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Ty Burrell Signs Up To Be Bill Hader’s Ex-Boyfriend In Skeleton Twins

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Ty Burrell has gained a lot of fans thank to play Phil Dunphy in Modern Family, but he’s had less success in film (even if he’s been popping up in things for years, such as Evolution, Black Hawk Down and Dawn Of The Dead). However he’ll be hoping he has better luck when he plays gay in Skeleton Twins.

Just last week we reported that Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader signed up to star in the movie, playing Maggie (Wiig) and Milo (Hader), who are twins who went their separate ways years ago, but when they coincidentally cheat death on the same day, the shock makes them reunite and figure out how their lives went wrong. Maggie starts to re-examine her marriage to nature-loving slacker Lance (Luke Wilson), while the gay Milo goes to visit old flame Rich (Burrell).

It’s not an easy reunion for the old lovers though, as Rich was fired when his affair with Milo was uncovered. This pushed him even further into the closet and so when they meet again, Rich is married to a woman and working in a bookstore.

The movie starts shooting in New York later this month. (Source: Variety)

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David S Goyer Takes On Patrick Lee’s Novel The Breach

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David S. Goyer and Lorenzo di Bonaventura have decided to team up to produce an adaptation of Patrick Lee’s doomsday novel The Breach, according to Variety. David S. Goyer, who’s best known for writing the likes of the Dark Knight movie and Man Of Steel, may direct as well, although nothing is set in stone yet.

Justin Rhodes is set to write the adapted screenplay, which will apparently divert heavily from the novel. The book is about an ex-cop caught in a race against time to stop an ancient artifact from bringing on the apocalypse. No details were given regarding how the adaptation may differ from the source material.

While Goyer has mainly produced and written screenplays in recent years, he has also directed thrillers such as The Unborn, The Invisible, and Blade: Trinity, and it’s known he has been looking for new directing projects. It isn’t known when The Breach may go into production.

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Skyfall Takes Over The US Box Office With A Franchise Record

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Throughout last week, the predictions of how well Skyfall would do on its US opening kept growing. It went from a possible $50 million debut, until the day before its opening many were thinking $60 million, perhaps even $70 million. By Friday the predictions had reached $80 million, but in the end even that was too conservative, as by Sunday it had hit $90 million.

That’s way ahead of the previous biggest Bond opening, which was Quantum Of Solace’s $67 million, and more than double Casino Royal’s $40 million first three days take. It’s an impressive debut, especially as for many years, 007 has been softer in the US than elsewhere. But then, perhaps Americans had gotten wind of how crazy the rest of the world has been for the movie, as it’s predicted that by the end of today, the film will have taken more outside the US than any previous Bond movie, and it’s done that in less than three weeks.

Skyfall was the only new entry in the US top 10, but a little further down, Spielberg’s Lincoln placed 15th with $900,000 on its opening, but it was only playing on 11 screens. That means it took an impressive $81,818 per cinema. The real test through will come next weekend, when it expands massively across the country.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend on November 9th-11th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Skyfall $87.7 $90.0
2 Wreck-It Ralph $33.0 $93.6
3 Flight $15.1 $47.7
4 Argo $6.7 $85.7
5 Taken 2 $4.0 $131.2
6 Here Comes The Boom $2.5 $39.0
7 Cloud Atlas $2.5 £23
8 Pitch Perfect $2.5 $59.0
9 The Man With The Iron Fists $2.4 $12.7
10 Hotel Transylvania $2.0 $140.9
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Robert Pattinson Would Do More Twilight If Edward Goes Gay

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We’re pretty certain he was joking, but Robert Pattinson – who seems pretty happy the Twilight movies are coming to an end – has said in an interview that he’d be happy to continue playing Edward Cullen, but only if the character comes out as gay.

Pattinson and Taylor Lautner were talking to Ellen Degeneres on her chat show, and she asked them whether there was any chance of more movies after The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is released (it’s out Nov 16th). Pattinson commented, “I was also thinking another way to do it would be to make it look like ‘Will and Grace,’ where Edward turns gay.” However he still thinks Edward should stay with Bella and raise their kid.

There have been numerous rumours about Summit Entertainment trying to continue the franchise beyond the films based on Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling quartet, although it’s difficult to imagine Pattinson signing on for more, as he’s often seemed rather ambivalent about the movies. The latest rumours have surrounded the idea that a new film would concentrate on the Wolf Pack, although there’s been no confirmation of this. As the movies are massive moneyspinners it’s difficult not to imagine them trying to continue it in some way – although we’d imagine it won’t involve Edward going gay.

And just for Twilight fans, take a look at a nice promo shot of Pattinson as Edward, which was released ahead of the new movie.

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Maria Bello Joins Hugh Jackman & Jake Gyllenhaal In Prisoners

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Maria Bello has joined the growing cast of Prisoners for Warner Bros. and director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies), according to Deadline. Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, and Viola Davis are all aready onboard.

Jackman will play Keller, a carpenter and father whose world is rocked when his daughter and her friend are suddenly kidnapped. Unsatisfied with the efforts of local law enforcement, the man takes matters into his own hands, searching for his little girl himself. This brings him into conflict with the policeman assigned to the case (Gyllenhaal). Bello is set to play Keller’s wife.

Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband) wrote the screenplay, with filming scheduled to begin early next year.

