Elliot Page has co-written his next movie project, which has apparently already wrapped up filming in Canada.
Page will appear opposite Hillary Baack (Sound of Metal) in Close to You. The project is helmed by writer-director Dominic Savage.
According to Deadline, Close to You will follow “Sam (Page), who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.”
Savage and Page conceived and co-authored the story.
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“I’m proud to have worked with Dominic and Hillary on this beautiful film,” said Page. “It’s been a pleasure collaborating with them and the incredibly talented cast and crew. I look forward to sharing it with audiences soon.”
Page has been Oscar Nominated in the past for his breakout role in the movie Juno. Page revealed in December 2020 that he is trans and had changed his name to Elliot.
At the time, he was starring in the Netflix show, The Umbrella Academy, due to soon wrap its fourth season.
Close to You will be Page’s first lead movie role since coming out as trans.
He recently released his autobiography, Pageboy. His production company, PageBoy Productions, recently wrapped production on the queer cheerleading film, Backspot.
Dominic Savage directed the recent TV drama, I Am Ruth, starring Kate Winslett. It recently won Savage his first BAFTA award.
There’s no word yet on when Close to You will premiere.
De La Cruz was one of the ‘Icon’ award winners at WeHo Pride on Sunday.
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Dicks
Slang for detectives. Apparently originally coined in Canada and brought south by rumrunners during Prohibition.[citation needed] The fictional comic strip character Dick Tracy was given the first name of “Dick” in token of its being a slang expression for “detective”. Dickless Tracy is used in Australia as slang for female police officers. wiki
I listened to him interviewed on NPR. It’s bizarre that they won’t even use the name “Ellen” when referencing movies where Ellen Page was the credited actress.
Queerty demands that the movie studios go back and change all those credits, and the episode of The Office where the employees are all sitting around playing “Hot or Not?” about Ellen Page (gasp! how dare they).
@dbmcvey: Do you know for sure he’s “uncomfortable” about any mention of Ellen?
At any rate, the law sees a difference between a “public figure” like a prominent actor, and a private individual such as a random NPR interviewee on the street.
He made movies as Ellen Page. Audiences watched those movies, and that’s the person they remember. No, it isn’t unkind to refer to the person he was, and if it makes him uncomfortable, he needs to work through that, maybe with a therapist.
@still_definitely off the mark
I assume that the people who are interviewing him on NPR will know more about how he feels than random jerks on the internet.
Fred/obama. You both come off sounding like two very old gossiping grouchy grandmothers. Open a door and take a walk. And please forget about looking both ways.
I appreciate the journey Elliot Page is on and have enjoyed him in some of his past work, but this site really does focus extensively on him. Is this because he has a book out? Or is just the one high-profile Hollywood transman this site knows about? Doing a basic search I found 20 articles mention him on this site since June 5! Again, I honor his journey, but there are other transmen to write about, Queerty.
@dbmcvey and Thad, I hear you both but if you go back through Queerty’s recent postings, even accounting for the forthcoming book and the Town Hall (NY) appearance, they have gone hard on Mr. Page. I mean, a LOT of articles. His PR folks must be very happy.
Monty, you are usually on target – but not regarding the FTM issue. Most FTM individuals wear their costume well.
Why do certain people DAMAND that we wear these silly costumes? Instead, let’s just be good human beings who choose to expose the BEST qualities which we admire?
Team ABFAB needs to come back from the breach of extremism. You are NOT making things better for anyone by stirring up extremist emotions and handing our critics pitchforks. Your hate and derision is an invitation to destroying the gains we worked so hard to win.
I am tired of hearing about Elliot AKA Ellen Page she \ he Is nothing more than a drama queen looking for attention apparently the film roles are not coming to them as they like!!
We are not raised to be lesbian and gay, so it’s no surprise that some of us grasp at any chance to escape our actual selves. Detransitioner Scott Nugent explains that much of her motivation for transition was wanting to please a partner she loved who was ashamed of being lesbian. Scott has had multiple surgeries that have resulted in life-shortening health issues.
We don’t need to be telling LGB folks there’s something wrong with them, and their bodies need to be altered. People in distress need therapy – and not some hack employed by a gender clinic. Google yesterday’s CNN report: ” People who are gay, lesbian or bi have more mental health and substance use problems, survey finds ”
Gay liberation has helped many of us to lead happy and successful lives, but many – especially lesbians and bisexuals – still struggle.
@inbama, Heterosexual women and men ‘transitioning’ so they can pretend to be gay is a grotesque form of homophobia. Straight female predators like Lou Sullivan and Buck Angel have done some horrific damage to our community and should be held accountable for their actions.
The homophobes used to mock us, now they are literally trying to become us. It’s like living in an episode of the Twilight Zone. These gay conversion therapy fetishizing creeps need to be called out more.
It’s not lesbian transitioners like Page who get pregnant and give birth when their sex reasserts itself, but heterosexuals like Logan Brown. “He” is on the cover of this month’s U.K. Glamour and has a children’s book coming out titled “”My Daddy’s Belly.”
Does ABFAB understand how his/her/their extremism and absolutism is harming our community? Unfortunately good Democratic voters are reacting to the extremism by turning their back on our community over this silly concept that wanting to be a girl or boy is the same as being that girl or boy. We can support our brothers and sisters without trying to un-do common sense.
Team-ABFAB demands for their version of gender conformity, is as destructive as conservative demands for their preferred gender conformity. How about we just accept humanity in it’s many versions? If that is what you support than say THAT. Don’t personally attack those with a different opinion.
We all have both male and female qualities; the need to prioritize one over the other is a decision made by the individual. ABFAB, like Anita Bryant, doesn’t own or control the issue. Just remain silent, rather than push good supporters out of our corner.
Girl, what are you railing about? You’re talking about Abfab’s extremism, yet the real problem is the extremism of right-wingers who basically want to “eliminate” transpeople from public life and drive LGBQ people back into the closet and worse. Are you that out of touch with reality that you don’t see this? Meanwhile, transpeople in the US military are fighting for your freedom to find ways to attack the people rhetorically defending their right to live and not be treated as equal in this society.
You also write this: ” Unfortunately good Democratic voters are reacting to the extremism by turning their back on our community over this silly concept that wanting to be a girl or boy is the same as being that girl or boy.” Can you provide proof this is occurring? Where is it occurring? If you’re making a comment like this about “good Democratic voters,” prove it.
We can see you extremists from the middle, guys. Try to understand that both gender and genetics are branches of science that the extremists here refuse to acknowledge.
Science is real. ABFAB. X and Y chromosomes are real and are not “toxic”
Gender is real. KANGOL. We’ve read your pathetic screams of “torture and hate” from others who misgendered, and yet, here you are misgendering me!?! (Hot Mess or hypocrite?) Either way, opposing science is the red-flag of extremists.
Please don’t blind yourself to accepting science – all of science (not just what you wan’t to hear). Half-truths are usually full-blown lies. Both genetics and gender are very, very real. The hate and denigration from abfab, DMBC and Kangol is proof that extremists come in all shapes and forms. Don’t take pride in your ignorance of science.
Kangol doesn’t seem to listen to anyone. He didn’t hear that the budlight sales were down.
Kangol doesn’t read the Advocate which printed “Support for Same-Sex Relationships Plummets as Less Find Them “Morally Acceptable””
Kangol must think NBC is a confused when they present:
“Support for LGBTQ people suffers ‘alarming erosion,’ report finds
It is the first time in the U.S. survey’s four-year history to register a decline in support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.
Keep screaming at the straights and expect more of the same.
I say what you don’t want to hear. Science of genetics and gender are both quite real. Ignoring either side is a red-flag of extremism. You say you can see it in others; but, you never seem to look in the mirror.
Do I need to simplify it further for you to understand? Genetics are real. Gender is real. Denial of either is simply wrong. Gender can be fluid; genetics are DNA-specific. Questions?
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London_resistance
Oh dear, she’s not in a good place mentally, is she?
dbmcvey
Oh look. London being a dick. As usual.
abfab
Don’t call him a Dick. He already thinks he can Police the world. I’m sure he’s well liked up in the coal mines.
dbmcvey
Would “dickless” be better?
abfab
Time for Fun Facts!
