Hollywood obviously thinks Fifty Shades Of Grey has the potential to turn Jamie Dornan into a big star, as the Irish actor is already booking new roles, with Miramax announcing Dornan will star in the Alexandre Aja (Horns, The Hills Have Eyes) directed movie, The 9th Life of Louis Drax.
Max Minghella, who’s best known as an actor (The Internship, The Social Network), makes his screenwriting debut. It’s not too surprising he’s good with words as he is the son of Oscar-winning writer/director Anthony Minghella. Indeed when the film rights were purchased back in 2004, it was the plan for the English Patient and Talented Mr. Ripley helmer to adapt it himself. Sadly Anthony died in 2008 and Max has now taken over.
The movie is based on Liz Jensen’s best-selling novel of the same title which, ‘begins on Louis Drax’s 9th birthday, when he suffers a near-fatal fall. In order to reveal the strange circumstances surrounding the young boy’s accident – Dr. Allan Pascal (Jamie Dornan) is drawn into a thrilling mystery, testing the boundaries of fantasy and reality.’
Aja comments, “Max’s script takes us on a very emotional journey through the deep recesses of the mind and on a suspenseful Hitchcockian ride. I was drawn to the poignant family drama and the supernatural elements, and am excited to bring this rich and complex story to life.”
Filming will commence this October in Vancouver, Canada.
Last year Tom Hanks and Ron Howards loosely agreed to reteam for their third adaptation of one of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon novels. While a film version of The Lost Symbol had defeated them (it’s believed the logistics of shooting in and around some of Washington DC’s most famous landmarks proved too difficult), they thought Inferno might be able to make it to the screen.
James Ellroy has long loved the world of film noir and hardboiled literature with his novels such as LA Confidential and The Black Dahlia. Now he’s heading directly into the noir world of the 40s as he has signed up to script a remake of the 1944 classic, Laura, according to 
Every famous person on the planet has now done the Ice Bucket Challenge it seems, and that includes Superman, who sat down with Lois Lane to get drenched with water.
The wonderful The Wilding won the prestigious Iris Prize a couple of years ago, and we were certainly impressed 
A young man in a woman’s dress wielding a Samurai’s sword, hotly pursued by the young village police man, who is clearly out of his depth, is just one of the many stories celebrated by the 8th Iris Prize Festival. The five day LGBT film festival boasts a bigger than usual programme with 17 feature films.
Zachary Quinto sure likes posting pics to Instagram, and that includes letting us know that he didn’t put pants on until the Emmys had already started last night.
It was a mixed night for LGBT interest at the Emmys yesterday. There was some good news, including Jim Parsons picking up his fourth Emmy for The Big Bang Theory and gay-friendly Modern Family tying the record for most Best Comedy Series wins by making it five in a row.
Even though it has seemed close to going into production, back in April 2013 New Line put an indefinite delay on its long-planned reboot of the Vacation franchise. However now it seems it’s getting back on track, with 
If you’re not interested in the Ice Bucket Challenge we apologise. Over the the last couple of weeks we have become rather obsessed with famous guys pouring buckets of cold water over their heads. We haven’t finished with the meme yet though, as this time we have Colton Haynes, John Barrowman, George Takei, Tom Hanks, Gregg Sulkin and Dan Osborne.
The Aussie musical Goddess is out now on DVD in the UK from Metrodome Distribution. We’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies of the Laura Michelle Kelly and Ronan Keating movie right here.