Back in 2014, there was a bit of a furore over the fact that, despite being held up since its 1968 inception as a beacon of progressive values on things like race, Star Trek had never had an on-screen openly LGBT character (although some had appeared in books). At the time, then director of the third rebooted Star Trek movie, Roberto Orci, said he was open to the idea of being more inclusive in the film, but after that we heard nothing.
Well, the director may have changed since them (to Justin Lin), but the film is indeed getting a gay character, and it’s one of the main crew members – John Cho’s Mr. Sulu. The actor revealed the news in a chat to Australia’s Herald Sun, telling them that it’s revealed in the movie that the Helmsman of the USS Enterprise, Hikaru Sulu, has a husband back home on earth, as well as a daughter they raise together.
Cho added, “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicise one’s personal orientations.”
Choosing Sulu to have a hubby is, of course, a nod to George Takei, who played the role in the original series and movies, and then came out as gay in 2005. He’s since become a one of the most high profile voices for LGBT rights. It’s certainly taken Star Trek a long time to have a gay character, but it’s finally happened and the nod to Takei is a nice touch too.
Normally movies like to view fraternities as either places of ribald fun, or else elitist organisation that look down on the plucky underdog. However, Goat plans to take a more dramatic view of them, peering into the sometimes dangerous world of hazing pledges.
The teaser trailer for Beauty & The Beast ignited a huge amount of interest, with it beating The Force Awakens for the number of online views in the first 24 hours. Now that’s been followed with the poster your can see above.
For several years, Traffic, Magic Mike and Ocean’s 11 helmer Steven Soderbergh kept saying he was going to retire from directing, but never quite seemed to manage it. However, after Behind the Candelabra he suggested he really was done, before directing loads of episodes of TV’s The Knick.
Synopsis: ‘Ex-maid of honor Eloise (Anna Kendrick) – having been relieved of her duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text – decides to hold her head up high and attend her oldest friend’s wedding anyway. She finds herself seated at the ‘random’ table in the back of the ballroom with a disparate group of strangers, most of whom should have known to just send regrets (but not before sending something nice off the registry).
There have been quite a few ‘100 Years Of…’ videos on Youtube, most concentrating on the likes of hairdos and fashion. However, this one is a little more risque and interesting, with a very attractive model showing us what men having been wearing under their clothes for the past century.
Laika has garnered a great reputation thanks to the likes of Coraline, Boxtrolls and ParaNorman. They’re sticking with stop-motion for their next movie, Kubo & The Two Strings, which has just launched a new trailer and some character posters, which you can take a look at below.
Hugh Jackman has been working on the musical PT Barnum biopic Greatest Showman On Earth for a long time, but it’s only now that it’s finally moving towards shooting. They’re currently busy filling out the cast, with Zac Efron starting negotiations to appear a couple of weeks ago.
Throughout Season 2 of Go-Go Boy Interrupted, Jimmy Fowlie’s Danny has had plenty of adventures. Tha includes dancing during the day shift at a low rent club and falling for a guy who isn’t interested, to being attacked by an obsessed guy and reconnecting with his high school girlfriend.
Jonah Hill & Miles Teller aren’t the first people you’d think of as military contractors, and neither are the characters they play in War Dogs. The first trailer for the based-on-a-true-story movie has now arrived.
Daniel Radcliffe has quickly become one of the more interesting actors out there, searching out unusual and different project that both challenge his skills and make for interesting viewing. Now Imperium is coming to join that list.
We don’t post as many episodes of Steam Room Stories as perhaps we ought to. It is, after all, one of the longest running gay-themed web series out there, so certainly has a place of this site.