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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Francois Arnaud, Billy Magnussen & Luke Bracey May Find Fifty Shades Of Grey

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billy-magnussenWith Charlie Hunnam out, Universal are scrabbling to find a replacement who’s not only hot enough but ready and willing to get S&M steamy when cameras start rolling in a few year’s time.

Alexander Skarsgard, Christian Cooke and Jamie Dornan (The Fall) have already been rumoured as replacements, and now E! adds in Billy Magnussen and Luke Bracey, while JustJared says Francois Arnaud is in the mix.

None of the new names are strangers to nudity, as Magnussen spent most of his time on stage in the play ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ in his underpants, while Luke Bracey spent a lot of time with his shirt off in the Aussie soap Home And Away.  Arnaud meanwhile has been seen getting sexy in the Borgias (and going gay in I Killed My Mother).

Take a look at pics of all three below, and see which you’d prefer as the billionaire Christian Grey, who gets into a kinky relationship with the young Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson).

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First Look At Neil Patrick Harris As Hedwig (And The Angry Inch)

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Back in June it was revealed Neil Patrick Harris has signed up for the first proper Broadway staging of John Cameron Mitchell’s awesome Hedwig And The Angry Inch. Now we get our first look at him in the role with the glittery poster above.

Hedwig is about an East German immigrant to the US, whose botched sex change operation leaves her with the titular ‘angry inch’. After her relationship with a GI breaks down, she starts to date young hottie Tommy Gnosis, who leaves her behind when he takes her music and becomes a rock star.

The new production is set to premiere April 22nd, 2014. While the show started off-Broadway in 1998, this will be the first time it’s been staged in New York’s main theatre district.

Tickets go on sale soon – you can follow the show on Twitter @HedwigOnBway.

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That Awkward Moment Red Band Trailer – Zac Efron Gets Naked And Rocks A Strap On! (NSFW)

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I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to be a toilet more in my life! The red band trailer for That Awkward Moment has arrived, it it features Zac Efron butt naked lying on a toilet! Plus at the end he’s wearing a strap-on! (Once you’ve woken up from fainting as that idea, watch the trailer)

Previously title Are We Officially Dating?, the film is about a groups of Manhattan friends (Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan) who initially make a pact to remain single. The plot thickens when each friend falls in love shortly after the vow is made (wouldn’t you just know it!), and have to decide “So…where is this going?”.

The movie is due out at the end of January, and let’s hope this is only the the start of the Efron skin that’s on show! Take a look below for a still on Zac on that toilet. [Read more…]

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Behind The Candelabra (DVD)

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Hollywood studios refused to pay for Behind The Candelabra as despite the presence of Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s 11) and having a relatively low-budget, they thought it was too gay to become a success. They’re probably kicking themselves now as HBO stepped up to the pay for it and had a huge hit with it on US TV, while distributors in other countries took it to cinemas and saw healthy box office. [Read more…]

Will Channing Tatum Star In A Gay Rom-Com From Bridesmaids Director Paul Feig?

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This is one of those comments a director makes that may be getting taken out of context and turned into something that sounds far more likely to happen than is actually is, but Bridesmaids and The Heat director Paul Feig has suggested he’s planning to make a gay romantic comedy with Channing Tatum and SNL’s John Milhiser set to star.

Milhiser will play a normal guy who starts dating someone who’s as crazily hot as Tatum. That might sound great, but the average Joe finds is hard to cope. The movie was apparently originally written for a heterosexual couple, with Melissa McCarthy and Jon Hamm attached to star at one point, however things have since changed.

Before you get too full-on excited about Tatum finally getting gay, Cinema Blend, who broke the story not that the actor’s reps have ’emphasized that Feig’s enthusiasm does not mean anything is actually happening yet’. So at the moment it’s just a possibility.

It would be great to see a mainstream project with well known names involved, where the characters just happened to be gay, rather than it having to be one of the main points of the movie. After all, why not?

At the moment though we’ll have to wait and see if it becomes a reality.

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Jonathan Groff Gets Into Leather On The Set Of HBO’s Gay Series, Looking

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HBO’s series about gay men living in San Francisco is currently shooting, and now we’ve got the first few pictures from the set, including Jonathan Groff rocking the leather look, which seems to be part of a sequence were he attends a Pride parade.

