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

Scott Z. Burns Writing Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sequel

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Scott Z. Burns has some experience writing about mankind being under threat from an unusual source, as he wrote World War Z, which is set in the aftermath of a zombie holocaust. Now Fox is hoping he’ll be able to bring some of that expertise to their upcoming sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, as he’s been hired to write the script.

According to THR, the story will pick up where the last film left off, shortly after Ceaser and his army overtake the Golden Gate Bridge. As the apes grow stronger in their intelligence, humankind is threatened to the point of extinction by a new virus, which causes a social structure collapse. By the end of the film, the apes will rise as the world’s new rulers.

Andy Serkis is set to reprise his role as Caesar, ruler of the Apes, in the Untitled Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sequel. Original director Rupert Wyatt is returning as well.

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Gay Filmmaker Rob Williams Selected as Kashish 2012’s Filmmaker in Focus

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Writer-director Rob Williams has been selected for this year’s ‘Filmmaker in Focus’ honour from the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, being held in Mumbai, India, from May 23rd-27th.

Williams will attend the festival and present three of his most popular films – Long-Term Relationship, Make the Yuletide Gay and Role/Play – in addition to participating in Q&A sessions for those films and a special panel discussion titled ‘The Pink Screen’. The festival will also will screen Regrets, an award-winning short film for which Williams wrote the script.

Williams established Guest House Films, a Los Angeles-based film production and distribution house, with his partner Rodney Johnson in 2005. Since then, he has written, directed and produced five films and recently ventured into distribution with the US release of Black Briefs, the first DVD in a new short-film compilation series.

“I am tremendously honored to be recognised by the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival for my body of work, and I really look forward to visiting India for the first time and experiencing everything that the country has to offer,” said Williams.

This year is shaping up to be extremely busy for Williams. In May, Guest House Films will start production on The Men Next Door, the sixth film written and directed by Williams; in June, Guest House Films will release its second short-film compilation, Blue Briefs; and the company will be screening the heartwarming Australian documentary, The Doctor’s Wife, at film festivals throughout the year.

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Will Smith Praises Obama’s Equal Marriage Stance

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Ever since President Obama publicly stated last week that he supported marriage equality for gay couples, people have been queuing up to both praise and condemn him. While some say it could cost him votes, others say it could gain him some. Either way, there’s no doubt that it’s been a massive boon to his campaign coffers.

It’s been seen by many wavering Democrats as a reaffirmation that Obama truly believes in things, after four years where many feel like he’s been dragging his heels and not showing clear leadership on social reform. Indeed it came shortly before what turned out to be the biggest fund-raising dinner in history, with Barack bagging $15 million in Hollywood at the weekend, something most don’t believe is a coincidence.

As you’d expect, the likes of George Clooney and Dustin Lance Black were very happy with Obama’s statement, and now Will Smith has joined them, telling reporters in Berlin that he backed up Barack Obama’s personal pledge of support to same sex marriage, saying it was “brave” given that it is an election year. Smith added, “If anybody can find someone to love them and to help them through this difficult thing that we call life, I support that in any shape or form.”

Personally we think Obama’s mvie was a pretty savvy one, as it’ll raise funds and the only people it’s really likely to anger wouldn’t vote for him anyway. However there are likely to be thousands who’ve become disillusioned in the last four years and may have been wavering in their loyalty or who may not have voted at all, but who might now feel energised all over again. It was undoubtedly a political move, but it has to be good news.

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First Clip & Trailer From The New Normal, Ryan Murphy’s Gay Sitcom

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A couple of days ago we brought you the first couple of images from The New Normal, Glee creator Ryan Murphy’s gay-themed TV comedy, which is due to start airing in the US this autumn (and will hopefully arrive over here not long afterwards). In order to try and get audiences – and potential advertisers – excited, NBC has released a lengthy trailer and the first clip from the show, which you can see above and below.

The New Normal revolves around a blended family of a gay couple (Andrew Rannells, Justin Bartha) and the woman (Georgia King) who becomes a surrogate for them as they grow their family. Ellen Barkin co-stars with Nene Leakes on board as recurring characters.

Do you think it looks fun? Do you reckon it’ll find it tough to find an audience? Let us know below.

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Tape 407 – The Mesa Reserve Incident (DVD)

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Think horror, think Lost meets Jurassic Park! On second thoughts scrap that thought, but Tape 407 does involve a plane crash and some sort of dinosaur hell bent on killing the survivor.

After Dark productions have given us some great little horror gems over the last few years, some slightly better than made for TV productions, and some not, unfortunately this release falls into the latter category. [Read more…]

Win A Super-Cool The Raid Record Bag!

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The Raid – ‘The Action Movie of the Year’ (The Guardian Guide) breaks out across over 290 cinemas on 18th May starring martial arts sensation Iko Uwais as he takes on a tower block rammed with bad guys and decimates them in a style that is nothing short of breath-taking. Find out more including which multiplex it’s showing at on the official Fanhub http://www.totalfanhub.com/the-raid/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/TheRaidUK

To celebrate the release we’ve got a very stylish The Raid record bag to give away to one lucky winner! Only a few hundred are in existence and you can’t buy them anywhere, so you really will be the cock of the walk if you win one! Plus, it’s a great film, as our sister site Movie Muser gave it a five star review!

