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First Official Look At Jared Leto’s Crazy Suicide Squad Joker

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jared-leto-jokerA week or so ago we had a halfway look at Jared Leto’s as The Joker, but now we’ve got the first proper look, as director David Ayer has a released a pic showing a shrieking Leto with green hair, pale skin, rotten teeth and lots of tattoos.

Jared is playing the iconic villain in Suicide Squad which revolves around an array of supervillains, who have all been captured but are offered the chance for redemption by taking on a mission from which none of them are expected to return alive.

Alongside Leto there’s Will Smith (Deadshot), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jared Leto (The Joker), Jai Courtney (Boomerang), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flagg) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller).

David Ayer is set to direct, with an August 5th, 2016 release date already been set.

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Iceman Actor Shawn Ashmore Welcomes The Character Coming Out As Gay

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iceman-shawn-ashmoreThe gay internet got very excited a couple of days ago when it was revealed that original X-Men character Bobby ‘Iceman’ Drake was set to come out as gay in the latest issue of All-New X-Men.

Many wondered at the time whether this turn of events might one day be followed through in the X-Men film series, and now the actor who has played the character in four of the movies, Shawn Ashmore, has stepped forward to congratulate Iceman and suggest he wouldn’t be averse to Bobby showing he likes boys on screen.

While not suggesting it’s in anyway likely to happen, when it’s said to him that it’s a ‘change of storyline’, he replies, ‘Could be’. He also keen to add, ‘Congrats Bobby! :)’.

However there is one things he’s concerned about, saying ‘Omg there is going to be an onslaught of fanfic!!’

I’m sure many would like Bobby to come out in the movies, although it’s not likely to happen soon.

Bobby’s coming out isn’t unexpected as some ‘shocked’ people have said, as many have pointed out that in the comics the character originally grew up in the 1960s, when being gay was far more difficult than today. There’s also the fact that his main choice of girlfriend, Rogue, was a girl he literally couldn’t touch.

Some have also accuses the comic of biphobia, as in the new comic Bobby says he’s gay, although as a grown up he’s known to be straight. Although this ignores the possibility of his bisexuality, we are talking about the beginning of a storyline involving teenagers who may still be working through their feelings, so it’s a bit early to tell where things are going. [Read more…]

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Black Mass Trailer – Johnny Depp’s hairline recedes for the Whitey Bulger crime thriller

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black-mass-trailerJohnny Depp is currently back in the world of Jack Sparrow on the set of the new Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, but he’s got something rather different coming up, where he stars in the biopic of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger. He certainly looks rather different though, with receding hairline, coloured contacts and facial prosthetics.

He’s joined by a great cast, including Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Rory Cochrane, Sienna Miller, Adam Scott.

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger (Johnny Depp) was a Boston criminal who ended up becoming an FBI informant, with the help of his longtime friend and FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) and his brother (Cumberbatch). However Whitey didn’t completely turn good guy, as his tips to the feds were mainly about getting rid of his mob competition.

When Connolly tipped Bulger off that the feds were planning on double-crossing him, the criminal went into hiding for more than a decade, rising to the top of the FBI’s Most Wanted list before he was eventually caught in 2011 while hiding out in Santa Monica, California.

Billy was never implicated in Whitey’s criminal activities, but his political opponents inevitably tried to use his brother’s reputation against him.

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Area 51 Trailer – Oren Peli’s first movie since Paranormal Activity

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area-51-oren-peliI don’t think we can hold out too much hope for the one even if the trailer looks dumb but potentially a lot of fun. Oren Peli had a massive hit with Paranormal Activity in 2007, and he was supposed to follow-it up with another found footage tale, Area 51, a couple of years later.

However first there was a delay in getting it shot, and then since being completed it’s sat of the shelf for years (it went in front of the cameras six years ago), with Paramount seemingly unsure what to do with it. It’s the sort of lack of confidence that suggests it may be a stinker.

However now it’s finally getting a small US cinema release on the same day it hits VoD on May 15th, and we can get a taste with the trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The film follows Reid, who has always been obsessed with UFOs. While on a weekend trip to Vegas, he convinces two friends to join him on a mission to break into Area 51, where they find terrifying proof of alien presence. Starring Reid Warner, Jamel King, Ben Rovner and Jelena Nik.’ [Read more…]

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Riz Ahmed & Sam Claflin Circling Star Wars Rogue One

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riz-ahmedStar Wars Rogue One is set to shoot this year but it still needs to complete its cast. Felicity Jones is already aboard and Ben Mendelsohn was recently rumoured to be joining her.

It appears a couple more are in contention as BadAss Digest reports Riz Ahmed is in talks for an unknown part in the movie, while TheWrap adds that Sam Claflin ‘is the frontrunner for one of the ensemble roles’.

The movie will be the first of the Star Wars Anthology movies, which Disney/Lucasfilm plan to release on alternate years and will focus on characters and situations beyond the main spine of the Star Wars story. Here’s the recently released brief synopsis: ‘A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring new hope to the galaxy in the Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One.’