Other pics show off a moment from the third episode (the one where they’re sitting on a sofa), as well as Groff in bed with the show’s creator Michael Lannan. You’ll be able to get more from the set if you follow Lannan and cinematographer Reed Morano’s Instagram accounts.

The show is said to be a mix of Tales From The City and Girls, following mainly gay men in San Francisco. Groff plays Patrick, who’s professionally very successful as a video game developer, but his personal life is a bit of a disaster area. Frankie Alvarez is Patrick’s best friend, Augustin, whose ego and feisty politics make it difficult for him to settle down with a boyfriend. Russell Tovey also star. It’s not clear yet when we’ll be able to see the show.

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Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell & More Show Off Their Sex Faces In Nymphomanic Character Posters

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The few clips we’ve had from Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac have been fairly tame for a movie that’s said to be filled with sex, which will result in the director needing to edit both hardcore and softcore versions for different parts of the world.

Now things are getting a little sexier with 14 characters posters showing off the cast, and they all seem to be having a great time!

We’re still waiting to see how the sex works in the movie, as while Von Trier has said it will be real, there’s also been talk of some of the actors having their heads stitched onto body doubles digitally. So whether we will get to see the likes of Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe and Stellan Skarsgard really getting intimate on screen, we’ll have to wait and see.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The film is a wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Gainsbourg). On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman (Skarsgard), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts the lushly branched-out and multi-faceted story of her life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.’

Take a look at all the new posters below. [Read more…]

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Josh Hutcherson Says He’s ‘Mostly Straight’ But Isn’t Ruling Anything Out

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josh-hutcherson-outOver the last couple of years 20-year-old Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson has earned many plaudits for his support for LGBT causes, including co-founding Straight But Not Narrow, which aims to build gay-straight alliances in schools. Now he’s been talking to Out about his own sexuality, and shows a very enlightened view.

“I would probably list myself as mostly straight,” Hutcherson says. “Maybe I could say right now I’m 100% straight. But who knows? In a f**king year, I could meet a guy and be like, Whoa, I’m attracted to this person.”

“I’ve met guys all the time that I’m like, Damn, that’s a good-looking guy, you know? I’ve never been, like, Oh, I want to kiss that guy. I really love women. But I think defining yourself as 100% anything is kind of near-sighted and close-minded.”

It also seems he’d be into a Hunger Game threesome between his character and those of Jennifer Lawrence and Sam Claflin. “I know Peeta would be into it, for sure. He’s very sensitive, in touch with his emotions,” he says. “I think it really might solve a lot of their problems. You know what? I’m going to pitch that idea. Let’s make it a—what’s it called when three people are in a relationship together? A triad? That’ll go over well with Middle America.”

Hutcherson had two gay uncles who died of AIDS and his mother has also advocated for LGBT causes, so the young man was certainly primed to help make a stand. We’re glad he’d decided to be so open and proactive! He’ll next be seen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which is out November 22nd.

Take a look below for some great pics from his Out shoot. He’s certainly looking good! [Read more…]

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I, Frankenstein Trailer – Aaron Eckhart is all sewn together and supernatural

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This is one of those trailers that’s so busy trying to look cool that it’s doesn’t realise it actually looks a bit daft. That’s doesn’t mean the film can’t be fun, as long as a portentous tone doesn’t rob it on entertainment value.

The film is based on Kevin Grevioux’s graphic novel of the same name about Adam Frankenstein (Aaron Eckhart), the creation of Dr. Frankenstein, who is still alive centuries after his ‘birth’. Adam is hunted down by a clan of demons who want to learn Adam’s secret in order to reanimate deceased demons and start a new army.

Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, Bill Nighy and Aden Young also star.

The release date has been slipping from February 2013 to September 2013 and now it’s due next January. [Read more…]

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Trailer – Chris Pine takes on Tom Clancy’s hero

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Paramount must like Chris Pine, as they’ve already got him as the lead in Star Trek and now they’re relaunching another major franchise based around him with Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. We got a poster a couple of days ago, and now comes the trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In a story taking place prior to the original Jack Ryan stories, Ryan is a young stock broker working for a billionaire in Moscow before joining the CIA. When the billionaire he is advising frames him for a terrorist plot and kidnaps his wife, Ryan must race against time to clear his name, stop the plot, and save his wife.’

Chris Pine, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley and Colm Feore star, with Branagh also directing. The film is out at Christmas. [Read more…]

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