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G.B.F. Trailer – Everyone wants a gay best friend in the new teen comedy

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A few weeks ago we posted a behind-the-scenes look at the new comedy G.B.F. Well, now it’s time for the trailer, which makes the movie look like it’s going to be a lot of fun. The film premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19th, but you can get a taste of the movie above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘G.B.F. tells the story of two closeted best friends, Tanner (Michael J. Willett, United States of Tara) and Brent (Paul Iacono, The Hard Times of R.J. Berger). Brent longs for the spotlight and has a plan that will make him the most popular kid in school. He believes that coming out will make him instantly popular, as the newest must-have teen girl “accessory”: The G.B.F. (Gay Best Friend). Tanner on the other hand, would rather fly under the radar and graduate from high school without ever being noticed.

‘When things don’t go according to plan and Tanner is outed instead of Brent, the two boys go from B.F.F.s to instant frenemies and the three most popular girls in school — queen-of-mean bombshell Fawcett (Sasha Pieterse, Pretty Little Liars), drama club diva Caprice (Xosha Roquemore, Precious) and sweet, Mormon good-girl ‘Shley (Andrea Bowen, Desperate Housewives) launch an all-out social war to win Tanner’s status-enhancing friendship.’

Hopefully it’ll get a more general release later this year. [Read more…]

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Filth Red Band Trailer – James McAvoy gets very rude in the Irvine Welsh adaptation

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James McAvoy normally comes across as such a nice young man, but he’s get very rude in Filth, engaging in plenty of sex, violence and turning swearing into an art form. Now the first – very NSFW – trailer for the Irvine Welsh adaptation has arrived.

Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their wives and exposing their secrets, Bruce starts to lose himself in a web of deceit that he can no longer control. His past is slowly catching up with him, and a missing wife, a crippling drug habit and suspicious colleagues start to take their toll on his sanity. The question is: can he keep his grip on reality long enough to disentangle himself from the filth?

The movie’s due out this September.

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Summer In February Trailer – Dan Stevens, Dominic Cooper & Emily Browning go bohemian

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Directed by Christopher Menaul with a screenplay written by Jonathan Smith based on his 1995 novel, Summer In February stars Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Dominic Cooper (The Devil’s Double), Emily Browning (Sucker Punch) and winner of the Evening Standard and the Critics’ Choice Theatre Awards for Best Actress for her performance in the Young Vic’s A Doll’s House; Harriet Morahan.

The film is the intimate true story of young, vibrant souls navigating their way through love, passion and friendship in the picturesque landscape of early twentieth century England. Summer In February focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, dominated by the charismatic AJ Munnings (Dominic Cooper). The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain’s most sought-after artists, is at the heart of a complex love triangle involving the young, aspiring painter Florence Carter-Wood (Emily Browning) and Gilbert Evans (Dan Stevens), the land agent in charge of the Lamorna estate. Renowned painter Laura Knight is played by Hattie Morahan.

The story is played out against the timeless beauty of the Cornish coast, in the far West of England, beyond the reach of London and its stifling conventions. It hits UK cinemas on June 14th. [Read more…]

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New Now You See Me Trailer – Jesse Eisenberg and co. turn Robin Hood magicians

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Audiences weren’t that interested in magic with The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, but director Louis Leterrier will be hoping for more from Now You See Me. However on the evidence of this trailer, the main magic has emerged from the computers of CGI special effects houses, although that doesn’t mean it won’t be entertaining.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Louis Letterier’s movie sees ‘The Four Horsemen, a magic super-group led by the charismatic ATLAS (Jesse Eisenberg), perform a pair of high-tech magic shows, first astonishing audiences by robbing a bank on another continent, and then exposing a white-collar criminal and funneling his millions into the audience members’ bank accounts.

‘FBI Special Agent DYLAN (Mark Ruffalo) is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes—and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he’s forced to partner with ALMA (Melanie Laurent), an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of desperation he turns to THADDEUS (Morgan Freeman), a famed magic debunker, who claims the bank heist was accomplished using disguises and video trickery. One thing Dylan and Alma agree on is that the Horsemen must have an outside point person, and that finding him (or her) is key to ending the magicians’ crime spree. Could it be Thaddeus? Or Alma? Or could it really be…magic?

‘As pressure mounts and the world awaits the Horsemen’s spectacular final trick, Dylan and Alma race to find an answer. But it soon becomes painfully clear that staying one step ahead of these masters of illusion is beyond the skills of any one man—or woman.’

The movie is release May 31st in the US and June 21st in the UK. [Read more…]

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Liam Neeson & Woody Harrelson May Take On Highwaymen

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liam-neeson-taken-pic1Bonnie & Clyde are criminal legends, with their deaths becoming iconic thanks to the shootout at the end of Arthur Penn’s classic 1967 film. But what about the men in charge of catching them, who were on the other end of the guns when Barrow and Parker died?

Well now Deadline reports that Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson are being courted to star in Highwaymen, about the two Texas Rangers who managed to hunt down and kill Bonnie and Clyde during their Depression Era crime spree. John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) is attached to direct.

