Big Gay Picture Show

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

Colin Firth Offered Oldboy Villain

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Colin Firth may not be the first person who springs to most people’s minds to play a dark villain, but it appears Spike Lee thinks differently, as Twitch reports that The King’s Speech star has been offered the bad guy role in Lee’s Oldboy remake. It isn’t known yet if the actor plans to accept the offer or not.

If he takes on the part, Firth will play Adrian, who squares off against Josh Brolin’s lead character. Chan-wook Park directed the original Oldboy, a South Korean thriller which followed a man seeking revenge against those who kept him in confinement for over 15 years.

Back in September it was revealed that Rooney Mara is the front runner for Oldboy’s female lead, but there’s been no news about her involvement since then. There’s also still the possibility Christian Bale will be in the movie, but he’s apparently not making a decision on which project to take on next until after he wraps production on The Dark Knight Rises. It isn’t known when production will begin on Oldboy.

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Immortals Tops The US Box Office

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Despite some rather stinging reviews, Immortals has gotten off to a pretty good start at the US box office with $32 million dollars. That may not be as much as the likes of 300 and Clash of The Titans, but still marks the biggest opening for a film not released by one of the six major studios since The Expendables.

Adam Sandler’s Jack And Jill had to settle for second spot with $26 million, slightly lower than most of Sandler’s movies, but still ahead of Funny People. The film film should play well over the next couple of weeks though, with those looking for a laugh over Thanksgiving.

The only other new entry was J. Edgar, which despite the hype and star power of Leo DiCaprio made only $11.4 million. That’s not an amazing start, but is actually slightly ahead of Clint Eastwood’s last movie, Hereafter. Although with rather mixed reviews it may struggle in the weeks ahead.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of November 11th-13th, 2011.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Immortals $32.0 $32.0
2 Jack And Jill $26.0 $26.0
3 Puss In Boots $25.5 $108.8
4 Tower Heist $13.2 $43.9
5 J. Edgar $11.4 $11.5
6 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas $5.9 $23.2
7 In Time $4.1 $30.6
8 Paranormal Activity 3 $3.6 $100.8
9 Footloose $2.7 $48.8
10 Real Steel $2.0 $81.7

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Latter Days (Blu-ray)

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Gay movies go HD, with TLA releasing its first UK Blu-ray (alongside Shelter). This 2003 movie has undoubtedly become a bit of a modern gay classic, largely because it’s one of the few queer cinema efforts that has the slickness of a lot of Hollywood movies, and so it’s easily accessible even to those who cringe at the thought of anything low budget or arty. Latter Days manages its slickness largely because while it was made for very little cash, a lot of the crew have worked extensively on mainstream films and TV, including writer/director C. Jay Cox, whose job immediately prior to Latter Days was writing the Reese Witherspoon rom-com Sweet Home Alabama. [Read more…]

First Look At New Toy Story Short

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The pic above is our first look at the new Toy Story Toon, ‘Small Fry’, which will be playing in front of The Muppets when it arrives in the UK on February 10th next year. In the second of these Toy Story Shorts (the first being Hawaiian Vacation, which played in front of Cars 2), 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.

Mini Buzz is a bit creepy if you ask me, but you’ve got to trust that anything Toy Story related is gonna be fun.

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Welcome To Big Gay Picture Show

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Hello and welcome to Big Gay Picture Show! It may seem a bit late to say hello, seeing as there’s already news stories, reviews and other bits and pieces on the site, but all the stuff that’s already here has come from us testing out the site and getting things ready.

Now we’re going live, so we hope you enjoy what we’ve got to offer. We’ll be bringing you movie news from the world of gay cinema and the mainstream, reviews of everything we can get our hands on, plus plenty of other things we reckon you’ll find interesting (mainly because we do to).

We hope you enjoy the site and feel free to comment or get in touch with us, as we’d love to hear what you’ve got to say!

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The Muppets Do Bollywood

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We thought we’d seen the end of the fun Muppet parody trailer, but thanksfully another one has shown up, this time with the gang going a bit Bollywood! The films due out in the US imminently, but it doesn’t come to the UK until February 17th, 2012. Here’s the synopsis: ‘When Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater, they help Kermit reunite the Muppets to stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theatre.’

