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Tom Hardy In Talks For Black Mass, With Johnny Depp Confirmed For The Crime Flick

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Tom Hardy

A few weeks ago it was revealed that after stepping away from the Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass last year, Johnny Depp was circling the project again. He got interested again after shooting of the movie was delayed and the director swapped from Barry Levinson to Scott Cooper. Now Deadline reports that Depp has finalised his deal to play the Boston crime.

They also report that Tom Hardy is in talks to play FBI agent John Connolly. Joel Edgerton was previously attached to play Connolly, but he is no longer involved in the project. There’s no news on how close Hardy is to signing.

Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth wrote the original script,  adapted from Black Mass: The True Story Of An Unholy Alliance Between The FBI And The Irish Mob by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neil. The story James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, a major player in organised crime, who became an FBI informant with the help of his childhood friend, the FBI agent John Connolly. Bulger wanted to rid his neighbourhood of Italian mafia elements. While that may sound like a good thing, it actually just strengthened the grip Bulger’s Winter Hill Gang’s grip had on the community.

The FBI eventually double-crossed Bulger, causing the criminal to go into hiding for more than a decade, before he was eventually caught hiding out in California in 2011.

Shooting is is scheduled to begin in May.

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Will Smith Won’t Come Back For Independence Day Sequel

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will-smith-independence-dayFor years there’s been talk of sequels to Independence Day, which came closer to reality a few months ago when Fox set a release date for a follow-up to Roland Emmerich’s 1996 hit. However there was still no news on whether Will Smith would agree to return as Steven Hiller.

Over the years he’s both suggested he would and that he wouldn’t, as even after it appeared that Fox had decided to move forward, he still hadn’t made up his mind. Now Deadline reports that Smith has ‘pretty much decided’ he won’t be back and has informed 20th Century Fox of that fact.

That’s not the end of the movie though, as knowing Smith was undecided Roland Emmerich had screenwriter James Vanderbilt (White House Down) work on two versions of the script, one which centres on Will Smith’s character, and one that doesn’t (speculation is that it’ll move to his son instead). The director and Dean Devlin wrote the first draft of the script, before turning the writing duties over to Vanderbilt.

Apparently the actor’s decision is still not “set in stone,” but it’s looking unlikely he will be back, even though he could probably do with a big blockbuster, considering Men In Black 3 is his only major success since 2007.

The Independence Day sequel is currently set for release on July 1, 2016, almost exactly 20 years after the first movie.

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New Yves Saint Laurent Trailer – Pierre Niney takes on the gay fashion legend

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It’s the year for Yves Saint Laurent in film, with two biopics of the designer likely to be released. One, currently titled Saint Laurent, stars Gaspard Ulliel (Hannibal), Louis Garrel (The Dreamers), Jérémie Renier (In Bruges) and Lea Seydoux (Inglourious Basterds). However before that one we’ll get New Yves Saint Laurent, with Pierre Niney in the title role. A new UK trailer for that film has now been released and you can take a look at a few images from the film below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Paris, 1957. 21 year old Yves is catapulted to international stardom as the successor to Christian Dior who has recently died.  At his first catwalk show he meets Pierre Bergé, who will become his lover and business partner, and begins a relationship that will change his life forever.  Just a few years later however he’s subjected to the public humiliation of being fired.  Refusing to succumb to his critics and self-doubt, he creates the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house and presents the first-ever ‘ready to wear’ collection, shocking the world of couture.

‘YVES SAINT LAURENT follows the designer as he attempts to democratise fashion against the backdrop of Sixties’ liberation, battling his personal demons to build an empire that would be renowned for liberating women all over the world.

‘Directed by Jalil Lespert, starring Pierre Niney as Yves Saint Laurent and Guillaume Gallienne as Pierre Bergé, Charlotte le Bon as Victoire Doutreleau, Laura Smet as Loulou de la Falaise, Marie de Villepin as Betty Catroux and Nikolai Kinski as Karl Largerfeld.

‘YVES SAINT LAURENT features real locations in Paris and Morocco and original clothes from the Yves Saint Laurent haute couture collection archive.’

The film, which is based by Pierre Bergé, will hit UK cinemas on March 21st.

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Arrow’s Stephen Amell Feels Winter Olympics ‘Marred by Homophobia’

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Stephen Amell

Russia must have been hoping the Sochi Olympics would be as much a celebration of their country as the London Olympics were for the UK. However it’s become an increasingly controversial event, marred the country’s increasingly homophobic laws, the government seemingly turning a blind eye to neo-Nazi groups attacking LGBT people and mixed messages over whether gay people would even be safe attending the games.

The homophobic atmosphere has caused many to speak out, including Arrow star Stephen Amell (who spent much of his early career playing gay roles). He took to Facebook to answer questions about his shows scheduling, saying Arrow is on a ‘mini hiatus so people can grit their teeth and suffer through an Olympic games marred by homophobia and mediocre levels of public interest.’

He later continued ‘Follow up point — Good luck to all the athletes who have worked so hard for so many years and essentially geared their entire life around this opportunity. Hopefully, a lot of them will use their success and a public platform to remind everybody this isn’t the stone age.’

It’s not the first time the hunky star has used Facebook to speak up for gay rights, such as during the US Supreme Court case over The Defence Of Marriage Act, when he said, “[m]arriage should be available to everybody. Some of the most loving, powerful relationships I’ve witnessed have been same-sex couples…Equal rights for all.”

