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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)

Brad Bird Directing Damon Lindelof’s Mysterious Sci-fi 1952

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For quite a while now, Lost producer and Prometheus scribe Damon Lindelof has been working on a secretive sci-fi project known as 1952. Now Deadline reports the film has a director, with Brad Bird taking it on fresh from the success of his live-action directorial debut, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.

Disney is backing the film, which we first heard about last June, when Damon Lindelof signed a seven-figure deal to write the screenplay. No plot details have been revealed, except it will be a big-budget tentpole movie with additional multi-platform applications.

It’s believed the movie has something to do with aliens though, as 1952 was the year of numerous UFO sightings over Washington DC, leading to speculation over an imminent invasion or the President having high level meetings with extra-terrestrials. It’s also when UFO lore says Project Blue Book started, which is allegedly an attempt to scientifically study and analyse UFO activity and whether they represent a threat.

Disney is hoping that Brad Bird will make this his next feature project, with the studio eyeing a 2013 production start. The filmmaker also has 1906 in development, about the devastating San Francisco earthquake, although it isn’t known when that might be moving forward.

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Sharlto Copley In Talks For Maleficent

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It’s certainly been Sharlto Copley’s week, as he’s now in talks for his third major role in the past seven days, entering negotiations for the male lead in Disney’s Maleficent. Earlier this week the actor was confirmed to star in the Oldboy remake as well as Open Grave.

The actor will portray King Stefan in the live-action Maleficent, which puts a unique spin on the Sleeping Beauty story (Stefan is the sleepy princess’ father). The story is told from the villainous Maleficent’s (Angelina Jolie) point of view, which will explore why she put a curse on Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning).

Production designer Robert Stromberg (Avatar) is making his directorial debut on the movie, working from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton (Alice in Wonderland). Although no firm shoot date has been released it’s believed to be shooting this summer.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Plans Little Shop of Horrors Remake

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The 1987 version of Little Shop Of Horrors is one of the most fun musicals ever made, while the Roger Corman 1960 original is pretty good too. Now it appears Hollywood is planning another go round, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt spearheading a new take on the film.

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is drafting the new Carrie remake for MGM, is in negotiations to write the screenplay. Gordon-Levitt plans to play Krelboyne, a meek florist who must continue to feed his ever-growing – and talking – plant, which feasts on humans, to keep his newfound fame and fortune, and also hide the fact the plant has made him a murderer.

However the real question is whether this is a redo of the musical or not. While some of the initial info is contradictory, THR suggests it’s Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s musical, as Marc Platt is attached to produce, who brought Wicked to Broadway, while Aguirre-Sacasa was brought in to sort out the book for the troubled Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark.

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Amber Heard & Demian Bechir Joins Machete Kills

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Director Robert Rodriguez is busy filling out the cast of Machete Kills as he plans to start shooting soon and so needs to pull everything together at lightning speed. Now Variety reports that Amber Heard has signed on, while recent Oscar nominee Demián Bichir will be part of the movie too.

In the film, Danny Trejo reprises his title role from Machete, who is hired by the U.S. government to stop a nefarious arms dealer (Mel Gibson) from firing a missile. Amber Heard will play an assassin named Miss San Antonio. No details are known about Demián Bichir’s role. Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba also star.

Robert Rodriguez is directing from his own original screenplay, with shooting scheduled to take place in Austin, Texas, which is the hometown of both the filmmaker and Amber Heard.

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New Amazing Spider-man Trailer – Meet The Lizard

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Sony has been promising it all week and now it’s here, the rather groovy brand new international trailer for The Amazing Spider-man, which gives us out best look at the movie yet, including the villainous Lizard. Earlier today the first official in-movie shots of the character were released (taken from the trailer) and you can see those below.

Here’s the latest synopsis: ‘One of the world’s most popular characters is back on the big screen as a new chapter in the Spider-Man legacy is revealed in The Amazing Spider-Man™. Focusing on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story, the new film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, with Martin Sheen and Sally Field. The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt, based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach are producing the film in association with Marvel Entertainment for Columbia Pictures, which will open in theatres everywhere in 3D.

‘The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.’

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Klown Red Band Trailer – The very definition of NSFW

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The Danish movie Klown hasn’t opened yet in either the UK or US, but has already attracted enough interest that Hangover helmer Todd Phillips and Danny McBride are planning an English-language remake. Now a very NSFW but also very funny red band trailer for the movie has popped up online. The film was spawned from a TV series, and follows Casper and Frank who are planning a party-heavy vacation. Their plans are thrown asunder when Frank has to take his girlfriend’s 11-year-old son with them on the trip. He’s supposed to be proving he’s a good father, but continues to party even with the young boy in tow.

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Jody Hill Directing Dukes Of Hazzard Reboot

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It appears Warner wants to breath new life into the Dukes Of Hazzard, although at the moment they’re not entirely sure whether to reboot it or not. THR reports that Eastbound & Down co-creator Jody Hill, who also directed Observe & Report, is attached to write & direct what is currently being described as ‘untitled action project set in the American South for Warner Bros.’

It could well turn into a Dukes Of Hazzard movie, but Warner is waiting until the script is ready before they decide whether to tie it into the franchise, so there’s a chance it could just be an unrelated film about an outlaw duo, set in the 1970s. The original Dukes Of Hazzard ran on TV from 1979-1985 and followed an adventure-loving pair of cousins in Georgia who drove a Dodge Charger nicknamed the General Lee.

Bill Gerber will produce, which should make things easier if it does become a Hazzard movie, as he produced the 2005 big-screen version that starred Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville. There’s no info on when the film might shoot or who could star.

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Robert Pattinson To Track Down Saddam Hussein In Mission: Blacklist

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After being thrust into heartthrob territory with Twilight, Robert Pattinson has been trying to show he’s a multi-faceted talent and doesn’t just have to play teen vampires. He’s got the strange intensity of David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis coming up, and now he’s heading into thriller territory with Mission: Blacklist.

THR reports that the film will follow the true story of the army interrogator who led the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Based on Army interrogator Eric Maddox’s verbosely titled book ‘Mission: Black List #1: The Inside Story of the Search for Saddam Hussein – As Told By the Soldier Who Masterminded His Capture’, the film’s script will be written by Band of Brother’s Erick Jendresen, and directed by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire.

Interestingly while you’d think a film like this would be a military action movie, THR describes it as a psychological thriller, which suggests there’ll be a lot of Pattinson trying to break people down to try and find out where Saddam is hiding.

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A Fantastic Fear Of Everything Poster – Simon Pegg gets scared in his underpants

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A fun new poster has debuted over at Empire for Simon Pegg’s new comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything. In the movie Jack (Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a lifeline by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear. The film’s due out June 8th.

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Luke Evans Offered Fast Six Villain Role?

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It seems the idea of Brits being villainous in Hollywood movies isn’t dead, as a few months ago it was rumoured Jason Statham was being sought to play the bad guy in Fast & The Furious 6. It appears that didn’t work out, but they still want someone from the UK, as Twitch reports the role has now been offered to Immortals and Three Musketeers actor Luke Evans. It’s still on the level of being a rumour at the moment, but may well turn out to be true.

There’s no news on exactly who Evans would play, although it would play into rumours that after the US, Japan and Mexico, the franchise is heading to Europe for part six.

Evans has seemed poised on major stardom for a year or two now, but hasn’t quite made it yet. However if he gets this part, along with his role in The Hobbit, it could tip him further towards the a-list (and we’ll ignore for the minute whether he’s gone back into the closet or not in order to try and further his Hollywood career). Fast & The Furious 6 is due out May 2013.

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