A few days ago it was revealed that director Juan Antonio Bayona had left the sequel to World War Z, apparently due to other commitments. Now we may know what that commitment is, although it’s something new rather than a prior obligation, as Deadline reports that he is now the frontrunner to helm Jurassic World 2.
While Colin Trevorrow was initially going to return to helm the Jurassic World follow up, he’s since taken the job of helming Star Wars: Episode IX and has laso made The Book Of Henry. With Universal eying a June 22, 2018 release date for the dino pic, they need to find a replacement helmer fairly soon. Although no deal is in place with Bayona, it appears he’s now favourite for the role.
The director made his directorial debut with the excellent The Orphanage in 2007, followed by The Impossible in 2012. His next film, A Monster Calls, is set out later this year.
I think the lesson we can learn today is not to do something that trans actress Alexis Arquette isn’t impressed with. She’s taken to Facebook to rail against Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith who she suggests are gay, closeted, and are being hypocrital. Jada recently announced that she would not be attending the Academy Awards next month due to the lack of racial diversity in the nominations – all 20 acting noms went to white people, while several high profile films such as Straight Outta Compton also missed out.
Her Story has been getting a fair amount of buzz ahead of the public debut of its six episode first season. Now it’s all been released online, so we can get a look the nuanced story of queer and trans lives, told by predominantly LGBT people.
A lot of you enjoyed the first episode of Disposable Teens, which we posted last week. Now the show, which follows a young gay man who is abandoned by his family due to his sexuality and ends up homeless, has released Episode 2, which you can watch below.
I’m pretty much convinced that if Zac Efron sees a script he likes, he tells his agent that he’ll make it, but only if they put in more opportunities to take his shirt off and show off his physique. But it seem that with Neighbours 2 (known as Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in the us), Seth Rogen also wanted to ensure he could get his shirt off to, as you’ll see in the film’s first trailer.
While Carol may have missed out on a Best Picture Oscar nomination it’s gotten massive amounts of love from the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association’s Dorian Awards, which bestowed five prizes on the movie, including Film of the Year, Director of the Year (Todd Haynes), Screenplay of the year (Phyllis Nagy) and LGBTQ Film of the Year. In addition, Cate Blanchett, star of the ‘50s-set lesbian romance, earned Film Performance of the Year – Actress for her titular turn. Haynes also was also hailed as Wilde Artist of the Year (named for the group’s patron saint Oscar Wilde). As for Film Performance of the Year – Actor, Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant prevailed. Blanchett previously won a Dorian Award for Blue Jasmine.
Director Julian Hernandez has brought us the likes of the sexually explicit dance short film Bramadero and the intriguing gay-themed movie I Am Happiness On Earth. Now TLA Releasing are bringing together a selection of shorts by Hernandez and Roberto Fiesco that take us into a homoerotic world of Mexican Men.
Director Jon Carney charmed many with the wonderful musical film Once, which has since been turned into an incredibly popular stage show. Now he’s bringing us another Irish tale infused with music, Sing Street, which has just released a new trailer.
It seems 2016 may be the year when popular franchises try something different, such as the X-Men spin-off Deadpool, which is so crazy it’s just been banned in China, and Rogue One, which promises to be a different kind of Star Wars story. There’s also Warner/DC’s Suicide Squad, which looks like it might be fun and does supposedly tie into the comic book universe they’re creating with the likes of Batman v Superman, but is likely to be rather different in tone.