Good Morning, World

Bored out of my mind yesterday (even though I'm exceedingly busy) I stumbled upon this, uhh, generous photo of Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges in the stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain that I told y'all about awhile back and which is right now still playing in London. Don't ask me where it came from, it was some rando Twitter account, but maybe you've seen more? And maybe you'll want to share a link to said more in the comments? But if not we can at least stop for a moment and appreciate this much! Have any readers been able to see the show?

 

Pics of the Day

I don't know why they've waited so long into the run of the Brokeback Mountain musical that's been playing in London for weeks and weeks now (it ends on August 12th) to share these sexy ass images of its stars Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist, but since I'm unfortunately never going to see it in the flesh I am just glad they're sharing at all. We also got a different one back in June, click here for that. (via, thx to Serge for the heads-up)

 

Today's Fanboy Delusion

 Today I'd rather be...

... rolling in the dirt with Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges.

Don't ask me where this video from the theatrical production of Brokeback Mountain came from -- I have no clue, I just stumbled on it on Tumblr last week and set it aside to post when I had a minute. Did this production get a filmed release? I feel as if it would be stupid for it to not get that, given what we saw of the play (hubba hubba) but I know a lot of smiliar wonders have been lost into the ether. So let's just be grateful for this sexy eight-second snippet. 

ETA of course about two minutes after I posted this I found 

a second video! The internet is a kind, cruel mistress.

The Brokeback Boys of (Not) Broadway

West Side Story breakout Mike Faist is grabbing that movie's heat by the horns and riding it into some interesting (read: gay) territory. He's already filmed Luca Guadagnino's tennis-set love-triangle Challengers opposite Josh O'Connor and Zendaya (which Luca slyly admitted would have some "queerness" in an interview, although if he just meant "because I am directing it" or what wasn't clear) -- and speaking of there is news on that front, as it's being reported the film is hoping to premiere in Venice and then come out in the U.S. on September 15th (thx Mac). (Also at that link is the news that Luca's next movie, the William Burroughs adaptation Queer starring Daniel Craig, will begin filming next month and is also going to co-star Frances McDormand!) 

But also up for our former and most recent Riff is the long gestating stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain! Him and Lucas Hedges are going to do it in London. And it's a musical? Can't wait for the "Spit Lube" song. In all seriousness it doesn't entirely sound like the characters themselves will be singing -- it sounds like a band will be playing country songs astride the stage antics. This is set to debut in August. I am perfectly fine with this, by the way -- it was Annie Proulx's story before it was Ang Lee's movie and there's lots of room for different interpretations. Do I think it's kind of weird that this very American story will be playing in London? Kinda! But that might just be me being annoyed I won't be able to see it talking.