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Channel 4 Gets A Rainbow Re-brand To Support Gay Winter Olympics Athletes

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channel-4-rainbow-logoThe UK’s Channel 4 has decided to publicly come out against the anti-gay laws in Russia and to support LGBT athletes in Sochi. They devoted a significant portion of last night’s Channel 4 News to the situation for gay people in Sochi, and today – to coincide with the Winter Olympics opening ceremony – the network’s logo is getting a rainbow-coloured overhaul.

Channel 4 is also launching a 90-second TV ad that will debut at 7pm on Friday – as BBC2’s live coverage of the opening ceremony nears its climax – in a “roadblock” across its main channel, E4, More4 and catch-up station 4Seven.

It’s fun, silly and more than a little camp, featuring a serious looking man who suddenly strips off to revealed he’s a gay hairy bear, who wants to sing about his support for gay mountain. Take a look at it below.

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Cheyenne Jackson Gets Engaged To Actor Jason Landau

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cheyenne-jackson-jason-landauCheyenne Jackson isn’t wasting much time. Last August it was revealed he was getting a divorced from Monte Lapka. After 13-years together, their relationship broke down not too long after they able to walk down the aisle.

A few months later the first images of him with his new beau, actor and entrepreneur Jason Landau, started circulating.

Now their relationship is moving forward with US Weekly announcing that the couple has gotten engaged. It’s not clear when they may marry (indeed, it doesn’t appear his divorce from Lapka is finalised yet).

They certainly make a very cute couple, as you can see above and below, and we wish them all the best together.

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Maladies Trailer – James Franco turns troubled actor in a new movie

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James Franco is a very busy man, writing, directing and/or starring in more movies than most actors could humanly fit in. Now the trailer for a new one has arrived, Maladies, where he plays a troubled actor.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A daring new film from internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Carter, Maladies charts the struggles of an unstable former soap opera star (James Franco) in 1960’s New York as he tries to restart his floundering creative career. Hoping to find clarity and new purpose as a writer, he holes up with his eccentric sister at the seaside home of their best friend (Catherine Keener). But as he disappears further into his own mind, reality begins to slip through his grasp. Featuring an award-winning ensemble, including David Straithairn and Alan Cumming, Maladies is a heartfelt but defiantly unconventional exploration of the creative mind.’

It’s out in the US in March.

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Hector and the Search For Happiness Trailer – First look at the Simon Pegg movie

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The first trailer for the feel-good drama Hector and the Search For Happiness has arrived, and as you’ll be able to see, it has a great cast including Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgard.

Hector and the Search For Happiness tells the story of Hector (Pegg), an eccentric yet lovable London psychiatrist who finds himself at a crossroads: His patients just aren’t getting any happier and his life is going nowhere. With encouragement from his girlfriend, Clara (Pike), Hector decides to break away from his sheltered life and go on a global quest to find out whether happiness truly exists – and more importantly, whether it exists for Hector. With the help of friends old and new, Hector embarks on a journey of self-discovery that proves colourful, dangerous, exotic and hilarious.

It will hit UK cinemas this autumn. [Read more…]

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Jay Baruchel Joins Stephen King Adaptation, TheTen O’Clock People

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jay-baruchelFor quite a while now Fright Night’s Tom Holland has been planning to adapt the Stephen King novella The Ten O’Clock People, taken from the collection Nightmares And Dreamscapes. However while it was initially set to shoot 18-months ago with Justin Long starring, that never happened. Then Chris Evans was said to be interested, but it appears no deal was finalised.

However the project is still alive and THR reports that Justin Long has signed up to produce and star in the movie.

The movie will bring the 1993 story up to date, with Baruchel set to play Brandon Pearson, who attempts to quit smoking, but uncovers unknown and terrifying aspects of reality that you can only see if you’re trying to kick the habit. He realises that many of those in positions of power aren’t really human, and are instead inhuman monsters.

Holland has a bit of a Stephen King pedigree, having helmed The Langoliers and Thinner, and appeared as an actor in TV mini-series The Stand. The Ten O’clock People is currently being sold at the European Film Market.

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Russell Brand Up For Werner Herzog’s Vernon God Little

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russell-brandRussell Brand’s transition to movie star hasn’t gone smoothly, with the likes of Get Him To The Greek and Arthur finding little success at the box office. However now he’s having another crack, and it’s with a director you might not have expected him to work with, Werner Herzog.

TheWrap reports Brand, Sasha Pieterse and young actor Austin Abrams (The InBetweeners) are all in talks for major roles in Herzog’s adaptation of DBC Pierre’s Booker Prize winning novel, Vernon God Little.

The Texas-set novel follows the titular teenager, who is the chief focus of scorn in a horrendous high school shooting that’s left 17 dead, including Vernon’s best friend, Jesus Navarro.

It was Jesus who was the killer, but as his final act was suicide, the mourning town needs someone to blame and so Vernon becomes the target. Fearing he’ll be roped in as an accomplice to this heinous act, Vernon hightails it to Mexico, where he hopes to find salvation on the beach in a cabin he once saw in a movie. But as he dashes across the border, the police and voracious TV news crews are on his tail.

With the book having a tone that’s described as satirical and as critical of a materialism obsessed America as it is the violent acts it believes that spawns, it’s been a tricky prospect to turn that into a film. However German-born Herzog has never been one to shy away from a tough challenge.

Abrams would play the title character, with Pieterse as the girl of Vernon’s dreams, and Brand as ‘a charming by manipulative reporter’. Andrew Birkin (Perfume) is on screenplay duties.

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