Trouble-hit movie Stonewall bombed at the box office in its limited start at the weekend, grossing $112,414 from 127 theaters for an abysmal location average of $871, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The historical drama by openly gay director Roland Emmerich recounts the events surrounding the 1969 Stonewall Riots, a bloody standoff with police outside a…
The new movie Stonewall has been the target of boycotts and the recipient of some unflattering reviews. To add fuel to the fire director Roland Emmerich has used the term “straight acting” to describe the hero at the center of Stonewall, saying in an interview with BuzzFeed: “You have to understand one thing: I didn’t make this…
Out revealed the first look at the official movie poster for Stonewall, describing it as a riotously colorful tribute to the past. With Danny (Jeremy Irvine), Ray/Ramona (Jonny Beauchamp), Marsha P. Johnson (Otoja Abit), and others caught in a joyous embrace, director Roland Emmerich told Out the design deliberately hearkens back to the time of…
There has been plenty of controversy surrounding the release of the trailer for the upcoming movie Stonewall, which tells a story about the 1969 riots in which queer people pushed back against police harassment. The trailer focuses on a cis white boy who moved to New York just in time to spark the riots. And…
Director Roland Emmerich has spoken out in support of his upcoming film Stonewall, defending the project against accusations that it ignored the role drag queens, the transgender community, and people of color played in the 1969 riots in Greenwich Village. The controversy arose after the release of the movie’s first trailer. Wrote Emmerich on Facebook: When I…
Stonewall, a drama about the 1969 Stonewall riots that started America’s LGBT rights movement, has debuted its first poster. Directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Jon Robin Baitz, the film stars Jeremy Irvine and newcomer Jonny Beauchamp, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Ron Perlman. Roadside Attractions will release Stonewall in theaters Sept. 25. Stonewall is…
