Good Morning, World

Let it be known that I do, on occasion, listen to you people -- somebody left a comment the other day (I am way too lazy at 9am to go look up who) chastising me for not posting the new photos of Aaron Taylor-Johnson doing his perfume thing (see the previous ones here) -- thing is this was the only new one I could find? I'm not knocking that singular photograph, which is A LOT and I love making its tender acquaintance. But if I am indeed missing more please point me in that direction and I will again dutifully share. Anyway pleasure aside, a bit of business to attend to -- I'm heading upstate for a family visit for several days tomorrow morning, so it'll be shutters on MNPP until one week from today. We'll be back up and posting our light smut soliloquies come Wednesday the 13th. So enjoy me while ya gotta me, people. 

Good Morning, World

You know as long as Aaron Taylor-Johnson doesn't want to have sex with me -- and by all accounts (to date) he does not -- then I guess it's not so bad that he's married to a woman who will take very attractive shirtless photos of her husband reasonably often and then upload them onto the internet. It could be worse -- him not wanting to have sex with me, that is. He could be with someone who (understandably) kept him all to her/himself! I would be that person. I would so totally be that person. You'd never see him again if he was mine! I guess saying things like this on the internet is probably a part of why he doesn't want to have sex with me. Alas. I must speak my truth. 

Call Me By Your Johnson

Well this sure is a neat-o news announcement -- Netflix is turning Call Me By Your Name author André Aciman's 2017 book Enigma Variations into a limited series, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to star! I read this way back when it came out in 2017, right in the dizzying heights of CMBYN mania, but haven't read it since so my memory is hella hazy -- here is how Variety describes the book:

"The official logline states that the show follows Paul, “a man remade by the lovers who ignite and undo him across ten transformative years. It’s an intimate yet sweeping portrait of masculinity, sexuality, and modern love—and in a world of endless choices, it asks the question: will we know when we’ve found the one?”

I doubt I'll go back and read it again since it'll be nice to be slightly surprised by where the story goes as we watch, but it's about goddamned time ATJ did something directly appealing to his many many gay fans (besides all the nudity, I mean) -- we've been propping you up through many the flop, my man. We have earned this. To anybody who read the book and remembers a damn thing about it -- how much "sexuality" stuff we talking anyway? I really cannot for the life of me remember anything that happens in this. Memory-holed...

Good Morning, World

The first trailer for David "Hell or High Water" Mackenzie's film Fuze starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Sam Worthington and Gugu Mbatha-Raw dropped yesterday and hilariously kicks off with these two shots of Aaron half-naked -- I love being pandered to. Watch the trailer here. I told you about this movie previously when Aaron & Theo were announced as co-stars because obviously, although there's not much in the way of interaction (i.e. explicit oral sex) between them in this trailer -- let's hope that changes for the final product. I don't see a release date yet so just twiddle your damn thumbs til then!

I should add that Theo & Aaron were very much seen hanging out on set together (see below sexy evidence) so let's hope this movie does actually understand its assignment:

MORE PROOF THIS MOVIE LOOKS REAL GOOD ALREADY pic.twitter.com/pM95y6azlF

— Jason Adams (@JAMNPP) August 31, 2024

Pic of the Day

Here is a lovely behind-the-scenes picture from that Paris fashion event where three-quarters of the Heated Rivalry cast were in attendance that I posted about last week; this captures an intimate moment between actors François Arnaud & Robbie G.K... awwwww, everybody say awwwww. All that whilst Aaron Taylor-Johnson lurks in the background like a waiter? No seriously I totally thought Aaron was a waiter in this photo right until I was about to load it here on the site -- if you don't zoom in it sort of looks like he's wearing an apron, I think? Anyway we know Aaron was also there because see below, but it's kinda wild how much that shaggy hair ages him -- Arnaud, who's five years Aaron's elder, looks like a baby beside him. This post is really just me telling Aaron to cut his hair please. The gay boys are overtaking you! (Would pay to watch.) 

