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The full lineup for the Venice Film Festival will be announced tomorrow morning in Rome, but today it was unveiled that Chloe Zhao's upcoming feature Nomadland has been set to world premiere on September 11 on the Lido. It will also have a simultaneous screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, both of…

The fall festival trifecta – Venice, Telluride and Toronto – plus the nearby New York Film Festival, say they are ditching competing this year to focus on collaboration and supporting the cinema biz through the pandemic era. Traditionally the first port of call for films intending to launch into awards season, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that A24 has acquired North American rights to Rose Glass’ psychological horror film Saint Maud, which made its world premiere in TIFF’s Midnight Madness program. In addition, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) nabbed all international rights for Saint Maud, excluding the U.K…

Everybody loves a comeback and it’s been a while since we’ve seen Renée Zellweger at the Oscars. Coming home from TIFF, one of the definite takeaways aside from Joaquin Phoenix in Joker was Zellweger’s sublime portrayal of Judy Garland in Roadside Attractions’ Judy. The pic follows the Wizard of Oz star during the…

EXCLUSIVE: “When a reluctant bare-knuckle boxer and his older brother rack up a hefty debt, they are forced to chaperone an unexpected travel companion cross-country for one last fight in search of their fortune.” That is the simple one-liner description for Jungleland, which has its world premiere Thursday night at…

Deadline's studio at the 2019 Toronto lnternational Film Festival kicked off Day 3 by hosting fest-goers including Jennifer Lopez of Hustlers, Eddie Murphy of Dolemite Is My Name, Christian Bale of Ford v Ferrari and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned for more galleries and video…

Deadline's studio at the 2019 Toronto lnternational Film Festival kicked off Day 2 by hosting fest-goers including Kristen Stewart of Seberg, Taika Waititi of Jojo Rabbit, Jamie Dornan of Synchronic and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned for more galleries and video interviews from…

I confess that I have not read Donna Tartt’s best-selling Pulitzer-winning 2014 novel, nor did I know the slightest thing about its plot before seeing The Goldfinch, which had its world premiere Sunday night at the Toronto Film Festival and opens wide Friday through Warner Bros. I did know that to stay atop the…

Justin Kurzel had set the indie film world alight with his debut feature Snowtown, and its follow-up, Macbeth, seemed to confirm the arrival of a director whose vision was unique and stunning. That director returns to his brand of cinema this year with True History of the Kelly Gang, which adapts Peter Carey's novel…

It was a big day Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival, with World Premieres from Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig and Chris Evans, Eddie Murphy , Jennifer Lopez, and Dreamworks Animation. How’s that for a full plate? Of course, at TIFF it just wouldn’t be a normal day without at least six or seven big premieres…

EXCLUSIVE: Jaeden Martell, who is having a busy weekend between It Chapter Two opening and Knives Out making its world premiere here at TIFF, has just joined the Highland Film Group feature Tunnels opposite Oscar winner Susan Sarandon. Directed by John Krokidas (Kill Your Darlings) and written by Victoria Rose, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Vikings’ Travis Fimmel has boarded Culmination’s Die in a Gunfight alongside previously announced Olivia Munn (who is in talks), Alexandra Daddario and Diego Boneta. Die in a Gunfight is the story of a young guy (Boneta) who falls for the daughter (Daddario) of his father’s nemesis in New York City.  Fimmel…