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Snow White & The Huntsman Trailer

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With rival Snow White movies lining up next year, the battle is on between them. Snow White & The Huntsman has a somewhat more difficult task and it hits cinemas three months after Tarsem’s Mirror Mirror. However after a wonderfully gothic banner arrived the other day and now this visually gorgeous trailer, it’s likely to be Huntsman that audiences are interested in (despite the presence of the always morose Kristen Stewart). Take a look at the trailer and prepare to be far more impressed that you ever expected to be by a Snow White movie. The movie arrives in cinemas June 2012.

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A Thousand Words Trailer

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When Eddie Murphy reads a script, something different must happen in his head to what goes on in everyone else’s. Indeed is someone told you this trailer was actually a spoof taking the piss out of dumb Hollywood movies, you’d probably believe it. In the film Jack McCall (Murphy) is a fast-talking literary agent who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner. And yes, that premise is as stupid as it sounds. A Thousand Words is due in cinemas next March.

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George Tillman Plans Miles Davis Biopic

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With Notorious he dealt with the world of modern rap, but now it appears director George Tillman Jr. wants to stay with music but move across to classic jazz with a biopic of Miles Davis. THR reports Tillman is now attached to the movie, which will be made with the help of Davis’ eldest son, Gregory.

Davis was an incredibly influential figure who worked with most of the jazz legends, from Charlie Parker and John Coltrane to Gil Evans and Thelonious Monk. He’s been a massive influence on music for over 50 years now, both inside jazz and out. However as seemingly with so many musicians, he battled severe drug addiction that nearly derailed his career. He died in 1991.

“Our intention is to make a feature film that will appeal beyond the worldwide audience of Miles Davis die-hard fans, to also include those who don’t know the first thing about the man, and introduce new ears to his music,” said producer Nick Davis Raynes. “In much the same way that Walk The Line and Ray were able to open the world’s eyes to the life stories of Johnny Cash and Ray Charles, respectively, we want to make a film that will do the same justice for Miles Davis. Miles, in his fifty-year career as a musician, transcends time, space and race.”

Don Cheadle has been trying to get a Miles Davis biopic off the ground for years now, but it isn’t known if he’ll star in this one.

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Safe Trailer

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I’ve been trying to work out whether Jason Statham is doing an American accent in this trailer, or if he’s just constantly sucking on a mint, but it looks like we’re in typical Stath territory here, which ain’t a bad thing. Luke Wright (Jason Statham) is a second rate cage fighter in the mixed martial arts circuit in New Jersey. When he blows a rigged fight, the Russian mafia make an example of him – murdering his wife and threatening to kill anyone he forms any kind of friendship or relationship with. Now homeless, destitute and completely isolated from society, Luke fidns a shot at redemption when he meets and starts to protect Mei, a young prodigy with a perfect memory for numbers, who the triads have been using so there’s no paper trail on their dodgy dealings.

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Steve Carell Will Be One Of The Lunatics

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Steve Carell sure likes signing up for movie. Barely a week goes by without news of him attaching himself to yet another movie. Not content with the seemingly hundreds of films he’s already got lined up, Deadline reports he’s now attached to star in an adaptation of Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel’s novel Lunatics for Universal Pictures.

The book is about Philip Horkman, the owner of a pet store who referees kids soccer games on Sundays, whose minor feud with one of the soccer dads escalates until it creates worldwide consequences, and leaves them running for their lives. Barry and Zweibel will adapt their novel, which is set to be published by in January.

It’s not known when it might go into production, but it’s early days so don’t expect it for a while.

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Reese Witherspoon May Star In Rule 1

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It seems Reese Witherspoon has lined another movie up, as while she’s only down to produce at the moment, the idea is they’ll shape Rule #1 into a movie for her to start in. Cinema Blend has the news and says they’ve already found a director for the movie, with Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) down to helm.

The film will see Witherspoon ‘play 34-year-old Diana McBride, a woman coping with her OCD who agrees to take in an unpredictable young stranger – who happens to have a newborn baby – in an effort to face her anxieties. Ultimately, McBride’s plan is to win back her estranged husband by convincing him she can handle her chaotic existence.’

Sounds a bit like she’s angling for another Oscar, which might not be a bad plan, as she hasn’t exactly had a huge amount of luck since Walk The Line. There’s no news on when the film might shoot.

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