Jacob Elordi
Get ready for queer romance
On Swift Horses, the new dramatic feature from director Daniel Minahan (Fellow Travelers) and screenwriter Bryce Kass (Lizzie), recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The period film, based on the novel by Shannon Pufahi, follows a family settling in California in the 1950s. But get the image of ’50s heteronormativity out of your head: The story branches out into a heterosexual love triangle, a secret lesbian dalliance and a passionate gay affair.
Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) and Diego Calva (Babylon) reportedly steam up the screen with their love scenes, bouncing off the “straight” marriage of characters played by Daisy Edgar-Jones (Twisters) and Will Poulter (The Bear). There’s no word yet on a general theatrical date but this sounds like the kind of grown-up, Oscar-friendly romantic drama (It’s a law now: At least one big Oscar movie has to be queer) that would fit right into a holiday release schedule. Stay tuned.
Sir Ian teases future Gandalf surprise
What we know: Andy Serkis will direct and star in the first of two new Lord of the Rings films for Warner Bros, and current working title of the first one is Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens writing the screenplay and Peter Jackson producing.
But other than Serkis reprising the role of Gollum, no new cast has been announced, which led Sir Ian McKellen to get a little coy about his own possible return as wizard Gandalf the White during a recent interview with The Big Issue. The actor reportedly said, “Enthusiasm for The Lord of the Rings’ shows no signs of abating… I can’t tell you any more than that. I’ve just been told there are going to be more films, and Gandalf will be involved, and they hope that I’ll be playing him.”
As queer LOTR fans who were shipping Frodo and Sam before it was cool, we love this, obviously. But we love coded descriptions of contract and salary negotiations even more. Ok, WB, go write
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