The complicated sexual mores of the Victorians have always been of interest to slightly prurient tastes, and Hysteria gives a bit of a comic look at the odd contradictions of the time. Here’s the synopsis: ‘Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy star in this cheeky romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator. Victorian London is brought to life in vivid colour as a young doctor (Dancy) struggles to establish himself while confronting the gutsy daughter of his boss (Gyllenhaal). Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones play supporting roles.’ The vibrator was originally developed to help treat ‘female hysteria’ (believe it or not, back then many doctors manually stimulated ladies to orgasm, which was viewed as a purely medical practice to treat nervous conditions, and not sexual at all). No UK release date is currently set.
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New The Amazing Spider-man International Trailer
Although early reports suggested Sony wanted a lower budget Spider-man with their Marc Webb directed reboot, the latest round of trailers certainly suggest it won’t be any less spectacular and also injects some of the humour of Spidey that was lacking from Sam Raimi’s film. In the film, Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father’s former partner, who is also the villainous Lizard. The movie’s out July 4th.
Muppet Sequel Plot Details Emerge
With $160 million in the bank, The Muppets was a big enough hit that Disney has been working on a sequel, even if an increasingly busy Jason Segel has had to step aside from writing the script and probably won’t star either (although more about that later).
If the House Of Mouse gets its way, the follow-up could arrive as early as Summer 2013 (with family franchises, the shorter the interval between installments, the better), although writer Nick Stoller has been talking to Collider and doesn’t think that’s a possibility. He says, “They want to do it. They want it as soon as possible, which is good. I’m not sure exactly when they want to release it. I think it was something like next summer. I don’t think that’s realistic in terms of getting it all together in time. But to want to do it so quickly is great. It certainly makes us want to write it quickly. I’m writing with James Bobin. We’ve outlined it over the past couple weeks and we literally started writing it yesterday. The first 13 pages are written. It is started. It is on.”
Stoller also talks about the plot, and revealed that star Jason Segel may have a cameo in the sequel, which will be take a page from the 1981 film, The Great Muppet Caper. He says, “There’s a cameo possibility in it, definitely. Gary and Mary’s story is concluded. There’s not much to say after that for their story, but we follow them up into a…I will say, it is a caper. It is a comedy caper. It’s similar to the first one. [It] had dramatic connections to the first Muppet movie, but it was a whole new thing, hopefully. This is the same thing. We love The Great Muppet Caper. So this has some elements of that, but it’s different because it’s in the tone of what [we] like to do.”
Adrian Lyne Sets Up John Grisham Adaptation The Associate
It seems there’s a bit of a John Grisham renaissance going on in Hollywood. Although there hasn’t been a film adaptation of one of his book since 2004, a TV series based on The Firm is now showing on US TV, a movie version of The Partner is in the works, and now Variety reports that Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne is attached to an adaptation of The Associate.
Lyne hasn’t had a film in cinemas since the Richard Gere and Diane Lane movie Unfaithful in 2002, so it’d be a bit of a comeback for him as well.
The Associate has been in the works for a movie version for several years, with Shia LaBeouf sniffing round in 2008, and Tony Scott interested in directing in 2010. Now Paramount wants to move ahead with the film, which sees a Yale law graduate getting blackmailed into taking a job with a big legal firm so that he can learn crucial details about a big case and pass them on to a mysterious man called Bennie.
Paramount would apparently like Spider-man star Andrew Garfield for the lead role, but at the moment he’s just at the top of a wishlist rather than having signed up to star.
Hunger Games Tops US Box Office For The Fourth Week
Although it held the top spot more due to a lack of new breakout hits than anything else, The Hunger Games is now the first film since Avatar to stay at number 1 on the US box office chart for four weeks running. It added another $21.5 million to take its total to an impressive $337 million.
That meant the weekend’s main new releases had to settle for second and third spot, with The Three Stooges doing the best, taking $17.1 million. It’s reported that the audiences largely consisted of under-25s, the group who know least about the real Stooges, but who do like the Farrelly Brothers’ brand of comedy.
Cabin In The Woods took third spot with an okay but not particularly great $14.8 million. Despite great reviews, it appears the general audience didn’t take to it, with reports that many disliked it due to the fact it wasn’t the generic splatter horror movie they thought they were getting (and films do tend to get pilloried in the word of mouth stakes if they aren’t exactly what they appear to be from the marketing).
The only other new entry in the top 10 was Lockout, which took a rather disappointing $6.2 million to finish in 9th place. It’s off from most other recent Luc Besson produced action, and suggests audiences didn’t take to its ‘Escape From New York but in space’ premise.
Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of April 13th-15th.
| Rank | Title | Weekend Gross (millions) | Total Gross to date (millions) |
| 1 | The Hunger Games | $21.5 | £337 |
| 2 | The Three Stooges | $17.1 | $17.1 |
| 3 | Cabin In The Woods | $14.8 | $14.8 |
| 4 | Titanic 3D | $11.6 | $44.4 |
| 5 | American Reunion | $10.7 | $39.9 |
| 6 | Mirror Mirror | $7.0 | $49.4 |
| 7 | Wrath Of The Titans | $6.9 | $71.2 |
| 8 | 21 Jump Street | $6.8 | $120.5 |
| 9 | Lockout | $6.2 | $6.2 |
| 10 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | $3.0 | $204.4 |
Captain America & Thor Fight Together In New Avengers Clip
Avengers Assemble opens 27th, but before then a new clip has emerged, featuring Captain America and Thor fighting together, with the suggestion it’s not the easiest of alliances.
Danny McBride Plans Remake Of Danish Comedy Clown
Danny McBride’s film career hasn’t quite hit the heights that many expected it to, but he’s had huge amounts of deserved kudos for the series Eastbound & Down, which will finish its three season run on US TV this weekend. That’ll give him time to concentrate on his movie career, and he’s now joining forces with producer Todd Phillips for a remake of the Danish comedy Clown.
The Eastbound & Down actor will write, produce, and star in the movie. The original Scandinavian movie spawned from a TV series, and follows Casper and Frank who are planning a party-heavy vacation. Their plans are thrown asunder when Frank has to take his girlfriend’s 11-year-old son with them on the trip. He’s supposed to be proving he’s a good father, but continues to party even with the young boy in tow.
The Hangover helmer Todd Phillips is only attached to produce at this point, and is not set to direct. Danny McBride will start writing the script immediately, but it isn’t know when it might shoot. (Source: Deadline)
Ben Affleck & Justin Timberlake Up For Runner Runner
I still think Ben Affleck should only be allowed to act in movies that he directs, but thanks to the likes of The Town, his fading acting career is on the rise again. He’s now planning to team up with the also ascendant Justin Timberlake for Runner Runner, according to Variety.
The thriller is set in the world of illegal online gambling, although at the moment no other plot details are being released. The script is from Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who have a bit of a speciality in writing about the gambling world, as they wrote the screenplay for Rounders, and created the short-lived TV series Tilt.
Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) will direct the $30 million movie, although it isn’t certain when it will shoot.
Tina Fey Takes On The Intern For Writer/Director Nancy Meyers
Considering Tina Fey never really intended to be an major on-camera talent, having started out as a writer, she’s had an astonishing career. Now she’s so in demand that she’s signing on for movies that probably won’t start shooting for over a year! According to Deadline, Fey has signed up to play the lead in The Intern from writer/director Nancy Meyers.
Paramount Pictures is finalising a deal to finance and distribute the comedy, but as Fey already has her films for this summer scheduled in, it’s likely The Intern will have to wait until summer 2013, after the next season of 30 Rock has wrapped.
The actress will portray a successful e-business owner, whose company starts a community outreach initiative to bring in ‘senior’ interns. While the businesswoman thinks she’ll have a high school or college senior assistant, she discovers her intern is a senior citizen, a 70-year-old man who finds retirement boring. They quickly form a bond of friendship, as the intern proves to be invaluable in many ways.
Nancy Meyers commented on setting this new project in the world of e-commerce, “It seemed more interesting than having to see yet another thing set at an ad agency. Tina’s character is much younger than me, but I was attracted to the pressures the character feels with her business, her husband and kids, and seeing all this from the point of view of a man who has been through it.”
Leonardo DiCaprio Plans New Dennis Lehane Adaptation, Live By Night
Leo DiCaprio must be a real Dennis Lehane fan, as it was Leo who got Martin Scorsese to take on Shutter Island (with him in the starring role, of course) and now he’s got Warner Bros. to pick up the film rights to Lehane’s upcoming novel, Live By Night. DiCaprio plans to both star in the film version and produce it through his Appian Way production company.
The book takes characters from the author’s novel, The Given Day, and follows them into the Prohibition Era (The Given Day was set in the late 1910s and early 1920s). The Given Day had been set up at Columbia Pictures back in 2008, for Sam Raimi to direct. However, the option expired on the project and was acquired by Warner Bros., which now controls all rights to this novel trilogy. Live By Night will be published later this fall and it appears at the moment DiCaprio is more interested in getting this new book on the screen than starting off with The Given Day.
The film will now go onto Leo’s ever growing pile of possible projects, and we’ll have to wait and see when it’ll get made. (Source: Variety)
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