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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Godzilla Asia Trailer – The best look at the monsters yet?

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Most of the marketing for Godzilla has been based around hiding the big beastie, but it appear audiences in Asia wouldn’t put up with any of that nonsense, and so this Asian trailer gives us our best look at the giant lizard yet – along with the other monsters that feature in the movie.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

‘Gareth Edwards directs “Godzilla,” which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,” TV’s “Breaking Bad”).’

The film is out in May. [Read more…]

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The Star Wars Episode VII Cast Is Announced, Including John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis & Domhnall Gleeson

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star-wars-episode-vii-script-readingJJ Abrams has been keeping very quiet about the cast for Star Wars Episode VII, but with the shoot starting to gear up and the likes of Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher seen in London, many presumed we’d find out who would be in the film on Star Wars Day, May 4th.

However it’s come sooner that that with Lucasfilm & Disney issuing the following release: ‘The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

‘Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker in the new film.

‘Director J.J. Abrams says, “We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud.”

‘Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.’

There’s no news on who the new cast will play, although it’s believed Attack The Block’s Boyega will be a Jedi apprentice, while Girls’ Adam Driver is one of the main villains. It’s a fair bet that Andy Serkis will be playing a motion capture character, but it’s less clear what Inside Llewyn Davis’ Oscar Isaac, About Time’s Domhnall Gleeson or relative newcomer Daisy Ridley will be doing.

Along with the release came the pick above from a cast script reading.

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Justin Kurzel To Direct Michael Fassbender In Assassin’s Creed

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justin-kurzelIt’s getting on for two years since Michael Fassbender signed up to star in a movie version of the hit videogame Assassin’s Creed. The movie has slowly been moving forward, with Daniel Epinosa expressing interest in directing and various writers coming and going.

However now Espinosa has gone as Variety reports that Justin Kurzel is in talks to helm the film. If he does come onboard it will reunite the Snowtown helmer with his Macbeth star, Fassbender.

A few weeks after Bill Collage and Adam Cooper (Exodus: Gods and Kings) came aboard to rewrite the script, based on the game about a bartender who learns that his ancestors were trained assassins. He is kidnapped by a group tied to the secret society Knights Templar and forced to travel through time, collecting various historical artifacts to be used for a higher purpose.

The hope is to go into production as soon as possible, meaning it’s likely Kurzel’s deal will be finalized very soon.

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Eddie Redmayne Takes On Transgender Tale The Danish Girl

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eddie-redmayneBack in 2009 Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One in) was set to direct set to direct a movie about Lili Elbe, one of the first people to have gender reassignment surgery, with Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow set to star.

However the movie didn’t get off the ground at the time, but now Les Miserables and King’s Speech director Tom Hooper has come onboard The Danish Girl, with Deadline reporting that he will reunite with Eddie Redmayne for the film.

The film is based on David Ebershoff’s book about Danish painter Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) and his wife Gerda. In 1931 Einar is thought to have become the first person in the world to have a sex-change operation, when he became Lili Elbe. It’s believed the journey started – at least openly – after Gerda asked Einar to stand in for a female subject that Gerda was supposed to paint. The painting became incredibly popular and Lili began to express who she truly was.

Personally we’re thinking Redmayne makes more sense in the role than Kidman.

Tom Hooper will direct from a script by Lucinda Coxon (Crimson Peak).

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Director Roland Emmerich Plans Historical Adventure Maya Lord

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roland-emmerich-slideRoland Emmerich is a busy man. He’s shooting his gay rights drama Stonewall this Spring, and he’s also gearing up to finally make the long-awaited Independence Day 2, which is expected to come directly after Stonewall.

However he’s already looking past that as Deadline reports that he has snapped up the screen rights to John Coe Robbins’ historical novel, Maya Lord.

The book is based on the true story of Gonzalo Guerrero, who in 1511 got shipwrecked during a storm and ended up on an uncharted shore in the New World. He and his crew members were then enslaved by a Mayan tribe. Soon realising there was little hope of escape (where were they going to go?), Guerrero decided to try to find ways to fit in with and advance in their society.

The Spaniard eventually became one of the tribe’s top warlords, which pitted his against his former countrymen when Cortes and other Spanish conquistadors arrived. Guerrero eventually married the daughter of a Mayan chief and is regarded as the father of the first Mestizo family, a term given to individuals of European and Native American descent.

Emmerich has apparently fascinated by the story for several years, although it won’t be his next project and hopes to turn it into a movie.

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Sandra Bullock May Have A Tupperware Party With The Help Director Tate Taylor

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Sandra-BullockSandra Bullock’s stock has never been higher following the double-whammy success of The Heat and Gravity. Now she’s planning films for the future, with THR reporting that she’s circling a currently untitled film about Tupperware, which openly gay The Help director Tate Taylor is helming.

If she does sign on, she would play sales exec Brownie Wise who in the 1950s helped revolutionise Earl Silas Tupper’s Tupperware brand when she came up with the idea of holding parties to sell the goods. Wise became ‘as popular as the product she was selling and in 1954 she also became the first woman to appear on the cover of Business Week’.

