA’s next movie, although that’s not set in stone yet.

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Wolverine Teaser Poster Unveiled, Plus Take A Look At the Livechat From The Set

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The Wolverine has been shooting for a while now, and to get fans excited, Fox has released a pretty cool first teaser poster, as well as getting Hugh Jackman and director James Mangold together on the set for a live webchat.

You can watch that chat below, although don’t expect many massive revelations, as they mainly talk about things that have already been revealed, such as that it will be set after all the other X-Men movies. However there are a few interesting nuggets, such as that while it’s always appeared Wolverine can’t be hurt, we’ll learn what his “kryptonite” is, and that The Outlaw Josey Wales was a big influence on this film as he likes that it’s a concise way of immediately setting a character up on a journey of loss, rage and revenge.

Take a look at the chat below.

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