Last week some fun political ads arrived from The Campaign, and now a full trailer is here. In the film, when long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. The film is released this September.
Michelle Monaghan Joins Owen Wilson In The Coup
A couple of weeks ago Owen Wilson signed up for a movie that’s a bit different to his usual comedy fare, agreeing to star in the dramatic thriller, The Coup, with Pierce Brosnan coming onboard a few days later. Now Variety reports that Mission: Impossible III actress Michelle Monaghan will star in the film too, playing Wilson’s wife.
The Coup is a thriller about an American family, headed by Owen Wilson and Michelle Monaghan, who move to Southeast Asia and finds themselves embroiled in a violent coup where rebels mercilessly attack the city. Brosnan will play a government operative who tries to help them.
John Erick Dowdle (Devil, Quarantine) will direct from a script he co-wrote with his brother Drew. Filming will begin in October in Southeast Asia.
Luke Wilson, Zachary Quinto & Topher Grace Accept The Invitation
It’s been announced that the thriller The Invitation will begin principal photography in Los Angeles in the summer of 2012. Directed by Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body, Girlfight), the film has a great cast including Luke Wilson, Zachary Quinto,Topher Grace and Johnny Galecki.
On a dark night, Will (Luke Wilson) is invited to his estranged ex-wife’s dinner party. Over the course of the evening, he is gripped by mounting evidence that something insidious has taken hold of his ex-wife, and that she and her new friends have a mysterious and horrifying agenda. By the end of the night, the ramifications of what happens in this house will spread far beyond its doors.
The film will be shopped to distributors at Cannes.
Avengers Becomes First Film To Make $100 Million In Its Second Weekend
After its record-breaking $207 million opening in the US last week, The Avengers isn’t done with setting firsts, as it’s become the first movie to ever make $100 at the North American box office in its second weekend, taking $103 million. On the way to that it became the fastest film ever to reach $300 and $350 million.
The film had plenty to cheer worldwide too, and globally its take now stands at $1.03, equalling Avatar and Harry 8’s record of getting there in only 17 days, an achievement made more impressive by the fact those film opened pretty much everywhere on the same day, while Avengers didn’t reach the US until a week and a half after its first openings in some other countries.
While Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows had been expected to open in the $35 million range, it ended up disappointing with only $25 million. It’s a lot softer than Warner Bros. would have been hoping and won’t be helped by relatively poor word of mouth over the coming weeks.
The only other new entry in the top 10 was the Eva Mendes comedy-drama Girl In Progress, which took $1.35 million to place 10th on the chart. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel also made its first appearance in the top 10, after expanding onto more screens following its limited opening last week. The movie took $2.6 million to place eighth.
Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of May 11th-13th.
| Rank | Title | Weekend Gross (millions) | Total Gross to date (millions) |
| 1 | The Avengers | $103.1 | $373.1 |
| 2 | Dark Shadows | $28.8 | $28.8 |
| 3 | Think Like A Man | $6.3 | $81.9 |
| 4 | The Hunger Games | $4.4 | $386.9 |
| 5 | The Lucky One | $4.0 | $53.7 |
| 6 | The Pirates! Band Of Misfits | $3.2 | $23.1 |
| 7 | The Five-Year Engagement | $3.1 | $24.3 |
| 8 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $2.6 | $3.7 |
| 9 | Chimpanzee | $1.6 | $25.5 |
| 10 | Girl In Progress | $1.3 | $1.3 |
First Look At The New Normal, Ryan Murphy’s Gay Themed TV Comedy
Those who been pining for a gay-centred US TV comedy ever since Will & Grace ended (there’s Modern Family and Glee, but they’re not quite the same), will be pleased to hear that Glee creator Ryan Murphy’s new sitcom, The New Normal, has been picked up and will start airing this autumn.
According to THR, 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.’
Quite frankly we’re happy with anything that the sexy Justin Bartha appears in, and if he’s playing gay, all the better. Let’s hope it all works out and the show becomes a hit.
There’s still another rather gay show that may be arriving later this year, but while US network CBS is said to have liked the pilot for Partners, they’ve yet to announce whether they’re going to order a full series or not (we should find out in the next few days). The show, from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, is about architects Charlie (David Krumholtz) and Louis (Michael Urie), whose friendship has lasted longer than either of their romantic relationships and almost seems like a weird marriage. When Charlie decides to propose to his girlfriend, the gay Louis’ neurotic attempts to be supportive nearly result in the breakup of his own relationship. Brandon Routh plays Louis’ boyfriend.
Take a look above and below for the first shots from the New Normal.
Crush Of The Day: Houston Rhines
eCupid is out on DVD in the UK on Monday May 14th (read our review here), and there’s no doubt that its star, Houston Rhines, is so cute it’s almost painful. Being the prurient people we are, seeing Rhines as the gay character who’s looking for love in all the wrong places in eCupid sent us rushing to the internet to find out if we could see more of Houston.
Turns out we’re not the only ones who think he’s hot, as he’s done a fair bit of modeling, ensuring there are quite a few swoonworthy pics of him online, including a couple where he’s all wet and showing off his lightly furry chest.