John Fusco (Hidalgo, The Forbidden Kingdom) wrote the script, with Media Rights Capital and Universal Pictures teaming up to fund the movie (as they did with Ted).

It could certainly be an interesting tale to tell, especially as Clyde Barrow was a nasty piece of work who was nothing like Warren Beatty’s romanticised portrayal. Maybe this film will paint a truer picture of exactly why the authorities wanted him out of the picture.

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Chances Of Seeing Alexander Skargard In A Loincloth Dim As Tarzan Is Delayed

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alexander-skarsgardDavid Yates made Warner Bros a lot of money with his Harry Potter movie, but that doesn’t mean he gets the automatic greenlight for whatever he wants to do next. He’s been planning a new take on Tarzan, with Alexander Skargard set to don the loin cloth, with rumours Jessica Chastain could be his Jane.

However now Deadline reports that Warner has put the brakes on the project, due to concerns over the film’s budget, casting, and ability to shoot this year. The movie isn’t dead yet, but its back to the drawing board to see if it can be made cheaper and more in line with what the money men want.

Some films do come back from setbacks like this, such as Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger which got its shoot delayed while they trimmed the budget from $250 million to $215 million. However other films such as Alex Proyas’ Paradise Lost, Jaume Collet-Serra’s Akira, and David Dobkin’s Arthur & Lancelot got completely cancelled after the studio put the brakes on.

At the moment, the production office is being closed down due to a “high budget they just couldn’t reduce to the level that made the studio comfortable.” It’s also noted that Jamie Foxx is being courted for a major role, but that a deal has not yet been made. The project could still come back to life and shoot in 2014, but we’ll have to wait and see.

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Noah Emmerich Completes Jane Got a Gun Cast

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Noah-EmmerichIt seems like the problems with Jane Got A Gun have come to an end, as the cast has now been completed with Noah Emmerich stepping into the final main role, according to Deadline. It comes a few weeks after director Lynne Ramsay didn’t show up for the first day of shooting after major problems with the producer, shortly followed by Jude Law, who’d only signed up to work with her (he himself was a late replacement when Michael Fassbender was forced to leave due to scheduling issues).

Gavin O’Connor (Warrior) has taken over in the director’s chair working from a screenplay by Brian Duffield. The movie is about Jane (Natalie Portman), a young wife whose husband (Emmerich) comes home riddled with bullet wounds, clinging on to dear life. She seeks the help of an ex-lover (Joel Edgerton) when the outlaw (Bradley Cooper) who shot her husband comes back to finish off the job.

Despite all the problems, the project has ended up with a good cast and decent director, so hopefully the production issues won’t be visible in the final film.

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Robocop Director Jose Padilha Takes On The Brotherhood

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jose-padilhaWe won’t get to see what Jose Padilha has done with his Robocop remake until early next year, as its summer 2013 release has slipped to February 2014. However he’s already planning a follow-up, as Variety reports that he’s eyeing The Brotherhood.

Warner Bros. is currently in talks to take on the film, which is based on the book The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia. William Oldham and Guy Lawson wrote the original book, which is set to be adapted by Bill Dubuque (The Judge). It tells the true story of crooked New York cops Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, who were both revealed to be Mafioso by a stool pigeon mob boss.

When no criminal charges were brought upon them, Oldham took a job in the U.S. Attorney’s Brooklyn office and eventually gathered enough evidence to arrest the pair, who were in 2006 convicted of labor racketeering, extortion, narcotics, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, and eight counts of murder, and of course, conspiracy to commit murders.

Padilha is a good choice for a film like this, considering what he did with the Brazilian flick Elite Squad and its sequel.

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Katniss Gets A Hug In A New Hunger Games: Catching Fire Image

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It’s been promised that the trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will debut this weekend during the MTV Movie Awards, but ahead of that a new image from the film has emerged, featuring Katniss getting a hug from younger sister Prim.

The pic is the first released via TheHungerGamesExplorer.com, which lets fans unlocked new photos by sharing at #HungerGamesExplorer at various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc.

In the sequel, the Capitol fears the dissent Peeta and Katniss’ Hunger Games victory has caused in the districts, so in the hope of tightening their grip, they organise a new tournament that will pit former Games champions against one another in the arena. That means Katniss and Peeta’s lives are on the lines once more. Catching Fire is released this November.

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Director Ericson Core To Remake Point Break

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Ericson-CoreA year or so ago, Alcon Entertainment announced that they were working on a remake of the 1991 action thriller Point Break. Now that do-over is moving forward with Ericson Core being hired to helm the movie, according to Deadline.

Kathryn Bigelow directed the original film, which starred Keanu Reeves as a FBI agent who has to go undercover to get to the bottom of a string of bank robberies by a gang known as the Ex-Presidents. However he finds himself being tested when he realises he likes these people.

This new version will be set in the world of extreme sports, but will maintain the same tone as the original. This time the FBI agent will be infiltrating a criminal syndicate.

Ericson Core is best known for directing Invincible, which starred Mark Wahlberg. He got his start as a cinematographer on the likes of The Fast And The Furious and Daredevil. Production is scheduled to begin at the end of this year.

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