The HBO original film, The Normal Heart, premieres Sunday, May 25th at 9PM/8C, only on HBO.
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer and Taylor Kitsch.
“The Normal Heart” – Full Trailer
The cast of “The Normal Heart” talks to The Hollywood Reporter
During the photo shoot for the cover of The Hollywood Reporter, the cast of the upcoming HBO film “The Normal Heart” – Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons and Taylor Kitsch – talked on the impact of AIDS on the LGBT community and the exploration of humanity in the film.
New trailer for HBO’s “The Normal Heart”
HBO has released a new trailer for the upcoming screen adaptation of Larry Kramer’s award-winning play “The Normal Heart.”
“The Normal Heart,” directed by Ryan Murphy, chronicles the rise of AIDS in the 1980s during the earliest years of the epidemic.
The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons and Jonathan Groff.
Debuts on HBO on May 25.
Trailer: HBO’s “The Normal Heart”
The HBO original film, The Normal Heart, premieres Sunday, May 25th at 9PM/8C, on HBO.
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons and Julia Roberts.
HBO’s “The Normal Heart” to debut on May 25th
HBO Films has announced that “The Normal Heart” will see it’s world debut at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT) May 25th on HBO.
The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons and Julia Roberts. Also featured in the production are Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Jonathan Groff, Denis O’Hare, Stephen Spinella, Corey Stoll, Finn Wittrock and BD Wong.
Directed by Ryan Murphy and written by Larry Kramer, adapting his groundbreaking Tony Award-winning play of the same name, “The Normal Heart” tells the story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation’s sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
Ruffalo portrays Ned Weeks, who witnesses first-hand a mysterious disease that has begun to claim the lives of many in his gay community and starts to seek answers. Matt Bomer plays Felix Turner, a reporter who becomes Ned’s lover. Taylor Kitsch plays Bruce Niles, a closeted investment banker who becomes a prominent AIDS activist. Jim Parsons plays gay activist Tommy Boatwright, reprising his role from the 2011 Broadway revival. Roberts plays physician Dr. Emma Brookner, a survivor of childhood polio who treats several of the earliest victims of HIV-AIDS.
Kramer’s play debuted at New York’s Public Theatre in 1985 and was revived in Los Angeles and London, and off-Broadway. The 2011 Broadway revival garnered five Tony nominations, winning for Best Revival, Best Featured Actor and Best Featured Actress.
HBO “End of Year Promo” includes first view of footage from THE NORMAL HEART
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| Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer in HBO’s THE NORMAL HEART |
This past weekend HBO released it’s “End of the Year” promo which included the first footage the public has had a chance to glimpse of the upcoming THE NORMAL HEART.
One of the most anticipated gay media moments of 2014 is the film adaptation of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, which features a star-studded cast including Mark Ruffalo, Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch, Matt Bomer, and Julia Roberts.
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| Julia Roberts in HBO’s THE NORMAL HEART |
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| Jim Parsons in HBO’s THE NORMAL HEART |
Jonathan Groff on the “distant past” of the AIDS crisis
I think this is an important perspective to keep in terms of the AIDS epidemic. Sometimes gets lost in the day to day.
From Jonathan Groff:
“There’s a lot of gay men from my generation that only know of AIDS as a thing of the distant past. I was born in 1985 in the thick of it, but didn’t live through it.
“We did a scene last week on the beach on Fire Island where we’re at a party, and lots of actors my age are thinking how surreal it is. If we had been there 25 years ago, most of us would be dead…
“(Author) Larry Kramer actually got emotional and left because he was so moved by all the young people celebrating.”
–Actor Jonathan Groff on his role in the upcoming film adaptation of Kramer’s play The Normal Heart, which documents the early years of the AIDS epidemic
Jeremy Jordan & Jonathan Groff – “Let Me Be Your Star”
A bit of Saturday silly fun from hunky Jeremy Jordan (SMASH) and Jonathan Groff (GLEE). I’ve liked the song “Let Me Be Your Star” since I first heard it in the pilot of SMASH.
In related news, Glee‘s Jonathan Groff has been cast in The Normal Heart, HBO‘s original movie adaptation of the Tony-winning Larry Kramer play, which is being written by Kramer and directed by Ryan Murphy.
He joins Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons and Taylor Kitsch in the pic, which tells the story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s. Production is slated to begin later this year in New York for a 2014 debut.
HBO green lights The Normal Heart movie adaptation
Matt Bomer and Mark Ruffalo in ‘The Normal Heart’
Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” on tour
Larry Kramer’s searing, Tony Award-winning play about the early years of the AIDS epidemic in New York begins a U.S. tour with actors Patrick Breen, Luke Macfarlane (pictured), and Patricia Wettig.
First stop is D.C.’s Keeger Theatre through July 19.
For more information go here.