7February 2021
Timothée Chalamet may or may not be in the running to play Willy Wonka, but either way it won’t be his first time following in the footsteps of Johnny Depp. Today (February 7) Chalamet premiered an homage to the titular character from Tim Burton’s
Edward Scissorhands, for a new Super Bowl ad.
Also starring Winona Ryder – reprising her role as Kim Boggs from the 1990 film – the advert sees Chalamet reimagine what life would be like for Edward Scissorhands in 2021. Specifically, the
Call Me By Your Name actor is cast in the role of Edgar Scissorhands (Edward’s son who has, inexplicably, inherited his father’s scissors-for-hands).
7February 2021
Last year, Harry Styles was revealed as the upcoming star of the LGBTQ+ romantic drama
My Policeman, an adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel of the same name. Now, it’s been announced that Emma Corrin will star alongside the musician and actor.
Earlier this week, Corrin earned a Golden Globe nomination for her depiction of Princess Diana (now set to be portrayed by Kristen Stewart) in the Netflix historical drama
The Crown. In Amazon’s
My Policeman, she will play Marion,
Deadline reports, taking the lead female role that was originally rumoured to be filled by Lily James.
The queer love story will revolve around Marion, a schoolteacher, and her relationship with Tom, a policeman (played by Styles). The arrival of an elderly man named Patrick “triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous” – namely, Tom and Patrick’s relationship at a time when homosexuality was illegal. Taking inspiration from the setting of the orig
In a December 2020 interview on Pharrell Williams’
OTHERtone podcast, Zendaya explained that the idea for
Malcolm & Marie came from “quarantine conversations” with Levinson. In a Twitter thread ahead of the film’s release, she adds: “Normally I’m pretty self-critical and that leads me to be far too fearful to make things myself or trust myself enough to even try. This is really my first time believing that maybe I could.”
“This is my first time being a leading lady, but also my first time being this creatively involved in something, producing something, co-financing something, owning something and sharing it all with my crew.”
Intended to spark dialogue on racial injustice and police brutality, the text installation came under fire after residents claimed it was an ‘illegal sign’
The Masker and
Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, both of which present radical approaches to transness. In
The Masker, a young sissy finds herself at a crossroads, as she must choose between her internet fantasy of forced feminisation or the difficult reality of transition. Meanwhile,
Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones envisions a future in which transphobia is met with a vengeful plot to prevent anyone from naturally producing hormones – forcing everybody to decide for themselves which body best fits their gender. Both written when Peters was living in Brooklyn in the mid-2010s, the novellas were her attempt to write into a trans literary scene where authors could discuss topics that weren’t a fit for mainstream presses.