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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)

Skyfall Poster – Daniel Craig goes classic Bond, down the barrel of a gun

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The first teaser poster for Skyfall has landed, which is a classic 007 image, suggesting that this isn’t a movie that’s going to completely ignore the history of the series. Here’s the blurb: ‘SKYFALL, from Albert R Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is directed by Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his third film as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007. Joining Daniel Craig, the cast includes Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Berenice Marlohe, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw with Albert Finney and Judi Dench as M. The screenplay is written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan. SKYFALL will begin its worldwide roll-out later this year in the UK and Ireland on October 26th and in North America on November 9th.’

Do you think the poster is as ace as we do?

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Partners Trailer/Featurette – First look at the new sitcom from the creators of Will & Grace

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There are two big gay shows heading for TV this autumn. A couple of days ago we posted the first look at The New Normal, the new sitcom about a gay couple and the woman who is the surrogate mother of their new child, which comes from Glee creator Ryan Murphy.

Now a preview for Partners, which comes from Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, has arrived. The sitcom is about architects Charlie (David Krumholtz) and Louis (Michael Urie), whose friendship has lasted longer than either of their romantic relationships and almost seems like a weird marriage. When Charlie decides to propose to his girlfriend, the gay Louis’ neurotic attempts to be supportive nearly result in the breakup of his own relationship. Brandon Routh plays Louis’ boyfriend.

You can see the trailer/behind-the-scenes look at the show below. It could be fun but does seem to trade on a lot of gay stereotypes. As long a Michael Urie can transcend that to become a fully rounded character – as Jack in Will & Grace managed, almost against the odds – it’ll be fine, but we’ll have to wait and see.

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John Cusack In Talks To Join Elijah Wood In Grand Piano

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A couple of weeks ago, we reported that Elijah Wood was set to star in Grand Piano, and now he may have some company, as Variety reports that John Cusack is in talks to co-star in the film, which Eugenio Mira (Agnosia) is set to direct.

The plot centres on a concert pianist (Wood) who returns from a severe bout of stagefright after a five-year break from performing. However, when he sits down at the piano, he sees a menacing note on his sheet music. He must give the performance of a lifetime or else a mysterious madman will kill him and his wife! The project is described as Speed at a piano. There’s no news on exactly who Cusack might play, although presumably he’ll be the bad guy.

The movie is currently looking for buyers at Cannes, ahead of a July shoot in Spain.

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Maniac Trailer – Elijah Wood gets homicidal and NSFW

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Ahead of plans to create buzz at Cannes, a NSFW trailer for the grisly thriller remake, Maniac, has been released. The film is based on the 1980 gore-fest, with Frank Khalfoun (P2) behind the camera and Elijah Wood starring. Here’s the plot: ‘Just when the streets seemed safe, a serial killer with a fetish for scalps is back and on the hunt. Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store, but his life changes when young artist Anna appears asking for his help with her new exhibition. As their friendship develops and Frank’s obsession escalates, it becomes clear that she has unleashed a long-repressed compulsion to stalk and kill.

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The Possession Trailer – Jeffrey Dean Morgan has demonic troubles

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick star in the horror-thriller The Possession, about a malicious spirit which is set free after a young girl purchases a seemingly-harmless antique box. The film is due to hit cinemas August 31, but now the trailer has arrived, which is designed to give us the willies while seeming a little bit silly. It’s allegedly based on a true story, but we’ll leave it to you to decide just how true the film is.

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New Prometheus Featurettes – Origin & Creation

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It’s only a couple of weeks until Prometheus finally hits on June 1st, and now a couple of new featurettes have been released to take us deeper into the movie and get us a little bit more excited (if that’s possible). Here’s the synopsis: ‘Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner’, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.’

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Jude Law Will Be Dom Hemingway In A New Crime Thriller

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In the mid 2000s Richard Shepard made The Matador and The Hunting Party. They were both good movies but also rather underappreciated, so he’s had to go back to TV for the past few years. Now he’s returning to feature films with Dom Hemingway, and THR reports that Jude Law and Richard E. Grant are set to star.

Dom Hemingway will follow the titular character, a larger than life safecracker with a lose fuse who is also funny, profane and dangerous. Freshly released from prison, he’s looking to collect on what he thinks he’s owed thanks to him keeping quiet about what he knew on his last job. There’s no news on who Grant will play.

Producer Jeremy Thomas is working with Hanway Films and BBC Films to get the movie made, and Shepard is pencilling in an autumn shoot in London.

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Helena Bonham Carter & Kathy Bates Set For Jeunet’s Spivet

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For a little over a year, Jean Pierre Jeunet has been working on his first English-language film since the rather disastrous Alien Resurrection. Now he’s busy putting the cast together, with Variety reporting that Helena Bonham Carter and Kathy Bates are on for the film, The Young And Prodigious Spivet.

Jeunet co-wrote the script regular collaborator Guillaume Laurent, adapting Rief Larson’s novel, The Selected Works Of TS Spivet. The tale is about youngster Spivet (Kyle Catlett), a boy who has extraordinary navigation and other skills, who decides to leave his father (Callum Keith Rennie) and the rest of his family behind in Montana to head out on a cross-country quest to the Smithsonian in Washington to receive a prize. There’s no news on exactly who Bonham Carter and Bates will play, but Variety suggests they’ll have significant roles.

The movie will be shot in 3D, even if it doesn’t sound like the sort of movie that would need an extra dimension. However it sounds like Jeunet is hoping to bring some Amelie style magic and plenty of visual effects to the film, so perhaps 3D will add something. Shooting starts June 30th, with the movie planned for release late in 2013.

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Fisher Stevens Adapting Philip Roth’s American Pastoral

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Who would have thought the funny little guy from Short Circuit would become a respected filmmaker who even won a documentary Oscar for producing The Cove? Now he’s planning a new directorial effort, taking on Philip Roth’s acclaimed novel American Pastoral, according to Variety.

Roth is definitely one of the great men of American letters, but despite attempts such as Portnoy’s Complaint and The Human Stain, his books have proven very tough to turn into decent films. Stevens’ will be hoping he can find a way to make it work with Roth’s 1997 book. The plot follows Seymour ‘Swede’ Levov, a legendary high school athlete who grows up to marry a former beauty queen and inherits his father’s business. Swede’s seemingly perfect life shatters when his daughter rebels by becoming a revolutionary and commits a savage act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War.

It’s a great book, although Roth’s great strength is in painting the internal lives of his characters, something that’s tough to get across on screen. John Romano, who worked on The Lincoln Lawyer, is the one charged with turning the novel into a script. American Pastoral should begin filming next year.

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Joel Edgerton Commits a Felony

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Joel Edgerton wants to prove he’s as good a writer as he is an actor, as he’s written a thriller called Felony, which he’s also set to star in, with Matthew Saville directing. And just so he can fill out his resume a bit more, Edgerton will also produce, according to THR.

Driving home after a celebration drink with his team after the long waited bust of a major gang, a decorated police officer (Edgerton) runs a young cyclist off the road. As he gives CPR to the child, fellow officers arrive to take his statement. In a split second decision he tells them a lie about the accident, a decision that ends up changing all their lives.

The film starts shooting in late October and will be looking or distributors at Cannes over the next few days.

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