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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)

Willem Dafoe & Matt Dillon Go To Whiskey Bay

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Willem Dafoe and Matt Dillon have signed up to star in Whiskey Bay, an independent feature that marks the directorial debut of producer Chris Brinker (Boondock Saints), according to Deadline.

The movie is about a longtime cop (Willem Dafoe) who arrests a notorious member of the Aryan Brotherhood (Matt Dillon). Although the former neo-Nazi is trying to put his life back together, he agrees to go undercover to shut down his former operation.

Jonny Hirschbein wrote the screenplay, with shooting set to take place in New Orleans, although it isn’t known when production will begin.

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Tom Hardy & Michael Shannon Take The Long Red Road

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Teaming up Tom Hardy and Michael Shannon is quite a potent combination, as they have signed on to star in The Long Red Road for Paul Neesan and Richard Fant’s Whipsmart production company, according to Variety.

The film is adapted from the Brett C. Leonard play about Sam (Tom Hardy), a man who tries to drink his sorrows away on a South Dakota Indian reservation. He is forced to reevaluate his life when a face from his past comes to visit. Tom Hardy will reprise the same role he portrayed in the play, which debuted at Chicago’s Goodman Theater in 2010. Michael Shannon is playing Sam’s older brother.

Philip Seymour Hoffman directed the original play, but it isn’t known if he will take the helm on this feature adaptation.

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The Letter Trailer – Winona Ryder has hallucinations involving James Franco

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Winona Ryder must have enjoyed being involved in the weirdness of Black Swan, as it seems she wants to make her own version, although with less of a budget, and James Franco making one of his lightly random appearances. Winona stars as a playwright, who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the centre of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.

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For Ellen Trailer – Paul Dano & Jon Heder head for an indie drama

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Paul Dano is more interested in making interesting movies than chasing stardom, and that certainly seem true of the indie For Ellen. In the movie he stars as, ‘Aspiring rock star Joby Taylor, who has wanted nothing more than to “make it”, having flirted with fame but never crossed over into true success. In the midst of a low period in his life, he agrees to sign divorce papers with his estranged wife (Margarita Levieva) in order to see money from the sale of their home, only to discover that by signing the papers, he will forfeit all custody of his six-year-old daughter, Ellen (newcomer Shaylena Mandigo). With a good-natured lawyer (Jon Heder) unable to make headway in reversing the decision, and a girlfriend (Jena Malone) that represents an era of his life that he might be ready to graduate from, Joby negotiates a visit with his daughter to explore whether he is able to walk away from his child, and whether it might be too late for reconciliation.’ It hits US cinemas in early September, but no UK release is yet set.

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Seven Psychopaths Trailer – Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken & Sam Rockwell get criminal

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Written and Directed by Oscar®-winner Martin McDonagh, the comedy Seven Psychopaths follows a struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster’s (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. The movie co-stars Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits, Olga Kurylenko and Zeljko Ivanek. No UK release date is currently set.

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Grace Of Monaco Gets Tim Roth & Frank Langella

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Nicole Kidman and Paz Vega have already signed up for Olivier Dahan’s Grace Of Monaco, and now they’ve got a bit of male company, as Variety reports that Tim Roth and Frank Langella have signed up for the movie.

The film concentrates on the time when Monaco was in a conflict with France and Grace Kelly, who by then had given up acting and was the small country’s princess. She worked to prevent a coup, after French president Charles de Gaulle handed Grace’s husband Crown Prince Rainier, a six-month deadline to reform Monaco’s financial laws and status as an extreme tax haven.

Roth will play the prince, while Langella is Father Tucker, the priest who set the couple up and became a close friend. Paz Vega recently signed up to play opera singer Maria Callas, who was having an affair with wealthy Aristotle Onassis at the time.

Dahan plan to film the movie this autumn in France.

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Tobey Maguire Up For Z For Zachariah Adaptation

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Many a school kid has had to read Z For Zachariah, which teachers get out seemingly to impress upon kids that starting a nuclear war isn’t a good idea. Now Robert C. O’Brien’s book is getting a movie adaptation, with Craig Zobel (Compliance) directing and Tobey Maguire set to star, according to Variety.

The story is set in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear war which has left most land completely uninhabitable. However a teenage girl has managed to survive alone in a sheltered farm micro-climate, which protects her from the radiation. Her solitary life changes when a scientist turns up in a radiation suit, who’s been made sick by drinking from a contaminated stream. As she nurses him to health, she also learns his dark secrets.

Nissar Modi has written the script, which landed on the Black List of the best unproduced screenplays last year. It’s a potentially interesting flick, especially as there are so few characters.

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Disney Shuts Down Henry Selick’s Latest Stop-Motion Movie

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Walt Disney Pictures has decided to shut down production on the Untitled Henry Selick 3D stop-motion project, which was previously set for release in the States on October 4, 2013. The studio notified the 150 employees at Shademaker Productions in San Francisco earlier today.

Back in April 2010 filmmaker Henry Selick (Coraline) signed a deal to make stop-motion features for Walt Disney Pictures and Disney Pixar. This would have been the first movie to come out of that deal. Insiders claim that the movie was behind in production, from both a creative and scheduling perspective. Since it would likely not make its proposed release date, Disney pulled the plug altogether. Production started last summer, although they still have not hired any voice actors.

The filmmaker is now free to shop this project around to other studios. Since Disney never released any promotional materials, the chances are greater that this stop-motion flick can find a new home. The move will reportedly not affect the status of Disney’s The Graveyard Book, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel that Henry Selick is attached to direct. (Source: Variety)

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Daredevil Likely To Return To Marvel, Plus See Joe Carnahan’s Sizzle Reels For His Aborted Reboot

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Last week, it was revealed that 20th Century Fox was interested in bringing director Joe Carnahan on board to direct the Untitled Daredevil Reboot. Now the director himself says that the studio shot down his take on the project, meaning the rights to Daredevil will most likely revert back to Marvel Studios.

Here’s what the filmmaker had to say through his Twitter account last night, “Think my idea for a certain retro, red-suited, Serpico-styled superhero went up in smoke today kids. We shall see. Time is NOT on anyone’s side.”

While it was reported last week that Fox was seeking an extension for the looming production deadline of October 10th, before the rights go back to Marvel. However Marvel declined the extension (it’s been said they may have granted it in return for Fantastic 4 related characters like Galactus and Silver Surfer, but Fox didn’t want to give them up). With less than two months to go before the rights change hands, and no director on board, it is almost certain that Marvel will control the fate of the Untitled Daredevil Reboot.

It isn’t known if Marvel has any immediate plans to put Matt Murdock on the silver screen. They already have a full production slate with Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Guardians of the Galaxy hitting theaters within the next two years.

Two sizzle reels, giving us a feel for what Carnahan’s take on Daredevil would have been have also popped up on Youtube, and you can watch them below.

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First Poster For Arnie’s The Last Stand Arrives

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Arnie returns on Friday with the Expendables 2, and it seems he keen one know this is just the beginning of his comeback following his political sejourn. The first image from The Tomb came yesterday and now the poster for his next film, The Last Stand has arrived via IGN.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Korean helmer Jee-woon Kim (A Tale of Two Sisters, The Good The Bad The Weird) directs, with Schwarzenegger as Sheriff Owens, a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction, after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. Following a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, a notorious, wanted drug kingpin is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members.

‘He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for one of the most daring face offs in cinema history.’ The movie’s due out January 2013

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