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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)

First look At Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi

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Quite a few directors flirted with adapting Yann Martel’s novel, Life Of Pi, but were eventually scared off by the stranger and more unbelievable aspects of the book. However Ang Lee has taken on the challenge, and now the first image from the movie has been released. The story is about on Pi Patel (newcomer Suraj Sharma) who, after a shipwreck, shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, a hyena, an injured zebra, and an orangutan. The image features Sharma and the tiger, who becomes his only form of companionship. The 3D movie’s currently due out December 21st.

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Lawless Trailer – Tom Hardy & Shia Labeouf go bootlegging

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Previously known as The Wettest Country, the intense first trailer for the retitled Lawless. Directed by John Hillcoat from a script by him and Proposition cohort Nick Cave, the movie is based on Matt Bodurant’s book about the author’s grandfather and two great-uncles, who were part of a fierce criminal gang at the centre of the US’s moonshine trade during prohibition. The story also follows a writer named Sherwood Anderson, who is on the trail of the bootlegging gang. The film has a great cast, with Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, and Mia Wasikowska onboard. Momentum Pictures announced today that it’ll hit UK cinemas on August 31st, after premiering in competition at Cannes in May.

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Samsara Trailer

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If you’ve never seen Baraka, you should have, and if you have, you’ll undoubtedly be thrilled to hear director Ron Fricke is finally preparing to release his follow-up, which was filmed over a four-year period in 25 countries across five continents. You can find out a bit more about the movie, which shows us various events, places and cultures from around the world, by clicking here. And you can take a look at the trailer here, although sadly the quality of our web player doesn’t fully do justice to the 70mm imagery. It’ll be in cinemas August 31st.

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Fresh Trailer For Pixar’s Brave

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If one thing is certain in life, it’s that Pixar movies always look stunningly gorgeous, and it certainly seems Brave will follow suit. A new trailer has now been unleashed which give us our best look yet at the plot of the movie. Here’s the synopsis: ‘A grand adventure full of heart, memorable characters and signature Pixar humor, “Brave” uncovers a new tale in the mysterious Highlands of Scotland where the impetuous Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) defies an age-old custom and inadvertently unleashes chaos, forcing her to discover the meaning of true bravery before it’s too late.’ The film is due to hit UK cinemas August 17th, 2012.

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New Hotel Transylvania Trailer

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Genndy Tartakovsky has a massive reputation in animation circles thanks to Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars and The Powerpuff Girls, and he’s currently busy making his feature directorial debut, Hotel Transylvania, which is due to hit cinemas on October 12th. The film takes a whole bunch of the classic movie monsters – Dracula, Quasimodo, Frankenstein – on holiday. The last thing Simon Van Helsing, the youngest in a long line of monster hunters, wants to do is fall in love with Dracula’s daughter, Mavis. Upon discovering that they are natural enemies, the doomed couple attempt to bring peace between the warring monsters and humans.

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Pixar Announces Latin-Themed Dia De Los Muertos Film

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Pixar turned up at the CinemaCon event in Las Vegas yesterday to big up their upcoming movie slate and make a few announcements. Deadline reports that John Lasseter and co. took to the stage and announced a new movie, with Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo) directing a movie based around the Mexican holiday of Dia De Los Muertos.

The ‘day of the dead’ takes place in early November and sees family gather to remember the dead. The event is a mix of sadness and celebration, and famously uses skeleton symbolism, which will undoubtedly be part of Pixar’s film. As always though when the animation company first announces a movie, they’re not saying too much about the plot, leaving us to speculate.

Last year Pixar revealed they were working on a film about dinosaurs. At CinemaCon they’ve announced that movie is now called The Good Dinosaur, but we still don’t know much more than that the basic story looks at what would have happened if the dino-destroying asteroid had missed Earth and dinosaurs never became extinct. It’s currently set for US release May 2014.

There’s also been a bit of release date swapping, as Pete Docter’s untitled Pixar movie that takes place inside the mind has moved back substantially from November 2013 to June 2015, with Disney’s Snow Queen based animation Frozen move into the vacated 2013 slot.

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Justin Lin Directing Culture Clash Rom Com Chinglish

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Justin Lin has made a name for himself with the high octane action of Fast & The Furious 3, 4 & 5. Parts 6 & 7 are currently in the works, and he’s also got several other projects on the boil. However, they’re all in the action or sci-fi arena, but now he’s added something rather different, signing on to direct a film version of the play Chinglish, according to Deadline.

Penned by Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang, the culture clash comedy is about an American businessman who travels to China on business, but unexpectedly finds love. Lin says, “As soon as I saw Chinglish on Broadway. I began to envision this smart and insightful cross-cultural comedy as a film.”

As well as the love story and humor, Lin felt the play’s political commentary made it a “very timely” story that would do well on screen.

It’s certainly something a bit different for Lin and it’s unlikely he’ll be able to get round to it for quite a while, as Justin already has quite a lot on his place.

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Iron Man 3 May Get Infernal Affairs Star Andy Lau

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With The Avengers almost in cinemas, Marvel has started really concentrating on Iron Man 3, which begins shooting next month. Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, and Jessica Chastain have all been added to the cast in the last few weeks, and now Twitch reports that Chinese superstar Andy Lau may join them.

According to the report, Lau is in final negotiations to play an old friend of Tony Stark’s, who “represents the technology sector” of China and helps Iron Man defeat The Mandarin. It’s never actually been confirmed The Mandarin is the main villain of the film, although it’s long been rumoured.

If a deal becomes finalised, the Infernal Affairs star joins franchise veterans Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle, along with newcomers Pearce, Kingsley, and Chastain. Shane Black is directing from a screenplay by Drew Pearce.

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Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman To Write Amazing Spider-man 2

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Screenwriters Roberto Orci &Alex Kurtzman have signed up for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, rewriting the original script by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, Total Recall), according to Deadline.

When you realise Orci & Kurtzman wrote Star Trek and Mission: Impossible III, it sounds good that they’re on for Amazing Spider-man 2, although perhaps their work on the Transformers movies and Cowboys & Aliens should give us some pause.

Here’s what they had to say about joining the sequel, “We grew up as huge Spider-Man fans so, to us, the opportunity to work on this film is akin to being handed the Holy Grail. We love the direction Sony and the filmmakers are taking the Peter Parker/Spider-Man mythology and we couldn’t be more excited to be a part of this legendary franchise.”

Despite The Amazing Spider-man not reaching cinemas until July 4th, Spider-man 2 already has a May 2, 2014 release date set for this sequel, with the shoot already tentatively set for the first quarter of 2013.

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Armie Hammer & More Join Sci-fi Thriller Cut Bank

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We’re big fans of Armie Hammer here at BGPS, and can’t help but get excited whenever he signs up for a new movie. Now he’s been announced as part of a great cast that’s been revealed for the sci-fi thriller Cut Bank, with Deadline reporting that Armie Hammer, Ben Kingsley, John Malkovich, Michael Sheen, and Teresa Palmer have all signed up for the film.

The story is set in Cut Bank, Montana, and focusses on a mechanic and an ex-football player who try to out get of the small town, which they discover is frozen in time. It isn’t known which specific characters this quintet of actors will play.

Matt Shakman is directing from a screenplay by Roberto Patino, which landed on the Black List of best unproduced screenplays back in 2009. Entertainment One will start shopping the project to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, although it isn’t known when production might begin.

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