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George Lucas & Kathleen Kennedy Update Us On Star Wars VII

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While there have been endless rumours swirling around ever since it was announced a new Star Wars movie was coming and George Lucas had sold the franchise to Disney, there’s been very little that’s official. One of the few things we’ve had from the horse’s mouth – that is, Lucas and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy – was a video interview that was released on the day the Disney deal was announced.

Now it appears that’s going to be an ongoing thing as a second part of the chat has been released, where they talk about the difficult process of finding a director, as many people are too daunted at the prospect of taking on such an important project. Lucas also talks about what being a ‘creative consultant’ on the new movie actually means. You can take a look at that above.

And in other confirmed Star Wars news, just yesterday it was reported that Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) had written extensive treatments for a new Star Wars trilogy, featuring Luke, Leia and Han Solo as older characters. It wasn’t clear at the time if Arndt would write the actual screenplays, but now it’s been officially confirmed on the unimpeachable source that is StarWars.com. Kennedy and Lucas have had several story conferences with Arndt, and are confident he is the best writer to tackle the next chapter in the series.

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Tom Hardy Eyed For Animal Recue As Director Michael R. Roskam Comes Aboard

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A few months ago, Neil Burger signed up to direct a film called Animal Rescue, but now Variety reports that he’s stepped down (so he can concentrate on Divergent) and Michael R. Roskam (Bullhead) has taken the helm on the Fox Searchlight movie. It’s also reported that the film is eyeing Tom Hardy to star in this adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s short story.

The movie is about a Boston bartender who rescues a dog from a garbage can. This act of goodwill gets him into more trouble than he ever imagines, when the pooch’s deranged former owner comes after him. He also gets caught in a criminal conspiracy at the Mafia-controlled bar he works at. That’ll teach him to help animals!

This is one of several projects Tom Hardy is currently considering, although it isn’t clear how interested he is in this one. Dennis Lehane also wrote the screenplay, although it isn’t clear when it might shoot.

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George Clooney In Talks For Brad Bird’s Sci-fi 1952

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George Clooney is a busy man, but it seems he’s been intrigued by a new project, as Variety reports that he’s in talks to star in the sci-fi drama 1952 for Walt Disney Pictures and director Brad Bird.

News of the movie first broke last June, when screenwriter Damon Lindelof signed an enormous seven-figure deal to write the screenplay. Brad Bird cam onboard to direct around the same time. The story will revolve around a man who makes first contact with aliens on Earth. It’s described as being in the same vein as the 1977 classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind, although the studio is keeping details close its chest.

It isn’t known when production may begin and the studio has stressed that 1952 has not been officially given the green light yet. However, if George Clooney does in fact sign on, you’d expect the go ahead to come pretty quickly.

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Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson & Alison Brie Join LEGO movie

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The planned CGI LEGO movie is certainly pulling a great cast together, with the news that Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, and Nick Offerman have all signed up to voice roles in the film, according to Variety.

Will Arnett, Channing Tatum, Chris Pratt, Morgan Freeman, and Elizabeth Banks also star, with Arnett and Tatum particularly interesting, as they’ll be Superman and Batman, marking the first time the characters have appeared on screen together. The story is about Emmett (Pratt), a seemingly average Lego figure who is mistaken for a powerful man who can help save the universe. He joins a group determined to stop the evil President Business (Ferrell). Liam Neeson will play the villain’s right hand man, Bad Cop, with Alison Brie portraying a member of Emmett’s group. Nick Offerman will play a surly pirate, hell-bent on getting revenge on President Business.

And with a villain called President Business, we can already sense right wing nutjobs preparing to froth at the mouth about how this is trying to indoctrinate kids into hating capitalism.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street) are directing from a screenplay they co-wrote, based on an original story by Dan Hagerman and Kevin Hagerman. A release date of February 28th, 2014 is already set.

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First Look At Tom Cruise In All You Need Is Kill

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Tom Cruise is loving sci-fi at the moment, as he’s recently finished shooting Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion and now he’s headed to the set of Doug Liman’s All You Need Is Kill, and to prove it the first shot from the movie has shown up online (via CBM). As you can see, Cruise is having a bit of an explosion issue and is wearing some sort of haute couture mech suit.

We’re presuming the suit is what many have said will be the future of warfare, where soldiers where mechanical appendanges that make them stronger and fast (basically partway to being Iron Man).

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The story unfolds in a near future in which a hive-like alien race, called Mimics, have hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, shredding great cities to rubble and leaving millions of human casualties in their wake. No army in the world can match the speed, brutality or seeming prescience of the weaponized Mimic fighters or their telepathic commanders. But now the world’s armies have joined forces for a last stand offensive against the alien horde, with no second chances.

‘Lt. Col. Bill Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and then dropped—untrained and ill-equipped—into what amounts to little more than a suicide mission. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an Alpha down with him. But, impossibly, he awakens back at the beginning of the same hellish day, and is forced to fight and die again…and again. Direct physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop—dooming him to live out the same brutal combat over and over.

‘But with each pass, Cage becomes tougher, smarter, and able to engage the Mimics with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), who has lain waste to more Mimics than anyone on Earth. As Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated battle becomes an opportunity to find the key to annihilating the alien invaders and saving the Earth.’

The movie hits cinemas March 14th, 2014.

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