The only other think we know is that it won’t focus on the Jedi, with the main characters lacking the powers of the Force. Gareth Edwards is directing, with a December 16th, 2016 release date set.

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First Look At Luke Bracey and Edgar Ramirez In The Point Break Remake

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point-break-2015-pic1After a whole host of high profile actors passed on the Point Break remake, the producers settled on Luke Bracey and Edgar Ramirez and be their new Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. They may not be big names, but they’re good actors, so hopefully that will count.

That said, reaction to the trailer shown at CinemaCon was mixed, with the only thing people agreeing being that a scene involving wingsuits was cool. While we don’t have the trailer yet, we don’t have the first two pics.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the fast-paced, high-adrenaline “Point Break,” a young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes – led by the charismatic Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez). The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes. The film is replete with the most daring athleticism ever seen in a motion picture. These action adventure feats are performed by elite athletes representing the world’s best in class in big-wave surfing, wingsuit flying, sheer-face snowboarding, free rock climbing, and high-speed motorcycling.’

The film is due out at Christmas.

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Domhnall Gleeson Signs Up To Star Alongside Tom Cruise In Doug Liman’s Mena

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dohmnall-gleesonTom Cruise and Doug Liman had a great time working together on Edge Of Tomorrow, so much so that in January they announced that they were reuniting for the crime thriller Mena.

Now Liman has started to flesh out the cast, as Variety reports that Domhnall Gleeson and Sarah Wright will star in the movie.

Universal bought Barry Spinelli’s script last year for over a million dollars, with is about Barry Seal, a fired TWA pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medellin Cartel. He was later recruited by the DEA and CIA to provide intelligence, with his work tying to the Iran Contra scandal. He was assassinated by Colombians in 1986.

It’s not clear who Gleeson or Wright will play, but it adds to a big year for Domhnall, who’s set to appear in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Revenant, both of which will be out at the end of the year.

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Lego Movie’s Phil Lord & Chris Miller Plan Animated Spider-Man Movie

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phil-lord-and-chris-millerPhil Lord & Chris Miller are kings of taking on ideas that many people thought could never work and turning them into massively successful film, whether it’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street or The Lego Movie. Now they’re hoping to do it again, as Sony has revealed they’re working on an animated Spider-man film.

It means the studio is hoping to have two Spidey franchises running at once, with a live-action Peter Parker joining up with Marvel heroes for Captain America 3 before getting his own stand-alone film, as well as Lord & Miller’s animated take.

There’s no news on exactly how the film will work, but it’s due out July 20th, 2018, with Miller and Lord writing the treatment and producing (it’s not clear whether they’ll also direct), with the press release saying that ‘The film will exist independently of the projects in the live-action Spider-Man universe, all of which are continuing’.

It’ll certainly be interesting to see if it works.

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Original X-Men Character Iceman Comes Out As Gay

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Iceman-x-men-Days-of-Future-PastIn the last few years the X-Men comics have been fairly LGBT inclusive, but the gay or bisexual characters have all been characters only fans would know well. However that’s now changed as leaked pages from the latest issue of All-New X-Men reveals that Bobby ‘Iceman’ Drake is gay.

As you can see in the leaked pages below, his secret is semi-forced out of him by Jean Grey, although he seems more relieved than angry.

All-New X-Men centres on Professor Xavier’s first five students – Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Jean Grey – who as teenagers are transported into the future and forced to face who they eventually become. What becomes particularly interesting about Bobby’s revelation is that in the future he doesn’t seem to be gay, so perhaps this is a hint that they are able to change how things turn out.

In the X-Men movies Iceman was played by Shawn Ashmore, and while he certainly wasn’t gay in the film, Shawn’s identical twin Aaron did play the gay Agent Jinks in the sci-fi TV show Warehouse 13. [Read more…]

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New Tomorrowland: A World Beyond Trailer – George Clooney heads for another world

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tomorrowland-poster1-slideGeorge Clooney has generally shied away from blockbuster type movies, but he’s hoping he’ll have a huge hit with Tomorrowland: A World Beyond – as is Disney which has spent $150 million to make the movie.

Now a new trailer has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From Disney comes two-time Oscar® winner Brad Bird’s riveting, mystery adventure “Tomorrowland,” starring Academy Award® winner George Clooney. Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space known only as “Tomorrowland.” What they must do there changes the world—and them—forever.

‘Featuring a screenplay by “Lost” writer and co-creator Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird, from a story by Lindelof & Bird & Jeff Jensen, “Tomorrowland” promises to take audiences on a thrill ride of nonstop adventures through new dimensions that have only been dreamed of.’

The film is linked to the Disneyland world it’s named after, although in the film’s world, it was Walt Disney that took inspiration from another planet, rather than the other way around. The film is out in the UK on May 22nd. [Read more…]

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