Other high-profile releases headed to TIFF include ‘Battle of the Sexes,’ starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell, and Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding film, ‘I, Tonya.’
The Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the first titles for its 42nd edition, set to run Sept.
7-17, with Darren Aronofsky’s Jennifer Lawrence-starrer Mother! and George Clooney’s Suburbicon among the most high-profile selections.TIFF also set as its closing-night film C’est La Vie! from directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and starring Gilles Lellouche and Suzanne Clement. The French pic from the helming duo behind The Intouchables and Samba follows the story of a caterer planning a large wedding reception amid a series of mishaps.
Other highly anticipated pics getting TIFF screenings include Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton’s Battle of the Sexes, starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell as Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, and Craig Gillespie’s Tonya Harding film, I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie as the titular figure skater.
The gala section at Roy Thomson Hall will include screenings of David Gordon Green’s Boston Marathon bombing drama Stronger, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany; Fox 2000’s Idris Elba and Kate Winslet-starrer The Mountain Between Us, directed by Hany Abu-Assad; and Divergent helmer Neil Burger’s untitled Intouchables remake, starring Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart.
Also getting screenings in Roy Thomson Hall are: Dee Rees’ Mudbound, starring Carey Mulligan and Jason Clarke and picked up by Netflix out of Sundance; a world premiere for Susana White’s Woman Walks Ahead, the 19th century period drama in which Jessica Chastain plays a Sitting Bull confidante; and Ben Lewin’s The Catcher Was a Spy, starring Guy Pearce and Paul Rudd.
TIFF organizers were quick to tout the world premieres for their gala titles, given that such awards-season darlings from last year as La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea played in Toronto after receiving Venice and Telluride bows.
The gala lineup so far includes 11 world bows, with Mudbound an international premiere and Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour and Paul McGuigan’s Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool being Canadian premieres.
As TIFF cuts its 2017 lineup by 20 percent, or around 60 movies, the fest has had to concede Oscar picture…
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