After the likes of Cirque Du Freak and Little Fockers, director Paul Weitz wants to show another side of himself with an adaptation of the memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. Unsurprisingly the title has had to ben changed to somehting a little less evocative, so they’re calling it Being Flynn. The film follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in flashbacks by Julianne Moore) and in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise (Olivia Thirlby), the last person Nick wants to see is his father. Slowly Nick comes to realise he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too.
Channing Tatum To Be Man From UNCLE?
Another day, another person rumoured to be be replacing George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh’s planned Man From UNCLE movie. According to Deadline, after rumours emerged recently about Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling, the director is now eyeing Channing Tatum to star in the movie.
Tatum hasn’t officially been offered the role yet, but the director and actor having just been working together on the film Magic Mike, so they already have a relationship to build on.
Interestingly, Deadline also give the reason Clooney dropped out. Many were surprised George bailed as he’d been involved with the film for years (he was the one who brought Soderbergh on board), but apparently it’s because he’s due to have surgery and wouldn’t have be able to handle the stunt work.
The 60s TV show the film is based on revolves around two agents for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E) – Napoleon Solo and his Russian counterpart, Illya Kuryakin, who are committed to saving the world from the evil forces of the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.). They were played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in the original show.
Scott Z. Burns (World War Z) is on scripting duties, with Soderbergh keen to keep the classic 60s setting of the TV show. The movie is expected to go into production early next year, so they need to find actors for the two main roles pretty soon.
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Doctor Who Going Big Screen With David Yates Directing
Ever since Christopher Ecclestone stepped into Doctor Who’s shoes a few years ago, there’s been talk of a big screen version of the classic sci-fi show, but plans don’t seem to have moved very far. Now though, Variety reports that none other than Harry Potter director David Yates is planning on making a Doctor Who movie!
The film is being produced by the BBC, who hope to turn this intergalactic alien Time Lord into a worldwide theatrical franchise – although presumably if they’re hoping for a top flight movie, they’ll be looking for a studio to partner with on the project and splash some cash of grade A special effects.
David Yates commented, “We’re looking at writers now. We’re going to spend two to three years to get it right. It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena. The notion of the time-traveling Time Lord is such a strong one, because you can express story and drama in any dimension or time.”
The original series aired from 1963 to 1989, and was then rebooted in 2005. It is one of the BBC’s most lucrative properties.
It’ll be interesting to discover whether there’s a masterplan involved here, as to how this will fit with Doctor Who on the small screen. Is the idea Matt Smith will be big screen Who? Will they find a way to go back to David Tennant? Will there be a new Doctor? Is the film’s timeline going to run completely separately from what we’ve seen on the small screen? We’ll have to wait and see.
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New Images From Pixar’s Brave
A couple new images from Pixar’s upcoming movie Brave. The one above sees main character Merida following a wisp, although sadly I don’t think this means Pixar is taking the classic early 80s British children’s TV show Willo The Wisp to the big screen. The image below meanwhile features (from left to right) Lord MacGuffin, Lord Dingwall and Lord MacIntosh.
Here’s the movie’s synopsis: Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. In “Brave,” a new tale joins the lore when the courageous Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts.
Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land:massive Lord MacGuffin (voice of Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (voice of Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (voice of Robbie Coltrane). Merida’s actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Witch (voice of Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late.
Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, and produced by Katherine Sarafian, “Brave” is a grand adventure full of heart, memorable characters and the signature Pixar humor enjoyed by audiences of all ages. The film takes aim at cinemas on August 17, 2012, and will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select theaters.
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Win Latter Days & Shelter On Blu-ray
COMP NOW CLOSED: (Competition open to UK residents only) They’re amongst the best and most entertaining gay movies of the last decade, and now TLA releasing has released both Latter Days and Shelter on Blu-ray in the UK, taking queer cinema into high-definintion. The celebrate the Blu-ray release of the films and the launch of Big Gay Picture Show, TLA has given us two copies of each film for two lucky readers!
Latter Days (review here), written and directed by the guy who scripted Sweet Home Alabama, is a romantic comedy about a young Mormon missionary whose gay feelings bubble to the surface when he meets a friendly but vapid waiter, causing both of them to re-evaluate their lives.
Shelter meanwhile is about a wannabe artist who’s trapped in small town life by his rather selfish sister, who needs him to look after her son. However his horizons start to widen when he begins dating his best friend’s older brother.
For your chance to be one of the two people who’ll get a copy of both Shelter and Latter Days on Blu-ray, fill in your details in the form below and answer the multiple choice question. The competition closes on November 27th, so get answering and good luck!
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Crush Of The Day: Trevor Wright In Shelter
As a film critic, you have to hope that while you’re going to be giving somewhat subjective opinions, you’re not going to like a movie more just because there are pretty people in it. However it sure doesn’t hurt. I was just rewatching Shelter so I can review the new Blu-ray version of it, and I’d completely forgotten just how cute the movie’s star, Trevor Wright is – so apropos of absolutely nothing here’s are som pics of him we can all enjoy.