Dicks
Slang for detectives. Apparently originally coined in Canada and brought south by rumrunners during Prohibition.[citation needed] The fictional comic strip character Dick Tracy was given the first name of “Dick” in token of its being a slang expression for “detective”. Dickless Tracy is used in Australia as slang for female police officers. wiki
monty clift
@London_resistance, She’s never come across as a happy or stable person. Sad to see how far she’s fallen.
DBMC
And now one of the other conservatives comes in to be an @ss as well.
FreddieW
I listened to him interviewed on NPR. It’s bizarre that they won’t even use the name “Ellen” when referencing movies where Ellen Page was the credited actress.
still_onthemark
Queerty demands that the movie studios go back and change all those credits, and the episode of The Office where the employees are all sitting around playing “Hot or Not?” about Ellen Page (gasp! how dare they).
dbmcvey
Is it?
still_onthemark
@dbmcvey: Is it really necessary for NPR to treat Elliot’s previous Oscar-nominated life as Ellen as a shameful secret that cannot even be alluded to?
dbmcvey
Is it necessary to refer to him in a way that makes him uncomfortable? Or is it just the kind not to?
still_onthemark
@dbmcvey: Do you know for sure he’s “uncomfortable” about any mention of Ellen?
At any rate, the law sees a difference between a “public figure” like a prominent actor, and a private individual such as a random NPR interviewee on the street.
FreddieW
He made movies as Ellen Page. Audiences watched those movies, and that’s the person they remember. No, it isn’t unkind to refer to the person he was, and if it makes him uncomfortable, he needs to work through that, maybe with a therapist.
dbmcvey
@still_definitely off the mark
I assume that the people who are interviewing him on NPR will know more about how he feels than random jerks on the internet.
still_onthemark
@dbmcvey: Okay, okay – Ellen Page is a shameful secret who must never be alluded to!
DBMC
Hey off, and I do mean off, you decide to frame things this way and all it says is you’re a passive aggressive whiner.
inbama
Elliot is supposedly dating Mae Martin, also an ex-lesbian who also had “their” breasts removed and identifies as nonbinary.
FreddieW
Well, I think it’s normal to seek out someone with whom you can identify. I imagine the field isn’t too large, in his case.
abfab
Fred/obama. You both come off sounding like two very old gossiping grouchy grandmothers. Open a door and take a walk. And please forget about looking both ways.
inbama
@afab
As long as I don’t come off like a desperate old queen seeking approval from Generation Z by a making a fool of herself like you, I’m not worried.
Now instead of annoying the adults, why don’t you spend some time playing with Stefonknee Wolschtt? You have so much in common – at least mentally.
abfab
You are a useless fool and a GOPTROLL.
inbama
@abfab
That’s your best retort?
Honey, you are the one thing no self-respecting queen your age wants to be: BORING.
dbmcvey
Thank God inbama is here to police the dating life of trans people.
abfab
@bama , your table at Olive Garden is waiting. And get this! You are now Welcome at the Cracker Barrel. Just try to tone it down a bit.
monty clift
@inbama, I wonder who’s going to be there to pick up the pieces for all these trans “ex-lesbians” and “ex-gays” once they come to their senses?
inbama
@monty clift
Oh, they’ll probably find Jesus.
Anything but deal with reality.
DBMC
inbama and monty, conservatives consoling each other. It’s the card Hallmark never made.
Kangol2
I appreciate the journey Elliot Page is on and have enjoyed him in some of his past work, but this site really does focus extensively on him. Is this because he has a book out? Or is just the one high-profile Hollywood transman this site knows about? Doing a basic search I found 20 articles mention him on this site since June 5! Again, I honor his journey, but there are other transmen to write about, Queerty.
dbmcvey
He’s a celebrity with a book coming out. Of course there’s a lot of attention on him.
Thad
And an appearance at Town Hall in New York. Quite high-profile.
