Deep Inside Hollywood: ‘IT Chapter Two’

IT Chapter Two Features Xavier Dolan and Also That Murder-Clown

Do you arthouse? If so, then you already know that Xavier Dolan, the wunderkind director-actor from Montreal, is responsible for an ever-growing body of queer-themed films that regularly induce swooning on the international film-festival circuit — and good fests, too, like Cannes.

But if you don’t, then you at least know him from watching Adele’s “Hello” video, which he directed.

Soon enough, though, you’ll be seeing him play a gay character in the next installment of IT. The hugely successful big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel will fast forward for IT Chapter Two, picking up the story of the now-adult kids and the horrors they confront. The grown-up versions will be played by Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, and Isaiah Mustafa (yep, the Old Spice Guy). Dolan will play a townsperson attacked for his sexuality.

Meanwhile, will return as sewer-dwelling death-reaper Pennywise. No word on whether they’re going to write in The Babadook as Pennywise’s love interest, but we can all dream.

The Ray Will Finally Be Gay on Blu-ray

Remember when we told you that the first queer animated DC superhero movie was on its way? Well, it’s almost here. Freedom Fighters: The Ray, from the creative team behind live-action shows like Arrow, Supergirl, and The Flash, is the first time a gay superhero has been the lead character in a DC Comics project.

The story follows Ray Terrill (Russell Tovey), a young man who discovers a dying superhero from another Earth, one who looks just like him. The dying doppelganger transfers photokinetic energy to the new Ray, turning him into a superhero, too: just a gay one who still has to come out to his parents.

We think this is very good idea because we already know plenty of queer people who deserve superhero status. It’s long past time that we at least had a cartoon version, and this one is going to fight Nazis, so it couldn’t be more appropriate for this moment in American history. It all arrives to DVD/Blu-ray and streaming platforms at the end of August.

Romeo San Vicente is gay on VHS.

source https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2018/07/18/deep-inside-hollywood-it-chapter-two/