However despite her popularity she clashed with Tupper and was pushed out in 1958. The company’s founder then tried his best to erase her from the company records. She is considered one of the first casualties of the post-World War II sexism wars.

Bullock isn’t officially signed on as yet, but she has met with Taylor about the movie. The director wrote the script based on Tupperware Unsealed, the non-fiction book written by Bob Kealing.

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Will Ferrell Will Try To Steal The Crown Jewels In The Yank

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Will-FerrellIt’s the season for Will Ferrell to attach himself to new movies. He’s already added his name to a couple of project in the last few weeks, and now Deadline reports that Tri-Star Pictures has picked up the comedy pitch The Yank, which has Ferrell attached to star.

Steve Pink and Jeff Morris are set to write the script, which is about a timid insurance courier (Will Ferrell) who gets caught up in a plot to steal the Britich Crown Jewels in London.

It’s early days for the film at the moment as it’s only at the pitch stage and no director is currently attached.
The project doesn’t have a director attached at this time.

Unsurprisingly it’s not known when it will shoot.

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Johnny Knoxville Will Take A Sick Day In A New Comedy

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johnny-knoxvilleA few years ago Johnny Knoxville seemed to be in everything. He’s a bit more discerning nowadays though, with Deadline reporting he’s set to star in the Universal Pictures comedy Sick Day.

Knoxville will play one of three friends who have an tradition of calling in sick one day every year. They use it to take the opportunity to fulfill their wildest fantasies, hopefully without getting caught.

It’s being described as being in the vein of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Jordan Cahan (My Best Friend’s Girl) is rewriting the original script by Jeremy Garelick. It’s not known when the film will shoot.

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Tomas Alfredson Will Make The Snowman, Replacing Martin Scorsese

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tomas-alfredsonBack in 2011 Martin Scorsese confirmed that he wanted to direct a film version of Jo Nesbo’s novel, The Snowman. However he’s now moved on and the movie has a new helmer in the form of Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One in, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), according to Variety.

Scorsese is still attached as an executive producer on the film, which follows Oslo detective Harry Hole, a loose cannon who is investigating the disappearance of a woman, whose pink scarf is found wrapped around a sinister-looking snowman.

Matthew Michael Carnahan wrote the initial version of the script, but now Tomas Alfredson will work on a new draft of the screenplay with Sø Sveistrup.

Harry Hole has been part of 10 of Jo Nesbø’s novels, so there’s plenty of room for a franchise if The Snowman is a success.

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Win The Colin Firth Starrer The Railway Man On Blu-ray!

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railway man bd coverThe Railway Man, starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Irvine is out in the UK on Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms from 5th May 2014 courtesy of Lionsgate. We’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies on Blu-ray!

Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky (Burning Man), THE RAILWAY MAN tells the story of Eric Lomax (Jeremy Irvine, Great Expectations, War Horse), serving in the Second World War when he is captured and held prisoner by the Japanese. Brutally tortured and forced, along with his fellow captives, to build the Thai-Burma Railway, he is left traumatised and uncommunicative for years to come, despite the best efforts of his wife (Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy, Stoker).

Many years later, an older Lomax (Colin Firth, The King’s Speech) resolves to track down one of his torturers, Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada, 47 Ronin, The Wolverine), hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has felt throughout his life.

If you’d like to try and win one of three copies of The Railway Man on Blu-ray that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on May 12th 2014, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Crush Of The Day 2: Colton Haynes’ Nipples Want To Have An Adventure

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colton-haynes-shirtless1 We’ve already had one Crush Of The Day in the form of Zachary Quinto’s shirtless selfie, but who says we can’t have another!

And when it’s a shirtless pic of Colton Haynes, where he seems to want us to stare at his nipples, we couldn’t resist!

The Teen Wolf & Arrow star posted the pic on his Instagram, alongside the message, “‘You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore’ – Christopher Columbus”

I’d be willing to be Columbus never said that, but hey, Colton can say anything he wants as long as he posts more pics like that. My only complaint is that Haynes is shaving his chest, as you can see from the stubbles poking through (and if you look closely at some other great pics from his Instagram below (click on them for larger version), you can see he could grow a bit of body fuzz if he tried!). [Read more…]

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Archie’s Gay Pal Kevin Keller Wants Looking’s Jonathan Groff To Make Up His Mind!

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kevin-keller-lookingIf you saw Looking, you’ll know that Jonathan Groff’s Patrick spent much of the series trying to start up a relationship with Raul Castillo’s Richie, while mooning over Russell Tovey’s Kevin.

It turns out everyone has an opinion on what should have happened, even fictional characters!

That includes Archie Comics gay character Kevin Keller.

Artist Daniel Parent has come up with the pic above, which shows exactly what Keller thinks about the situation.

Personally I think Patrick should pick Richie, as long as that means I get Russell Tovey (and if you need evidence why, click here)!

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