We're not even that big of comic book fans, but we've already secured out tickets to Superman Returns for Tuesday — not because anyone at Warner Bros. is taking care of us, but because Fandango is. It's going to be a Blockbuster hit; we know that. Part of that, of course, will be thanks to director Bryan Singer, the openly gay Hollywooder who, it was recently announced, will be directing the upcoming Harvey Milk biopic.
Beating out the likes of Oliver Stone and Gus Van Sant, Singer will be telling the story of fellow homo Milk, the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco and gay rights activist, whose 1978 assassination (and mocking seven year prison sentence for assassin Dan White) caused rioting throughout the Bay Area.
The Mayor of Castro Street, based on the 1982 birography, is slated to hit theaters in 2007. We'll be here, refreshing Fandango.
* Yes, some might argue Superman Returns was Singer's gay Hollywood debut.
Bryan Singer to direct Harvey Milk biopic [Gay.com]
Harvey Milk [Wikipedia]
Related: The Fight to Keep Superman Straight
Has all the "gay" talk about "Superman Return" bothered anyone else? Strictly from a perspective of professionalism, isn't wrong to imply that an openly gay director will transform a long-viewed heterosexual superhero into a gay man? Moreover, because the leading man is young and handsome, there is been juvenile and homophobic speculation that Brandon Routh must be gay and got his job via the casting couch?
In comparison, if Steve Spielberg or Spike Lee directed the movie, would "Superman Returns" been a Jewish or African-American film? Wouldn't it be nice to think that Singer, as the previous director of two highly successful comicbook themed films, would bring his insights and understanding of the genre to a film and be respected for his talents? I'm really disappointed with a lot of the gay blogs and media that played up Routh's crotch and sexuality in an almost homophobic way instead of celebrating the fact that an openly gay man, Singer, was put in charge of a $200 million dollar film of an American icon. All of the major reviews have been spectacular. Why was there so little attention paid to Singer's craftmanship and talent?
glad to see they are finally making Harvey Milks life into a narrative. I loved the book and documentary about his life and always thought it would make a good film. really its the type of story that we all need to be reminded of in this era of atomization of groups- milk was about building relationships with everyone- including various unions
Superman as Singer's gay debut?? Did no one see X-Men 2?!?
The old saying is " If it's worth while having, it's worth while waiting for it!" And the movie THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET has been a long time coming. Recently I was honored along with several other photographer by taking part in a Photographic Tribute to Harvey Milk at the Milk Plaza in San Francisco.( My photo of Harvey appears in the book) Fellow photographer Don Eckert , creator of the http://www.thecastro.net , now in its 10th year invited me to show a collection of my images on his web-site ( called "When Then Was Now"). I urge your visitors to take a peek at this truly Great web-site dedicated to the evolution of the Castro as one of the best known Gay neighborhood in the country and the world..