Kangol2
@dbmcvey and Thad, I hear you both but if you go back through Queerty’s recent postings, even accounting for the forthcoming book and the Town Hall (NY) appearance, they have gone hard on Mr. Page. I mean, a LOT of articles. His PR folks must be very happy.
JaredNorthcutt30
Exactly. Work through the discomfort with a therapist. As a detrans person, I certainly did.
abfab
I think you mean derailed.
inbama
@abfab
No sympathy for a detrans person’s journey?
You are a vile creature.
abfab
He’s one of your buddies, a GOPTROLL.
DBMC
And the conservative love fest continues. We may all feel a bit nauseous, but hey, that’s the internet.
dbmcvey
A certain lying far right poster has suddenly popped back up. It’s like Elliott Page said his name 3 times in a mirror.
abfab
30 is George Santos. Twisted, annoying and deranged.
SFMike
Do we have to mention this train wreak at all? A person that doesn’t pass as either sex.
abfab
Why? Do you have a problem with that. Care to share your very long list of things we should not speak of? It must be a long one.
LeBlevsez
SF –
Considering the havoc you ‘wreck’ on the English language, it’s no mystery that you’re easily confused.
abfab
HIs train wreaks….but sex-ed with him is fascinating. As is his ghostly picture.
monty clift
@SFMike, Somebody said Page looked like a ventriloquist doll. FTMs don’t pass well, if ever.
Ronbo
Monty, you are usually on target – but not regarding the FTM issue. Most FTM individuals wear their costume well.
Why do certain people DAMAND that we wear these silly costumes? Instead, let’s just be good human beings who choose to expose the BEST qualities which we admire?
Team ABFAB needs to come back from the breach of extremism. You are NOT making things better for anyone by stirring up extremist emotions and handing our critics pitchforks. Your hate and derision is an invitation to destroying the gains we worked so hard to win.
jaimedance3
I am tired of hearing about Elliot AKA Ellen Page she \ he Is nothing more than a drama queen looking for attention apparently the film roles are not coming to them as they like!!
abfab
Then walk on by….
inbama
@jaimedance3
We are not raised to be lesbian and gay, so it’s no surprise that some of us grasp at any chance to escape our actual selves. Detransitioner Scott Nugent explains that much of her motivation for transition was wanting to please a partner she loved who was ashamed of being lesbian. Scott has had multiple surgeries that have resulted in life-shortening health issues.
We don’t need to be telling LGB folks there’s something wrong with them, and their bodies need to be altered. People in distress need therapy – and not some hack employed by a gender clinic. Google yesterday’s CNN report: ” People who are gay, lesbian or bi have more mental health and substance use problems, survey finds ”
Gay liberation has helped many of us to lead happy and successful lives, but many – especially lesbians and bisexuals – still struggle.
abfab
@bama…You? Happy and successful? Please.
monty clift
@inbama, Heterosexual women and men ‘transitioning’ so they can pretend to be gay is a grotesque form of homophobia. Straight female predators like Lou Sullivan and Buck Angel have done some horrific damage to our community and should be held accountable for their actions.
The homophobes used to mock us, now they are literally trying to become us. It’s like living in an episode of the Twilight Zone. These gay conversion therapy fetishizing creeps need to be called out more.
LeBlevsez
And now we see it. In this thread.
Read @inbama’s post (Three posts above as I type this).
inbama has been using the acronym LGB of late. And here, in this thread, he has just laid the foundation to jettison the L and the B.
If inbama isn’t the right-wing troll many have suspected and accused him of being in the past, he is certainly the worst kind of sociopathic bigot.
inbama
@LeBlevsez
Why do you hate gays and lesbians so much that you think defending them makes a person a bigot?
LeBlevsez
inbama –
Lame as deflections go. It does nothing to obscure your true objective: attempting to undermine respect for and trust in other LGBTQ+ people.
Neoprene
C’mon people. Stop the infighting and remember we are ultimately all on the same Page: Trans men are TRANS MEN!
