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9 Director Shane Acker Takes On Animated Movie Beasts of Burden

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shane-ackerShane Acker made a strong debut with the excellent animated movie, 9, but sadly it didn’t really make much of an impact at the box office, and so we haven’t had anything from the director since. However now he’s heading back into the animation studio with an adaptation of the comic book, Beasts Of Burden.

According to a press release, ‘The project is an animated adventure about the baffling behavior (tail chasing, barking at “nothing” at all) of our favorite four-legged friends. In the charming town of Burden Hill, there might be more to these animal antics than meets the eye. The town is inhabited by the supernatural, and when its paranormal activity becomes even more abnormal than usual, it’s up to a group of fearless canines called the Watch Dogs to protect its citizens – and humanity – from the mysterious things that go “bump” in the night.’

Reel FX is producing the CG-animated film, adding it to their roster, which already includes the Day of the Dead-themed project, The Book of Life, with Guillermo del Toro producing and Jorge Gutierrez directing, and Turkeys, with Jimmy Hayward directing and Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson providing voices. Both of the films are due for release in 2014.

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Headhunters Star Aksel Hennie Joins Dwayne Johnson In Hercules

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headhunters-slideBrett Ratner and Dwayne Johnson have been busy developing a new take on the legends of Hercules, and now it’s at the stage where they’re trying to fill out the rest of the class, with THR reporting that Headhunters stars Aksel Hennie has signed on to the movie.

The Norwegian actor will play Tydeus, Hercules’ right-hand man who ‘wields twin axes and is such a madman that he needs to be chained up at night when he sleeps.’

The film is based on the graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars by Steve Moore and Admira Wijaya, which ignores the supernatural parts of the Greek myths, instead trying to give things a more grounded, real-world feel. Ryan Condal wrote the script.

It’s not known exactly when it will shoot, but a release date of August 8th, 2014 is already set. Hennie recently made his English-language debut in The Last Knights, alongside Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen.

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Meet The Class Of Monsters University

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monsters-university-class3With Monsters University taking us back to the college days of Monsters Inc. scarers Mike and Sulley, we’re going top meet a lot of new characters that they share the dorms with – as well as a few familiar faces, such as the nefarious Randall Boggs.

Now a slew of new character images and Student I.D. Cards have emerged, which introduce this roster of lively characters. Meet the students and staff of MU, including Scott “Squishy” Squibbles (Pixar director Peter Sohn), Terry and Terri Perry (Dave Foley and Sean Hayes), Art (Charlie Day), Randy Boggs (Steve Buscemi), Don Carlton (Joel Murray), Dean Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren) and Professor Knight (who apparently refused to pose for his poster).

The Pixar movie hits cinemas on June 21st and the UK on July 12th.

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New Wolverine Image Has Logan Taking In The Japanese Nightlife

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The Wolverine is coming July 26th, 2013, with Hugh Jackman’s adamantium enhanced mutant heading to Japan, and to get us excited, a new still from the movie has been tweeted, along with the enigmatic caption, ‘The past is always behind you, but the memories still remain.’

The stand-alone film is based on a 1980s comic book arc by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, which takes Wolverine to the Land Of The Rising Sun, where he continues to search for clues about his mysterious past.

We have to say he doesn’t look too happy in this image. In fact he looks a bit constipated.

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BFI London Lesbian And Gay Film Festival 2013 Programme Announced

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llgff13-artworkThe 27th BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is coming soon – it’s on from March 14th-24th. Now the full programme for the event has been revealed, including the strands Hearts, Bodies and Minds, along with a few gala screenings and an extensive shorts programme.

As previously announced, the festival will open with I Am Divine, a documentary about drag performer Divine, who’s famed for her appearances in early John Waters movies. LLGFF will close with the Canadian drama Margarita, about the complicated love life of an attractive young Mexican, lesbian nanny, who has to battle against deportations. It’s now been revealed there’ll also be a centrepiece gala of Out In The Dark, a love story from Israel that is set against a backdrop of political conflict.

The emotionally minded Hearts strand of the festival includes Korean director Leesong Hee-il’s new trilogy of queer films, with a double bill of the relatively short Going South and Suddenly Last Summer and the longer White Night. There’s also the Cannes Critics’ Week prize winning Beyond The Walls, as well as I Do, which was written and produced by former Bad Boys Inc. boyband member, David Ross.

The more confrontational Bodies segment includes James Franco’s meta-movie collaboration with Travis Mathews, Interior Leather Bar, which is about the recreation of lost gay S&M scenes from the 1980 movie Cruising. Bodies also has a focus on images of transgender and intersex lives, including the documentary Intersexion, which attempts to demystify intersex people, and Mr. Angel, about porn star Buck Angel, the self-styled ‘man with a pussy’. Another movie that looks interesting is I Am A Woman Now, about the first generation of trans ladies.

The Minds section aims to be a bit more cerebral, including the Oscar nominated AIDS documentary How To Survive A Plague and Les Invisibles, which follows the lives of 11 LGBT people who are over the age of 70. Minds also features a look at queer director Pier Paolo Pasolini, including a documentary on him, a panel discussion and a screening of 120 Days OF Sodom.

