A few weeks ago – and after several years in development – the planned Deadpool movie finally got the greenlight from Fox. However with only about a year until the release, there’s still a lot to do, not least pull the cast together.
Ryan Reynolds will return in the title role, with T.J. Miller And Ed Skrein joining him a few weeks ago. Now the female lead has been found, with THR reporting that Gina Carano has signed up for the film. They add that the movie will also feature another X-Men character, Colossus, although it’s not known whether Daniel Cudmore, who played the role in three of the X-Men movies will return (it has been confirmed Deadpool will take place in the same universe as the other movies, so he may well do).
Gina Carano will play Angel Dust, who in the comics is one of the Morlocks, who usually live underground away from the rest of society. Her powers mimic the drug she’s named after, giving her ‘the ability to chemically supercharge her adrenaline levels, temporarily granting her superhuman strength.’
Tim Miller is directing, with the film set to start shooting in Vancouver starting next month. It’ll be released February 2016.
I’m slightly in two minds about the short film Out Of The Closet, as I like it a lot but I’m not sure about how self aware it is.
Rather than making one film, director Reid Waterer has come up with four and put them together under the title Global Warming. The gay shorts selection gets its name because it wants to take us around the world – both literally and metaphorically – from India to Greece, taking a look at gay life in various places countries, all in amongst plenty of steamy, sexually-charged shenanigans.
Michael Urie gained a lot of fans in Ugly Betty, but for the past few years he’s mainly been on the stage, having particular success with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway, and touring with a one-man show.
Cameron Crowe sure does like to take his time. There was a six year gap between Elizabethtown and We Bought A Zoo, and while it seemed he was going to quickly follow it with a Hawaii set movie, it’s taken a bit longer than originally planned.
Laverne Cox made a massive impact in Orange Is The New Black, resulting in her becoming a bona fide star and being the first transgender person to make the cover of Time magazine and the first to receive an Emmy nomination. She has helped frame the zeitgeist at a time when trans* issues have never been so talked about.