A while ago Anne Hathaway signed up to star in the arthouse monster movie Colossal, and now she’s got some company, as Variety reports that Dan Stevens has signed up to co-star.
Since Hathaway attached herself in May, the film has had a little trouble, with Japanese Godzilla studio, Toho, suing the makers over similarities to their property (not helped by comparisons the filmmakers themselves made). However now it seems to be moving forwards.
The film will see Hathaway as Gloria, an ordinary woman who, after losing her job and her fiancé, decides to leave her life in New York to move back to her hometown. But when news reports surface that a giant lizard is destroying Seoul (which was previously Tokyo, so the makers do seem to be deliberately moving away from Godzilla), Gloria gradually comes to realize that she is strangely connected to these far-off events via the power of her mind. In order to prevent further destruction, Gloria needs to determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world.
Stevens will be the former boyfriend who ends up wanting her back.
Timecrimes and Open Windows director Nacho Vigalondo is set to direct the movie, which is already shooting.
There’s a lot of interest in Jared Leto’s take on the Joker, which will appear in the upcoming Suicide Squad. From images we’ve previously seen we know he looks manic and a bit scary, and now Empire has released a new cover which gives us a full figure look at Leto in character.
For the past few years, the Boys Of Film collection has been bringing us some of the very best gay-themed short films from around the world (
Following its screening at the recent BFI London Film Festival, Peccadillo Pictures is set to release the potent documentary Chemsex in UK cinemas on December 4th.
Synopsis: ‘Carole Leblanc and Jo Béfort started their wine adventure six years ago in Collias, France. Their dream was to produce excellent wine. They had no experience, just their passion – and friends. Winemaking is a complex and labour intensive process, and still a very macho affair in France.
Synopsis: ‘Discover what really went on in Sydney’s gay world with CROCADYKE DUNDEE from Fiona Cunningham-Reid’s (Thin Ice, Feed Them To The Cannibals) double documentary set.
A couple of weeks ago it was revealed that the Netflix series Jessica Jones would give us the first major LGBT character in the Marvel screen universe, in the form of Carrie-Anne Moss’s Jeri Hogarth, who is a lesbian. There are also suggestions the main character may be bisexual.