There’s an awful lot of interesting stuff going on at the festival – with plenty of performances and other queer art alongside the movies. If you want to know more, you can flick through a digital edition of the LLGFF programme by clicking here. Priority booking for BFI members opens at 11:30am on Tuesday February 16th, while general public booking starts at 11:30am on Monday March 4th.

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Monster Pies Trailer – A gay Aussie flick inspired by Romeo & Juliet

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Last year Private Romeo turned Romeo & Juliet gay and set it in a US military school, and now there’s a new same-sex romanctic movie inspired by Shakespeare’s great play – Monster Pies.

The film is due to debut next month at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and you can watch the trailer above.

Gay Star News caught up with director Lee Galea, who told them that he wrote the story when he was 15 and ‘wanted to fall in love’. He says that ‘I was studying Romeo and Juliet and I got the idea of telling a similar story with two teenage boys.’

The movie is about Mike who gets paired up for a school assignment on Romeo and Juliet with new kid William. However as the two spend more and more time working together on a monster movie version of the Bard’s classic tale, they begin to realise their feelings for one another may be more powerful than either of them is truly ready for.

Take a look at the trailer above. [Read more…]

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Fast & Furious Helmer Justin Lin Opens Patrick Lee Thriller

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Justin Lin has made his Hollywood name with Fast & Furious movies. While he’s been attached to or flirted with various other films, since 2006 he’s stuck with the car franchise, with his fourth, Fast & Furious 6, due this summer. However now he’s planning something new, as Deadline reports he’s attached to helm an adaptation of Patrick Lee’s latest novel (which follows The Breach, Ghost Country and Deep Sky).

It doesn’t appear the book even has a title yet, but it will be published next winter. Despite this, the idea behind it was enough to set off a bidding battle between several studios over the rights, with Warner Bros winning out and Lin quickly coming onboard to direct.

The book is about ex-special operative Sam Dryden, who runs into a mysterious young girl who is not quite what she seems, and he embarks on a journey to keep her safe from a powerful government agent intent on hunting her down. The book is the planned as the start of a series featuring Dryden, with Warner picking up the rights for future instalments too, in the hope this can be a major franchise.

There’s no news on when this film might fo into production.

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David O. Russell Going To The Ends of the Earth With Jennifer Lawrence

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david-o-russellJennifer Lawrence must have had a great time making Silver Linings Playbook, as just a few days ago she signed up for David O. Russell’s next movie (formely titled American Bullsh*t), and now THR reports that she’s also gotten him involved to direct The Ends Of The Earth, which she’s been attached to last August.

Argo screenwriter Chris Terrio wrote the script, which is based on the true story of an oil tycoon who lost everything after engaging in an affair with his adopted daughter. Lawrence is set to play the daughter, Lydie Marland. However oil baron Ernest Marland has not been cast yet.

O. Russell commented, “Jennifer possesses a self-deprecating humor that made all of the cast and crew feel at ease. She is that kind of person. She is the most dedicated person I know. She is devoted to her family, and they have been the true inspiration for her character and integrity. Her acting is effortless, and she always makes it look easy.”

It really does seem it’s a bit of a mutual love-in between the director and actress.

American Bullsh*t will come first, with a Spring shoot already planned for that movie, with Ends Of The Earth coming sometime afterwards.

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Bruce Lee May Get An Unusual Biopic With Birth Of The Dragon

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i-am-bruce-lee-slideBruce Lee is an endlessly popular subject for Hollywood, and it seems they haven’t given up on him year, as his life will be explored once more in Birth of the Dragon. However, this is not your usual biopic, instead using a little-known story as a ‘jumping-off point’ for a broader far more fictionalise tale, according to THR.

Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele (Nixon, Ali) are writing the script, which is based on a real-life 1965 fight between Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man, in San Francisco. The no holds barred fight took place at a time when San Francisco’s Chinatown district was controlled by the Chinese Triad gangs. The script will begin with this battle, then follow both men as they team up to take on a horde of gangsters.

Producer Michael London commented, “Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson have taken a little-known chapter in the life of Bruce Lee and used it as a jumping-off point for a bold, exciting story about the making of an international legend.”

It’s an interesting idea, but it sounds a little over the top, and could be a tough one to pull off.

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Christian Bale Will Scale Everest In A Film Based On A Tragic True Story

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christian-baleChristian Bale is hoping to go mountaineering, as Deadline reports that The Dark Knight Rises star is in talks to take the lead role in the true life drama Everest, for Working Title Films and Universal Pictures.

The movie is based on an infamous incident in 1996, and will follow two separate groups who tried to reach the summit of Mount Everest, but the whole thing ended in tragedy. Christian Bale is set to play Rob Hall, the leader of a New Zealand group of climbers, four of whom never returned from the mountain.

Baltasar Kormákur (Contraband) is set to direct, with Justin Isbell on scripting dutires.

This isn’t the only Everest project doing the rounds, as Sony is developing a movie about George Mallory, who may have been the first to reach the mountain’s summit in 1924, but who never made it back to reveal if he had made it to the top or not. Tom Hardy is set to star in that one – it’s Bane vs Batman once more, but they’re climbing Everest this time.

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