Oscar Wilde's classic novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is up for another film remake (this will be the 10th time) and the newly released movie poster for Oliver Parker's latest film version, "Dorian Gray," makes it look down right creepy.

The story centers on Gray (Ben Barnes), a young man who becomes the subject of a painting. As the man descends into a hedonistic lifestyle, the portrait begins to age and morph, but he doesn't. Colin Firth plays Lord Henry Wotton, the aristocrat who corrupts Gray with his decadent worldview.

Wilde's original book was, of course, chock full of homosexual sub-text and whether it gets translated into this new remake is anyone's guess. But Ben Barnes ("The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian") is definitely pretty enough to make the perfect Dorian Gray. ( ... )

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To find out if this contemporary portrait of Dorian Gray has been painted gay or straight this tome around, we suppose that we'll just have to wait till the film opens September 9.