I hope Elleniott takes some time off to have some babies. Given what a cutie them is they will be some adorable gender-free infants.
abfab
Hysterical! Drop out, neo.
inbama
@Neoprene
It’s not lesbian transitioners like Page who get pregnant and give birth when their sex reasserts itself, but heterosexuals like Logan Brown. “He” is on the cover of this month’s U.K. Glamour and has a children’s book coming out titled “”My Daddy’s Belly.”
abfab
A children’s book. Perfect for your level, @bama. Save your sex ed lectures.
inbama
@abfab
Instead of harassing me, why don’t you speak to your friends?
That was silly, wasn’t it? You probably don’t have any.
abfab
@bama. You being silly is the understatement of the year. Fuk off GOPTROLL!
Ronbo
Does ABFAB understand how his/her/their extremism and absolutism is harming our community? Unfortunately good Democratic voters are reacting to the extremism by turning their back on our community over this silly concept that wanting to be a girl or boy is the same as being that girl or boy. We can support our brothers and sisters without trying to un-do common sense.
Team-ABFAB demands for their version of gender conformity, is as destructive as conservative demands for their preferred gender conformity. How about we just accept humanity in it’s many versions? If that is what you support than say THAT. Don’t personally attack those with a different opinion.
We all have both male and female qualities; the need to prioritize one over the other is a decision made by the individual. ABFAB, like Anita Bryant, doesn’t own or control the issue. Just remain silent, rather than push good supporters out of our corner.
abfab
You’re toxic masculinity always shines thru. Get lost, Rambo. Like most everything else, you got me all wrong. Not that I give a shit.
DBMC
Where are you getting this information, because Democratic voters are not turning on us. You have to stop believing conservative propaganda.
abfab
Anita Bryant, wow! I am so insulted!
Kangol2
Girl, what are you railing about? You’re talking about Abfab’s extremism, yet the real problem is the extremism of right-wingers who basically want to “eliminate” transpeople from public life and drive LGBQ people back into the closet and worse. Are you that out of touch with reality that you don’t see this? Meanwhile, transpeople in the US military are fighting for your freedom to find ways to attack the people rhetorically defending their right to live and not be treated as equal in this society.
You also write this: ” Unfortunately good Democratic voters are reacting to the extremism by turning their back on our community over this silly concept that wanting to be a girl or boy is the same as being that girl or boy.” Can you provide proof this is occurring? Where is it occurring? If you’re making a comment like this about “good Democratic voters,” prove it.
Ronbo
We can see you extremists from the middle, guys. Try to understand that both gender and genetics are branches of science that the extremists here refuse to acknowledge.
Science is real. ABFAB. X and Y chromosomes are real and are not “toxic”
Gender is real. KANGOL. We’ve read your pathetic screams of “torture and hate” from others who misgendered, and yet, here you are misgendering me!?! (Hot Mess or hypocrite?) Either way, opposing science is the red-flag of extremists.
Please don’t blind yourself to accepting science – all of science (not just what you wan’t to hear). Half-truths are usually full-blown lies. Both genetics and gender are very, very real. The hate and denigration from abfab, DMBC and Kangol is proof that extremists come in all shapes and forms. Don’t take pride in your ignorance of science.
Ronbo
Kangol doesn’t seem to listen to anyone. He didn’t hear that the budlight sales were down.
Kangol doesn’t read the Advocate which printed “Support for Same-Sex Relationships Plummets as Less Find Them “Morally Acceptable””
Kangol must think NBC is a confused when they present:
“Support for LGBTQ people suffers ‘alarming erosion,’ report finds
It is the first time in the U.S. survey’s four-year history to register a decline in support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.
Keep screaming at the straights and expect more of the same.
DBMC
This brought out almost all of the conservative snowflakes! That’s the triggering power of Elliot Page!
abfab
Ronbo types a shit load of words, but never really says anything.
Ronbo
I say what you don’t want to hear. Science of genetics and gender are both quite real. Ignoring either side is a red-flag of extremism. You say you can see it in others; but, you never seem to look in the mirror.
Do I need to simplify it further for you to understand? Genetics are real. Gender is real. Denial of either is simply wrong. Gender can be fluid; genetics are DNA-specific. Questions?