Inspecting Aaron Taylor-Johnson checking Connor Storrie out in front of his wife is my Zapruder Film

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 7:37 PM

I Am Jack's Big Bone Temple

Heading off-line a little early today for a second viewing of The Bone Temple -- I really prefer nixing the "28 Years Later" portion of this movie's title; it's just more fun this way. Anyway that means this will be it for today, I'm afraid. Not that getting to stare at Jack O'Connell's gorgeous face above could be seen by any person with sight as a negative. You'll be okay. JFC he's pretty. Anyway if you've been paying attention you know that I've already shared the briefest of thoughts on The Bone Temple right here, which are quite a positive switch-up from my thoughts on the first 28 Years Later movie, which I reviewed right here -- but no need to pay attention to those really since my full review of The Bone Temple will be out before the end of the week. But I will say that I re-watched the first film of this new series over the weekend and it did indeed play slightly better going back after The Bone Temple. Maybe by the time this supposed trilogy's through we'll really have something proper to reckon with, as a whole. Anyway y'all stay safe out there -- I know the world's shit so I'm gonna keep trying to bring you mindless distraction for when you need a break. Case in point: 

Jack O'Connell is the most important suspenders actor we have

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) January 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM

Pics of the Day

The first photos of Aaron Taylor-Johnson on the set of Robert Eggers' now-filming horror film Werewulf (via) are the literal platonic ideal of what we would hope the first photos of Aaron Taylor-Johnson on the set of Robert Eggers' now-filming horror film Werewulf would be -- Aaron Taylor-Johnson half-naked, howling ferally and covered in blood! Huzzah -- we won, kids! It's giving me The Northman meets Nosferatu -- big shock, that combo. Anyway see my previous post on the film, which is already set to open on Christmas 2026, right here. And hit the jump for the rest of the pics...

Sing Me a Song of Beautiful Men

Well here's some news tailor-made (heh see what I did there) for MNPP -- former designer turned movie director Tom Ford (now you see what I did there) has announced his next film and it's an adaptation of Anne Rice's book Cry To Heaven about 18th Century Italian Opera. None of those things are really the specific things that make this a tight fit onto our interests -- it's all about the cast, baby. Namely it will star (among others) Nicholas Hoult, George MacKay, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany, Mark Strong, Theodore Pellerin, Daryl McCormack and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Phew! Several of those people have worked with Ford before: Hoult and Firth were both in A Single Man of course....

... sorry I can't mention that fact without posting that gif; it's written into my contract. And then Aaron Taylor-Johnson memorably wiped his ass while sitting on an outdoor toilet in everybody's favorite movie of the millenium Nocturnal Animals. Don't worry -- I am not sharing that gif. And the rest of those names will be served wonderfully by Ford's eye I have no doubt -- I especially can't wait to see how he shoots the outrageous angles of Pellerin & MacKay's faces. Oh and Daryl McCormack, who's just soooo dreeeeeeamy.

Wait what were we talking about? Oh right this is a movie. I have never read this Anne Rice book but one assumes that the big headline here is the person I have not yet named in the cast -- the singer Adele is making her acting debut in a movie about opera singers. I imagine she's the lead and all of these insanely good looking men will be circling around her? I don't know; maybe Tom will give her a light load on her first film and some of these gorgeous men will pick up the slack. Whatever. GIMME! Other names in the cast -- that kid Owen Cooper from Adolesence, Ciarán Hinds,  Thandiwe Newton, Hunter Schafer, and Lux "sister of Pedro" Pascal. This sucker's loaded up yo!

Pic of the Day

I think we're probably all agreed that Aaron Taylor-Johnson's current beard situation is a bit much, so I'll remind us that it's for Robert Eggers' now-filming werewolf movie. And with that out of the way let's just appreciate the fact that his wife saw fit to take and post this photo for us today. I'm almost tempted to do a "Who Wore It Best" poll between ATJ and the statue but I have no idea who the statue is supposed to be of and that seems like an important missing piece of that puzzle. Anybody recognize that ancient fella?

Aaron's Outer Wolf

When Aaron Taylor-Johnson showed up at Venice last week looking like a hairy beast I wasn't sure what the fuck he was doing -- I mean we're clearly not getting a Kraven sequel. I'm embarrassed to admit it took this new Esquire interview for me to realize that DUHHH he's all bearded up to reunite with his Nosferatu director Robert Eggers on his werewolf movie! According to him he's already started working on Werwulf, although the official beginning of filming is TODAY -- here's what else ATJ's got to say on the project (don't get too excited, it's fairly insubstantial PR speak stuff he's saying):

"Other than being a phenomenal filmmaker and a strong visionary for these genre movies, I really loved being in his presence. He’s a strong filmmaker, he knows exactly what he wants, and he's very much in control. I like being an actor that is under the influence of a strong director. There are just limitations and boundaries within that, and it allows you to then differentiate between the other things you do, because he's so strong and bold in his style. I felt very honoured and privileged that he asked me to do something else with him. And Willem Dafoe also, and Lily Rose Depp. The company he keeps is just extraordinarily talented people. Same heads of department, same costume. And Jaren, our cinematographer who did Nosferatu and every other movie he's done. I mean, he's got a very strong, distinctive voice. As an actor, you just feel very lucky and privileged to be a part of it, really."

Back in the Furs Again

You can tell I'm exceptionally exhausted today -- I was up way past my bedtime last night not celebrating my birthday but rather working on the two reviews I told you are dropping today; the sacrifices I make! -- because it's taken me until three in the afternoon today to mention the huge news on one of my favorite filmmakers that dropped all the damned yesterday! This had actually completely slipped out of my brain until just now (thx Mac for the reminder). So I guess that was opfficially the birthday where the old age has set in. Sigh! Anyway here's said news -- Robert Eggers is looking to reunite with two of his Nosferatu stars for his next film, the werewolf movie Werewulf that I told you about in January. Specifically Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lily-Rose Depp. No word on who they'll be playing or what the movie is about beyond what we originally learned in January. Lycanthropes and the 13th century. And Olde Enligh I think. As for ATJ, I know many people thought he was actively bad in Nosferatu but it might be my favorite performance he's ever given? I think he's wonderful in it anyway. As of LRD she generally got very good reviews for the movie and I agree with that consensus. True I'd love to see Eggers get back in the Anya Taylor-Joy business, but having seen how well he and Depp worked together I won't be mad about it this time like I was when Anya had to drop out of Nosferatu. 

Double Oh Whatever

I'm in no way sharing that image of director Denis Villenueve with Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of their magnificent 2013 film Enemy to imply that Denis should make his former boyfriend Jake his James Bond now that he's been revealed to be directing the first film in the rebooted franchise for Amazon. Although I do find it strange that they hired a French-Canadian to direct this very British franchise I still think they'll get a British person to play the lead. I mean... they have to, right? Anyway if they're announcing a director I feel as if a leading man announcement can't be that far behind so we should probably know soon. And a lot of signs are indeed pointing toward Aaron Taylor-Johnson again. Whatever. I don't have much of a dog in this fight because I'm by no stretch of any person's imagination the world's biggest 007 fan. I enjoyed the Daniel Craig movies because Daniel Craig. I hadn't even seen another Bond movie until Craig was cast! Since then I have gone back and watched the Sean Connery ones and a couple scattered other random ones. They're fine! They're fun. Dr. No is probably a masterpiece but otherwise whatever. All of that said, to circle us around to the start -- Jake could make a great Bond villain. I feel as if the real future of Bond villains is billionaire nerds (and/or perhaps Russians) and that's in Jake's wheelhouse. Just sayin! I'd love for Denis & Jake to work together again. He's been so distracted by Timmy lately...

Say Good Night, Aaron

I'm running to a screening but that shouldn't keep y'all 

from enjoying this new photo of Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Rage Against the Hype Machine

It is starting to feel as if I'm destined to be a curmudgeon about the horror movies people are digging this year, but really it's only actually been two at this point -- there was Dangerous Animals a couple of weeks ago and now there's Danny Boyle's long awaited zombie catch-up 28 Years Later, which hits theaters this weekend and which most other critics seem to be loving. Unfortunately I cannot in good conscience agree! Here is my review at Pajiba. I think the movie looks great and I think Ralph Fiennes is having fun and that's really almost all that worked for me? The kid's fine, I guess. My issues aren't to do with him. I just don't understand any of the people calling it "scary" or even "tense" as I found it to be neither of those things. But even more brains-boggling to me are the people thinking there's genuine emotion or any kind of profundity in this thing -- it's no deeper than a hollowed out eye-socket. I cannot fathom the people I heard around me sniffling emotionally during its last act -- I don't consider myself dead inside. I cry real easy most of the time! But not here. These are shallow unrealized duds of characters being moved around willy-nilly without a single thing of purpose to say -- I am good and truly baffled by some of the reviews I'm reading. You can only give something so much credit for trying something different when it thoroughly fails at what it's trying. Oh well! I'm a fan of the first two movies and generally Boyle as a filmmaker so here's to hoping the next one is better. At least Cillian Murphy will supposedly be back.

Good Morning, World

When we got the first image of Aaron Taylor-Johnson being Sex for YSL on Monday I figured we'd be getting more this week -- it's probably best they skipped yesterday though because yesterday belonged to Charles Melton jumping rope half-naked. That won Tuesday, and Tuesday belonged to Melton. But now it's Wednesday, it's Hump Day, and here is our humpy Aaron fulfilling his duties as the humpiest of them all, huzzah.

You know it's really a shame that Hollywood doesn't make horny movies anymore because Aaron should be starring in horny movies -- instead they keep sticking him in sexless action things and he keeps not making an impression. But I bet he could kill it as a fuckboy -- excuse me, he's a fuckman now -- in a seedy dangerous erotic thriller kind of movie. Like a Brian De Palma movie but one directed by a woman or a gay man. Alas! Those movies don't exist right now. I guess it's just the stuff of fashion ads. And here we are. Hit the jump for more gifs and the video...   

Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Leather...

... . for Saint Laurent is an excellent start to any week.

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Hopefully more is coming...

44 Days Til 28 Years

Really big fan of this 28 Years Later poster which somehow makes me think of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali, of Bryan Fuller's Hannibal, of Derek Jarman's set-design for The Devils, AND of a Dalek from Doctor Who all at goddamned once. That is some mad skillz yo. 

Make me think of all of these things in one image and you've won

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) May 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Good Morning, World

A good Friday to one and all -- it's been one fuck-ton of a shit-fuck week so I'm being lazy and reposting a photo of Aaron Taylor Johnson that I have posted before (see more here) but never quite in this large and smooth a resolution. Click on it and it gets bigger. (That's what his wife said.) So there's that. Let's get this day over with then -- I am really incredibly ready for two full days of floor-time. 

Good Morning, World

Raise your hand if you suddenly want to be a water bottle! I believe this gif of Aaron Taylor-Johnson comes from one of the special features that will be on the blu-ray that's out on March 4th -- you can pre-order it right here if you'd like a look at those special features; the movie itself, well, that's up to you! It's not the worst superhero movie ever made -- Alessandro Nivola is a hell of a lot of fun and Aaron knows we're there to stare at his muscles and he dutifully obliges more than most actors in his postion. Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, all the Chrisses -- they usually gave us a single shirtless shot per movie but Aaron's bulging out all over this thing. Anyway hello it's Friday and I have perhaps never been happier about that fact -- let's get this weekend going already. I am cooked. 

Sucking the Boys Dry At Home!

If you somehow haven't seen Robert Eggers' tremendous Nosferatu yet I will try not to judge you (oh wait, too late) and simply direct you to the streaming service Peacock, where the film is now available to stream from the comfort of your reclusive bubble. Here is my review of the film, which technically landed at #4 on my favorite movies of 2024 list but ask me another day it could've been my number one. Having watched it at home and in the theater (repeatedly) now I can say with certainty that the movie really benefits from the theatrical experience -- for one it's a dark movie...

People who complained about NOSFERATU being "too dark" really never watched GAME OF THRONES did they

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) February 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM

... although in a purposefully meted out way; this isn't sloppy darkness. It's painterly. But you need the screen to be large to really appreciate the detail of what's happening inside of Eggers' frames. But if it's to be at home you might be better off watching the 4K disc of the film as opposed to relying on the quality and strength of a streamer's transmission. But you do you! Just turn off all of the lights and let the mood envelope you. God I love this (sorta gay) movie.