Sadly his career hasn’t exactly gone stratospheric since 2007’s Shelter, with roles in the likes of Vacancy 2 and 2001 Maniacs 2, as well as the less than pivotal part of ‘B.U. Guy in Bra’ in The Social Network. He’s still young though so there’s always hope we’ll get to see more of his soon.
Oh, and look out for the Blu-ray review of Shelter coming very soon. [Read more…]
Toy Story Toons ‘Small Fry’ Teaser
On Friday we posted the first pic from the upcoming Toy Story toon that’ll be attached to The Muppets, ‘Small Fry’. Now a second image and a 30 second teaser clip have arrived, which you can see above and below. It’s just proof of how special Toy Story is that a new short featuring the characters can generate so much interest! In the short, Buzz Lightyear is left behind at a fast food restaurant when a kids’ meal toy version of Buzz takes his place. While Bonnie’s toys are stuck with the annoying three-inch-tall Buzz impersonator, the real Buzz is trapped in the restaurant at a support group for discarded toys. As Woody and the gang devise a way to rescue their friend, Buzz tries to escape the toy psychotherapy meeting. We’ll get to see ‘Small Fry’ when it plays in front of The Muppets when it arrives in the UK on February 10th next year.
Gigola (DVD)
Director: Laure Charpentier
Running Time: 100 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: November 14th, 2011
Director Laure Charpentier adapts one of her own controversial books for the screen, with this tale of gangsters, prostitutes and Sapphic desire in 1960s Paris. After her lover commits suicide, Gigola butches up, starts being emotionally aloof and becomes part of an underworld of prostitutes, gangsters and pimps.
Gigola seems to have a power to draw people in, whether it’s a hooker (Marie Kremer) who becomes Gigola new project, an older woman (Marisa Paredes) who falls for her, or a gangster(Eduardo Noriega), who may be the only person who can break through her hard veneer. All this while dealing with her needy mother and opium fiend father, and trying to save her childhood home. [Read more…]
The Hunger Games Trailer
They’re certainly hyping up The Hunger Games, in the hopes it will take over from Twilight as the top young adult franchise around. Now the first full trailer for the movie has arrives, which certainly make the movie look intriguing and that it may hold interest for those a little older than the target audience. Jennifer Lawrence i heads a cast that also includes Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks and Stanley Tucci, to tell the tale of a future society where the US has broken down into separate factions, and the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in The Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which ‘Tributes’ must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence), is representing District 12, replacing her chosen younger sister. The film arrives in cinemas March 23rd, 2012.
Barry Pepper Bags Two Roles
If all had gone to plan, Barry Pepper would be shooting Lone Ranger right now, but as the start date of that movie got pushed back to to major behind-the-scenes wrangling over the budget, it’s allowed him to take roles in two very different sorts of film.
According to Variety, Pepper has taken a role in Broken City for director Allen Hughes. After that he will star in Ric Roman Waugh’s action drama Snitch. Rather handily both films are shooting simultaneously in New Orleans. In Broken City, the actor will play a closeted councilman. The film is a thriller about a Brooklyn detective (Mark Wahlberg) tasked with identifying a politician’s wife’s secret lover. The movie also stars Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta Jones.
Snitch, which stars Dwayne Johnson, is based on a true story and follows a father whose life is shattered when his son is sentenced to 30 years in prison on drug charges. The dad then risks his life by going undercover to try and nail a drug kingpin in order to reduce his son’s sentence. Barry Pepper will play a DEA agent who ends up helping the father.
After filming both those movies, Pepper plans to go back to Lone Ranger, so he’s going to be a busy boy.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
New The Iron Lady Trailer
A new trailer for the upcoming The Iron Lady has arrived, via The Daily Mail, but we’ve embedded it below (which should help those of you who understandably have an aversion to going anywhere near anything to do with the Daily Mail). Although some Mrs. T. lovers are still uncertain about Meryl Streep playing the great lady – partly because they immediately assumed the film will be a liberal hatchet job – she certainly seems to be doing a good job here! The film sees Maggie as an older woman looking back over her remarkable career, becoming Britain’s first female Prime Minister and one of the world’s most famous women, while facing a divided nation and becoming hated by many in the UK. The film opens in the UK on January 6th.
Lego Movie Gets The Greenlight
While a couple of years ago Hollywood had big plans to turn virtually every toy and game into a movie, surprisingly few have moved forward, partly due to the realisation that it’s tough to turn a plotless toy into a worthwhile movie.
However at least one has got the greenlight, as Variety reports that Warner Bros has given the greenlight to the Lego film that’s been in development. The live-action/CGI hybrid movie will be a family comedy based on the popular building blocks, and takes place in the magical land of Lego. No further plot details have been released at this time, but it’ll be interesting to discover how they’re fitting in the concept of Lego blocks into the film and whether the inhabitants of the island are the little Lego men (and if they are, how they’re going to make that not seem silly).
More details about the movie, which is likely to be 80% animated, should be released later this week, and casting is set to begin in January (although work of the CGI will begin pretty much immediately). Warner Bros. is eyeing a 2014 release date for Lego: The Movie, with Robot Chicken’s Chris McKay recently bought on board to co-direct alongside 21 Jump Street duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser