The first trailer for “Bros”, a rom-com about two gay men stumbling towards love, has been released by Universal Pictures.
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Wilson Chapman editorA new horror film about the terrors of conversion therapy is coming to Peacock. “They/Them,” a horror film produced by venerable production studio Blumhouse and starring Kevin Bacon, will be hitting the streamer Aug. 5.Bacon stars in the film as Owen Whistler, the director of a conversion therapy camp named Whistler Camp, which attempts to “turn” LGBTQ+ teenagers straight and cisgender.
Set over a week-long session at the camp, the film focuses on the various campers, led by trans and nonbinary Jordan (Theo Germaine), as they undergo psychological torment from the camp’s programming. When an unidentified killer begins claiming victims, the kids must team up to protect each other, both from the killer and from the camp staff. Anna Chlumsky and Carrie Preston join Bacon in the film as Camp Whistler staff members.
Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch and Darwin del Fabro portray Jordan’s friends and fellow campers. The film will serve as the directorial debut of John Logan, best known for his Oscar-nominated scripts for “Gladiator,” “The Aviator” and “Hugo.”“They/Them has been germinating within me my whole life,” Logan said in a statement. “I’ve loved horror movies as long as I can remember, I think because monsters represent ‘the other’ and as gay kid I felt a powerful sense of kinship with those characters who were different, outlawed, or forbidden.
The first trailer for “Bros”, a rom-com about two gay men stumbling towards love, has been released by Universal Pictures.
Echo,” a new MCU series starring Alaqua Cox, has begun production, Disney has announced.The series is a spinoff of last year’s Disney+ Marvel show “Hawkeye,” which featured the debut of Cox as Maya Lopez. Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada in 1999 as a supporting character for the superhero Daredevil, Maya Lopez, aka Echo, is a deaf Cheyenne woman with Olympic level athletic skills and the ability to perfectly copy people’s movement. In “Hawkeye,” the character was depicted as the leader of the Tracksuit Mafia, a gang of criminals working under Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio).
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) has entered into a first-look production agreement with Universal Pictures, which will see him produce three features for the studio alongside Anonymous Content.
EXCLUSIVE: Showtime has announced a new date for the third-season return of City on a Hill starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge. The series that also stars Jill Hennessy, Lauren E. Banks and Matthew Del Negro will premiere on Sunday, July 31 at 10 p.m. Eight, one-hour episodes are planned. Watch the new trailer above.
Kevin Bacon's daughter, Sosie, posted an emotional message on Instagram stories shortly after her dad shared a sad update of his own. The actress uploaded a selfie in which she had tears rolling down her cheeks and a forlorn expression. MORE: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick's heavy metal son is unrecognisable in new photoShe simply captioned it: "Pisces saying goodbye to anyone." The unhappy image came days after Kevin paid a touching tribute on social media following the death of his good friend, actor Fred Ward.WATCH: Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick sing a duet on their farm He posted a photo of the pair of them in character in the film Tremors, alongside a touching message which read: "So sad to hear about Fred Ward. When it came to battling underground worms I couldn’t have asked for a better partner."I will always remember chatting about his love of Django Reinhardt and jazz guitar during our long, hot days in the high desert.
Kevin Bacon has paid a touching tribute on social media following the death of his good friend, actor Fred Ward.MORE: Kevin Bacon pays tribute to Kyra Sedgwick on Mother's DayThe Flashdance actor took to Instagram to post a photo of the pair of them in character in the film Tremors, alongside a touching message.He wrote: "So sad to hear about Fred Ward. When it came to battling underground worms I couldn’t have asked for a better partner.VIDEO: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick sing a duet together "I will always remember chatting about his love of Django Reinhardt and jazz guitar during our long, hot days in the high desert.
Fred Ward, several of his former costars, including Kevin Bacon, Matthew Modine, Lou Diamond Phillips, Richard E. Grant, and Kate Mulgrew, shared their memories of working with the charmingly gruff star.Bacon shared a photo of himself and Ward from the 1990 cult hit “Tremors,” writing, “So sad to hear about Fred Ward. When it came to battling underground worms I couldn’t have asked for a better partner.
Kevin Bacon is remembering his “Tremors” co-star Fred Ward.
Kevin Bacon is remembering his co-star Fred Ward.Bacon took to Twitter on Friday and expressed he was «so sad to hear» about Ward's passing. The 63-year-old actor also shared a throwback photo of the two on the set of the 1990 horror film.«So sad to hear about Fred Ward,» Bacon wrote on Twitter. «When it came to battling underground worms I couldn’t have asked for a better partner.
Kevin Bacon will never forget the work he did with costar Fred Ward on the cult favorite film Tremors.
Peacock today unveiled They/Them, a new Blumhouse pic starring Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill), Anna Chlumsky (Inventing Anna), Carrie Preston (Claws), Theo Germaine (4400), Austin Crute (Call Your Mother), Monique Kim (What/If), Anna Lore (All American), Cooper Koch (Power Book II: Ghost) and Darwin del Fabro (Dangerous Liaisons), which will debut on the streamer on August 5th.
Kevin Bacon is returning to his horror roots in the LGBTQ+ horror film , coming to Peacock in August. In the first official look at the Blumhouse project, which is pronounced “they-slash-them,” the 63-year-old actor plays the director of a gay conversion camp where several queer and trans campers have been forced into a week of programming that becomes increasingly more unsettling as the LGBTQ youth work together to protect themselves from a mysterious killer. In addition to Bacon (he/him) playing Owen Whistler, the film stars Anna Chlumsky (she/her) as camp medic Molly and Carrie Preston (she/her) as licensed therapist Cora Whistler, while the campers include Theo Germaine (they/them) as Jordan, Austin Crute (he/him) as Toby, Monique Kim (she/her) as Veronica, Anna Lore (she/her) as Kim, Cooper Koch (he/him) as Stu and Darwin del Fabro (he/him) as Gabriel. “ has been germinating within me my whole life,” writer and director John Logan said of the film.
Kevin Bacon marked Mother's Day on Sunday with a rare throwback photograph featuring wife Kyra Sedgwick and one of his kids.MORE: Sosie Bacon shares worrying update with fansThe actor posted the picture of his wife adoringly holding on to their baby, who fans weren't able to identify between daughter Sosie or son Travis.VIDEO: Kyra Sedgwick shares glimpse inside her and Kevin Bacon's living roomHowever, Kevin had nothing but love to share for his wife as he wrote: "Happy #MothersDay to the greatest, @kyrasedgwickofficial. Sending love to all the mothers out there."Many fans inundated the comments section with heart emojis galore and wished Kyra the same, with one writing: "Sweet pic!! Happy Mother's Day Kyra!"MORE: Kevin Bacon shares incredible throwback with wife Kyra Sedgwick to celebrate Earth DayAnother quipped: "Happy Mother's day Kyra, that baby looks like Kev without hair," with a third saying: "Great photo! So sweet," and one added: "Love to you both, an amazing couple!"Kevin and Kyra are not only a loving couple but also doting parents to 30-year-old Sosie, an actress as well, and Travis, three years older than his sister, the singer in the band Contracult Collective and guitarist for black metal band, Black Anvil.
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to Hounds Of War starring Frank Grillo, Robert Patrick, and Rhona Mitra, and directed by Isaac Florentine.
Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone’s indie studio Sister has entered a first-look deal with the new production company Wychwood Media, from Harry Potter filmmaker David Yates and his producing partner, Lewis Taylor. Under the pact, the pair will develop and produce both scripted and unscripted film, television and documentary content for Sister’s offices in both the U.S. and UK. Yates will also have the option to direct projects coming together through the deal.
Netflix is giving fans a first look at the new season of Umbrella Academy!
Sister, the independent studio founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has entered into a first look deal with Wychwood Media, a new production company from Lewis Taylor and “Harry Potter” and “Fantastic Beasts” director David Yates.Under the pact, Yates and Taylor will develop and produce both scripted and unscripted film, television, and documentary content for Sister for both its U.S. and UK offices.
Paramount+ dropped a first-look image of Sylvester Stallone in Tulsa King, as his mob boss character, Dwight. Tulsa King is the latest series from Paramount+ shows Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown, and 1883 creator Taylor Sheridan.
Amsterdam, featuring Taylor Swift was aired at CinemaCon in Las Vegas yesterday (April 27).The film which stars John David Washington, Margot Robbie and Christian Bale, is a period piece which has been described as an “original romantic crime epic,” according to Disney executive Tony Chambers via Variety.It is apparently set in the 1930s, where the leading trio of Bale, Robbie and Washington “find themselves at the centre of one of the most secret plots in American history.”The film also stars Zoe Saldana, Michael Shannon, Robert De Niro, Mike Myers, Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Rock.Swift surfaces in the trailer as a mourning daughter, breaking down in tears before her father’s body as Rock and Bale look on.“You have a dead white man in the box. It’s not even a coffin, it doesn’t even have a top on,” Rock tells Bale in the clip.