Last week’s MPAA bulletin had two titles and both were notable releases, this week has nine titles and only one of them really moves the dial… at all. That one being Stonewall, which I’m sure most people drooling over Roland Emmerich‘s current project, Independence Day: Resurgence, forgot all about. Well, if you’re in that camp, let me remind you.
Stonewall is a drama centered on the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York, an event widely considered the starting point for the modern gay civil rights movement. The movie stars Jeremy Irvine, Caleb Landry Jones, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman, Joey King and Karl Glusman. Here’s the synopsis:
Kicked out of his own home, young Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) flees to NY, leaving behind his beloved sister (Joey King). Homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the watering hole of the local drag queens, gays, lesbians, and everything in between: The Stonewall Inn. However, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven. At the bar, Danny meets the suave Trevor (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) before catching the eye of Ed Murphy (Ron Perlman), Stonewall’s repulsive manager who colludes with corrupt police, exploits homeless youth for financial gain, and is even suspected to have had a hand in some of their “disappearances.” It spirals out of control when the police unexpectedly raid Stonewall. In a storm of anger and with the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born.
Roadside is handling the release, though they haven’t yet set a release date. It will likely hit the festival circuit first to see if it has any awards juice. If not, it will likely fall into the early 2016 schedule.
Other than that, we have the Raging Bull sequel that isn’t really a sequel, which was edited for a re-rate and ultimately came back with the same rating and reason only this time “LaMotta” was added to the title — LaMotta: The Bronx Bull.
You can browse the complete bulletin below.
