One of the more intriguing of Disney’s planned live-action adaptations is Dumbo, partly due to having Tim Burton in the directing chair, and partly due to the fact in the original animated movie, the main character couldn’t talk, even though various other animals could. It’ll be interesting to see how they handle it on the big-screen, and exactly what the expanded role for the human characters will be.
One of those humans may be Eva Green, as Variety reports that she’s in early talks for the movie. She would play the female lead, although it’s not known exactly how she’ll fit into the story. Disney will be hoping they can close this deal, as they’ve been having trouble filling out the male roles, as deals with both Will Smith and Chris Pine have fallen through in the past couple of months (Tom Hanks was also rumoured, but he doesn’t seem involved anymore either).
The plot of the film will revolve both around the baby elephant with enormous ears, as well as some children that befriend him. Disney is hoping to shoot the movie this year, with a late 2018 or 2019 release expected.
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For quite a while there’s been talk about a fourth and final season for the popular gay-themed web series Old Dogs & New Tricks. Last year we got the half-hour special, 
You would think Russia had more important things to worry about than the recently revealed, “Nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie”, that director Bill Condon says will occur in the upcoming live-action Beauty & The Beast. However, almost the moment the news broke, politicians in Russia started frothing at the mouth about gay propaganda.
From the moment Tomboy was announced (since re-titled The Assignment) in the the US, it’s sparked controversy. While the initial announcement seemed to think it would be praise for bringing gender and trans issues into an action thriller, the synopsis made it sound like it would be ill-informed and exploitative, trading on old stereotypes.
She’s one of the most storied actresses in film history, but Meryl Streep has never appeared on-screen in a Steven Spielberg movie. They have worked together, as Streep voiced one of the mechas in Spielberg’s AI, but it’s only now that she’s planning to get in front of the director’s lens, for the Post.
If you grew up in the UK in the 1980s you’ll probably remember Maid Marian & Her Merry Men, where it was Marian who was the brainy hero robbing from the rich to give to the poor, while Robin Hood was a bit of a dim and fey fellow, even if he ending up getting all the credit. It now seems Hollywood is keen on a similar idea, as 
Just a few years ago, no male celebrity seemed capable of taking their shirt off without removing every single hair from their chest and stomach. Now though things have changed, with a bit of natural pectoral hirsuteness being allowed to stay intact.
To celebrate the release of WILD OATS – available on DVD 6th March – we are giving away a copy courtesy of Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment.
Although Logan and Deadpool seem like pretty much the polar opposites of the X-Men universe. Alongside Wolverine adventure Logan in cinemas this weekend comes a specially filmed teaser for Deadpool 2, letting us know the character will be back soon.
While quite a lot of companies have tried to include LGBT people in their ads in recent years, often it looks like it was purely done to get attention. However, a new ad from Coca-Cola does a great job of including a gay character, without appearing like it’s trying to pat itself on the back for doing so – indeed, it treats it pretty much like it’s the most natural thing in the world.