So take a look through our gallery of Houston pics and wallow in the hotness! [Read more…]
Neil Marshall Directing The Last Voyage of Demeter
For nearly a decade now, producers have been trying to get The Last Voyage Of The Demeter to the screen, with a seemingly endless list of directors coming and going from the movie, but no movie ever coming of it. They’re not giving up though, as after Robert Schwentke (Red), Marcus Nispel (Conan the Barbarian), Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters),and David Slade (Hard Candy) have all left the project, THR reports that Neil Marshall (Centurion, The Descent) has signed on to helm.
Bragi F. Schut wrote the original screenplay, which expands on a small portion of Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel. The Demeter was the ship that transported the vampire from Transylvania to London, except the ship washes up on shore with only one survivor left. This story tells the tale of that voyage, where one undead passenger murdered the ship’s crew, one by one.
When David Slade was attached to the project, Noomi Rapace and Ben Kingsley were set to star. It isn’t known if the actors are still involved. There’s no news on when it might shoot (or giving it’s history, when the next director will come onboard).
Sam Claflin Joins Jared Harris In The Quiet Ones
On Stranger Tides wasn’t quite the star making turn that hottie Sam Claflin must have been hoping for, but it certainly raised his profile and he’s got another chance to really make an impact next month in Snow White and the Huntsman. Now it’s been announced that Claflin has signed on to star opposite Jared Harris in Hammer Film’s The Quiet Ones.
Claflin will play Bryan McNeil in the supernatural thriller/horror, which will be directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2: Terminal) from and original screenplay by Tom de Ville, with revisions by Craig Rosenberg, Oren Moverman and most recently John Pogue. The movie will start shooting in June 2012 in the UK.
Inspired by true events (hmm, yeah right), The Quiet Ones tells the story of an unorthodox, but charismatic Professor (Harris) who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist from negative human energy.
The Quiet Ones marks Hammer’s next production after the worldwide box office hit, The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe, which has taken over $130 million at the box-office worldwide to date.
Alfonso Poyart Eyes Anthony Hopkins’ Solace
Despite the fact he feels a bit like he’s been coasting for the past decade, Anthony Hopkins is still a name to conjure with. Now he’s putting together a supernatural thriller called Solace, and Variety reports Brazilian director Afonso Poyart is now in talks to direct.
The film centres on a doctor (Hopkins) with psychic abilities, who hunts down a serial killer. No production start date has been set. The Queen’s Peter Morgan is currently revising his script, with Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson producing.
This project will mark Poyart’s English-language debut, after gaining attention for his Brazilian hit 2 Coelhos (a.k.a. Two Rabbits), which he starred in, directed, wrote and produced.
Dark Shadows (Cinema)
Starring: Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp
Director: Tim Burton
Running Time: 113 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: May 11th, 2012
Director: Tim Burton
Running Time: 113 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: May 11th, 2012
Dark Shadows has always been a somewhat problematic proposition for a film conversion, especially as it’s been brought to the screen by people who are obviously in love with the original US soap opera that ran between 1966 and 1971. The show ran for over 1,000 episodes and featured a vast array of characters and all sorts of different supernatural shenanigans. Those then needed to be distilled down to a single movie that’ll work for a generation who’ve never seen the show.
It’s a challenge that Dark Shadows only partially succeeds in, with the whole thing having the whiff of being filled things Johnny Depp and Tim Burton wanted to include, but which might have been better to have dispensed with. [Read more…]
Win Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows On Blu-ray
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows is available on Blu-ray Triple play, DVD and digital download 14th May. Pre-order here. And we’ve got hold of a copy of the film on Blu-ray for you to win!
Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room… until now. Filmmaker Guy Ritchie returns to direct Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which stars two-time Academy Award® nominees Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law along with Rachel McAdams, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Geraldine James, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry, and Noomi Rapace.
Around the globe, headlines break the news: a scandal takes down an Indian cotton tycoon; a Chinese opium trader dies of an apparent overdose; bombings in Strasbourg and Vienna; the death of an American steel magnate… no one sees the connective thread between these seemingly random events—no one, that is, except the great Sherlock Holmes, who has discerned a deliberate web of death and destruction. At its center sits a singularly sinister spider: Moriarty.
Holmes’ investigation into Moriarty’s plot becomes more dangerous as it leads him and Watson out of London to France, Germany and finally Switzerland. But the cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead, and moving perilously close to completing his ominous plan. If he succeeds, it will not only bring him immense wealth and power but alter the course of history. Read our review here.
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Paying For Gay Sex Allegations Mount Against John Travolta
It’s not been a good week for John Travolta. Two lawsuits have been launched in the last few days by male masseurs, one saying Travolta touched his penis without asking and masturbated in front of him, while another said he got an erection and tried to make the masseur touch his anus.
Now Radar Online reports that Fabian Zanzi, who was apparently in charge of VIPs on a 2009 Royal Caribbean Cruise Line that Travolta took, says the actor offered him $12,000 for sex. Zanzi says that, “He had something on his neck. I thought it was a fuzz. As I approached, he took off his white coat and was naked. He hugged me and asked me to do a massage.” The former cruise employee says he turned down the $12,000 offer for sex.
It’s not clear if Zanzi has launched a lawsuit too, or if he’s just going public with his accusations.
Travolta has adamantly denied the first two allegations (he’s yet to publicly respond to this new one), and some evidence has been released which seems to suggests the Pulp Fiction star was in New York when the first incident is supposed to have taken place in LA. Whatever the truth of all this, Travolta certainly isn’t having a lot of fun at the moment.
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