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Toronto Deals: IFC Acquires U.S. Rights to 'Breaking The Girls'

September 10, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

IFC Films has taken the U.S. distribution rights to director Jamie Babbit’s thriller “Breaking The Girls,” starring Madeline Zima, Agnes Bruckner, and Shawn Ashmore

  

Toronto Film Fest: 'The Impossible' Director On Why He Included Footage That Caused 2 Patrons to Faint

September 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

Survivors of the real tsunami depicted in "The Impossible," says director Juan Antonio Bayona, told him that the film had to be graphic and uncomfortable

  

Toronto Film Fest: Robert Redford, Will Smith, Soho House and Somali Pirates

September 10, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

The Toronto International Film Festival chugs along with more film gems and movie stars than it has a right to

  

Toronto Film Fest: Tom Hanks Explains What 'Cloud Atlas' Is About (Video)

September 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

Want an explanation for the weirdest and grandest movie in Toronto? Tom Hanks explains it all to you

  

Toronto Film Fest Day 4: The Buzz Is Strong, But the Films Are Dark

September 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

The end of opening weekend at the much-lauded festival brings some grim films -- including one that one may have caused a patron to faint

  

At Toronto Film Fest, Nick Cassavetes on Incest: ‘Who Gives a Damn? Love Who You Want’

September 9, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

Nick Cassavetes: "Love who you want. If it’s your brother or sister it’s super weird, but if you look at it, you’re not hurting anybody"

  

Toronto Deals: Hyde Park Adds 'Careful What You Wish For' to Slate

September 9, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

Hyde Park-Image Nation, Troika Pictures and Merced Media Partners will finance and produce the thriller “Careful What You Wish For,” the companies announced in Toronto on Sunday

  

Toronto Deals: Buyers Warm to Icelandic Drama 'The Deep'

September 9, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

As U.S. studios continue to circle Baltasar Kormakur’s “The Deep,” U.K. rights for the film have sold to the Metrodome Group, and BAC Films has taken French rights

  

Toronto Deals: Elizabeth Banks Joins Amy Berg's 'Every Secret Thing'

September 9, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

Elizabeth Banks has joined Amy Berg's “Every Secret Thing” and will star opposite Diane Lane in the big-screen adaptation of Laura Lippman's book of the same name

  

Toronto Film Fest Day 3: 'Silver Linings Playbook' Is an Instant Contender, But What the Hell Is 'Cloud Atlas?'

September 9, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" enjoys a spectacular Toronto launch, while the Wachowskis' "Cloud Atlas" thrills some viewers, confounds others

  

Toronto Film Fest: 'Place Beyond the Pines' Mixes Star Power With Storytelling

September 9, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

Of the movies up for acquisition at the Toronto Film Festival, there is probably none with as high-octane a cast as “A Place Beyond the Pines” starring Ryan Gosling and Brad Cooper

  

Toronto Film Fest: Johnny Depp Bonds, Gets Tattoo With ‘West Memphis 3’ Damien Echols

September 8, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

Johnny Depp embraced 'West Memphis 3' Damien Echols at a joint appearance at the Toronto Film Festival for a documentary about Echols' wrongful murder conviction - and tells about their tattoos

  

Toronto Deals: Tom Wilkinson Cast in Joel Edgerton Thriller 'Felony'

September 8, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

Two-time Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson has joined the thriller “Felony,” starring opposite the previously cast male lead Joel Edgerton

  

Toronto Deals: ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ Sells to Wellgo USA Entertainment (Exclusive)

September 8, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

The Chinese remake of “Dangerous Liaisons,” screening at the Toronto Film Festival has sold for U.S. distribution to Wellgo USA Entertainment

  

Toronto Deals: Mike Newell’s ‘Great Expectations’ Gets Distribution by Outsource Media Group

September 8, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

Director Mike Newell’s “Great Expectations” was bought for North American distribution by a new distributor, Outsource Media Group

  

Toronto Deals: Paladin and 108 Media Acquires Michel Gondry's 'The We and the I'

September 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 40 weeks ago

"The We and the I" is the latest film from Michel Gondry, director of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

  

Toronto Film Fest Day 2: Ben Affleck Flies Commercial, Paul Thomas Anderson Gets Creepy

September 8, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

On a day crammed with high-profile premieres, Toronto showcases Ben Affleck's crowd-pleasing "Argo" and Paul Thomas Anderson's tough, weird "The Master"

  

Toronto Film Fest: Keira Knightley on the Secret of Her 'Anna Karenina' Sex Scene (Video)

September 7, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

Keira Knightley says there's more to the sex scene in "Anna Karenina" than you'll see onscreen -- but it'll definitely be a DVD extra

  

Toronto Deals: Worldview Picks Up Nicolas Cage in 'Joe'

September 7, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

Worldview Entertainment will finance and produce David Gordon Green’s southern drama, “Joe,” starring Nicolas Cage

  

Toronto Deals: Alec Baldwin, Patrick Wilson Team Up for Thriller 'Caught Stealing'

September 7, 2012 By Brent Lang 40 weeks ago

Patrick Wilson plays an alcoholic bartender who gets caught up with some Russian mobsters and a sadistic cop, played by Alec Baldwin

  

Toronto Deals: Juno Temple, Joe Anderson, Kelli Garner Circle 'Horns'

September 7, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

Juno Temple, Joe Anderson and Kelli Garner are in negotiations to join Daniel Radcliffe in the supernatural fantasy/thriller “Horns"

  

Toronto Deals: Drathouse Films Partners with Films Like Us on Canadian Distribution Deal

September 7, 2012 By Brent Lang 40 weeks ago

"The Ambassador," "Bullhead" and "Wrong" are the films that will be released under the pact

  

Toronto Deals: Weinstein Co. Nabs Rights to French Comedy 'On the Other Side of the Tracks'

September 7, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

The Weinstein Company has picked up a slew of rights to the French comedy “On the Other Side of the Tracks," featuring "The Intouchables" star Omar Sy

  

Toronto Deals: 'In The Fog' Acquired For U.S. Distribution By Strand

September 7, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

Strand Releasing has taken all U.S. rights to Sergei Loznitsa’s “In the Fog” the company announced in Toronto on Friday

  

Toronto Deals: Cinema Guild Acquires U.S. Distribution Rights to 'Leviathan'

September 7, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Leviathan,” the new documentary from Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, The Guild announced on Friday in Toronto

  

Toronto Deals: Elliott Gould Starrer 'Fred Won't Move Out' Set for U.S. Release

September 7, 2012 By Liza Foreman 40 weeks ago

Virgil Films has picked up the U.S. rights to “Fred Won’t Move Out,” with Elliott Gould starring in a  intergenerational story shot in the director's own childhood home

  
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