At some point in their career, every movie star has to make a Christmas movie. Now Melissa McCarthy is adding a new one to her resume, as THR reports she’s signed up to star in Margie Claus – and it’s apparently going to be a musical.
The film, ‘is set in motion when Santa Claus goes missing while delivering presents on Christmas Eve. His sweet wife Margie Claus must then put together an unlikely rescue team and set off from the North Pole for the first time in decades to rescue Santa and save Christmas.’
McCarthy’s husband, Ben Falcone is set to direct the film, which already has a November 15th, 2019. Falcone will also co-write the movie alongside the project’s originator, Damon Jones.
There are as many people who seem to be excited about a new Mary Poppins movie as there are people who think the whole thing is sacrilege. Indeed, it’s probably the movie in Disney’s new age of new takes on their classics that’s caused the most comment.
There’s been a growing conversation about bisexual erasure in the last year, where even in LGBT entertainment characters tends to be either gay or straight, and even when they are bisexual it’s more paying lip service to the issues of bi people than engaging with them. The web series The Feels is therefore a bit special, placing the life of a bisexual character (who’s described as having ‘way too many feelings’) and his issues at the forefront.
There aren’t many British, queer punk musicals, and even fewer that have tickled the fancy of the legendary b-movie distributor, Troma. However, the company has picked up the unusual and intriguing Spidarlings for release via Troma Now.
A few years ago, Yeah Kowalski! became a real favourite on the LGBT film festival circuit. It played around the world, charming audience with its humour and hope.
After a couple of years where duelling biopics of Tom Of Finland were vying to get made, one is finally in the can and getting strong reviews on the festival circuit. Ahead of its August UK cinema release, a new trailer for the film has arrived. the first full for the movie about the artist, known for his images of musclebound and, err, well-endowed men in homoerotic poses, has arrived.
Back in March news emerged not just that Steven Spielberg was working on a film about the Pentagon Papers, but that he’d already got Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks onboard to star. Now the director has been filling out the acting ensemble, as Variety reports that Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Matthew Rhys, Bradley Whitford, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Alison Brie, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Zach Woods have all signed onto the movie. There’s no news on the exact roles they’ll play.