If you’d like to try and win The Raid record bag that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on May 28th, so get answering and good luck!

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Boys On Film 2: In Too Deep (DVD)

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Read our reviews of the other Boys On Film short film collections here.

Yesterday we took a look at the first of the first Boys On Film compilations of gay interest short films. We’ll be reviewing all eight of them ahead of the May 28th release of the latest disc, Boys On Film: Cruel Britannia, and today it’s time for the second compilation, In Too Deep, another great selection of bite sized gay movies covering all sorts of different themes and genres.

There are nine shorts on the disc, so let’s break them down: [Read more…]

She-Monkeys (Cinema)

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She Monkeys is an intriguing, dark and eerie tale of two girls engaged in a confusing underlying lesbian relationship set against the backdrop of the equestrian vaulting world. With a relationship that’s brimming with physical and psychological challenges, lead character Emma (Mathilda Paradeiser) does whatever it take to master the rules of this almost twisted game, failing to resist the temptation of taking control from Cassandra (Linda Molin).

The film was shot and is based in Sweden, but is subtitled in English for all of you out there who enjoy a good foreign language film, and this film is pretty special. You can see why it won a host of awards on the festival circuit over the last 12 months, even taking the Best Narrative Feature trophy at the Tribeca Film Festival as it grips you from beginning to end even if Swedish isn’t your mother tongue. [Read more…]

The Good Doctor Trailer – Orlando Bloom gets obsessed with a patient

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It’s one of the rules of movies that any film title that begins with ‘The Good…’ is about someone who isn’t very good at all. It appears that law will continue with The Good Doctor, which sees Orland Bloom as Martin Blake, an ambitious but anxious young doctor, eager to impress his superiors and colleagues: Chief Resident Waylans (Rob Morrow), self-assured fellow intern Dan (Troy Garity) and no-nonsense nurse Theresa (Taraji P. Henson). But things are not going Martin’s way and he can’t seem to shake off his insecurities. When 18-year-old patient Diane (Riley Keough) is admitted for a kidney infection, Martin steps in, getting the much-needed boost of self-esteem he craves. But things take a dark turn as his enthusiasm begins to become an obsession. No UK release date is currently set, but it’s out in the US in August.

And is it just us, or does Bloom have the hairstyle of the 7-year-old schoolboy in this film?

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The Amazing Spider-man Four-Minute ‘Super Preview’

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While there were many groans when it was announced they were rebooting Spider-man so soon after Sam Raimi’s take on the character, the more we’ve seen, the cooler it’s looked, with Marc Webb’s film reinserting the wisecracking humour of the character, as well as having a rather cool look, which is partway between comic book and reality. Now a rather exciting four-minute preview has shown up, which gives us a great look at the movie.

Here’s the latest synopsis: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.’ The film’s out July 4th.

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Martin Scorsese Producing Rolls-Royce Biopic

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Rolls-Royce is already famed around the world for producing some of the most luxurious cars on the planet, but it seems Martin Scorsese thinks there’s more of interest about the company than that, as Variety reports that he’s teaming up with Richard Attenborough and Anthony Haas to produce a film called Silver Ghost, which will tell the story of how Charles Rolls and Henry Royce partnered up to create the car company.

Silver Ghost is described as a complex love story, not only between men and women, but men and machines. Set at the turn of the last century, it traces the story of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, as well as the love affairs of the famed Beaulieu family (who started up the famed motor museum). Apparently one of the members of that family called the story a long-gestating ‘family secret’ but felt Scorsese, Attenborough and Haas would do the story justice and so have given them permission to go with it, although Variety doesn’t say exactly what that secret it.

Scorsese comments, “When I read the story of Silver Ghost, I was mesmerised. I immediately thought, ‘This is a picture that has to be made.’ And when I was asked to come aboard as a producer alongside Richard Attenborough and Anthony Haas, I didn’t hesitate for a moment.”

At the moment there’s no sign Scorsese will also direct, but it’s always a possibility, nor is there any indication when the movie might shoot.

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First Anchorman 2 Pic Arrives – And Ron Burgundy takes to Twitter

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With so many unfulfilled sequel promises in the years since Anchorman arrived in 2004, it appears the main order of business at the moment is convincing people a follow-up really is happening and it’s not just some cruel joke.

The next few days should remove any doubt, with a teaser for the film promised alongside The Dictator, and now Ron Burgundy himself has taken to Twitter and tweeted the first photo from the new movie.

He says: ‘Dont get Twirter. Anchorman2 teaser w Dictator tom night. Dont know what a teaser is. World is crazy? Having a scotch. http://pic.twitter.com/3Iw2Fa9T ‘

You can follow Ron @RonBurgundy

No release date has yet been set for Anchorman 2.

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