WHO'S COMING TO THE PARTY?
I think it's always fun to think about the stars that we could rub elbows with during each Labor Day weekend. Ultimately, I always seem to kind of choke when I actually come face to face with the talented, beautiful and famous. I'm talking awkward here.
Nevertheless, over the years I have been lucky enough to be meet and speak briefly with some people who have been kind enough to respond.
So, each year, I can't help but imagine who could be in Telluride based on the films that I think will make the journey. So to that end I'll start by re-posting last Friday's 21 Bets...
1) Downsizing
2) Wonderstruck
3) The Shape of Water
4) Battle of the Sexes
5) Darkest Hour
6) Loving Vincent
7) Hostiles
8) Lady Bird
9) A Fantastic Woman
10) The Rider
11) Visages/Villages
12) First They Killed My Father
13) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
14) The Other Side of Hope
15) Wormwood
16) Before We Vanish
2) Wonderstruck
3) The Shape of Water
4) Battle of the Sexes
5) Darkest Hour
6) Loving Vincent
7) Hostiles
8) Lady Bird
9) A Fantastic Woman
10) The Rider
11) Visages/Villages
12) First They Killed My Father
13) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
14) The Other Side of Hope
15) Wormwood
16) Before We Vanish
17) Lean on Pete
18) First Reformed
19) Loveless
20) Foxtrot
21) The Insult
Here are some of the biggest names from some of these 21 films that might be seen on Colorado Ave. over Labor Day weekend:
Downsizing: Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudekis, Neil Patrick Harris
Wonderstruck: Julianne Moore
The Shape of Water: Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Michael Sthulbarg, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins
Battle of the Sexes: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough
Darkest Hour: Gary Oldman, Kristen Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn
Hostiles: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Timothee Chalamet, Bill Camp
Lady Bird: Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, Laurie Metcalf
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool: Normally you'd think star Annette Bening...but Jury Duty in Venice (maybe a satellite linkup?), Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Waters
Lean on Pete: Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Steve Zahn, Chloe Sevigny, Travis Fimmel
First Reformed: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried
Wormwood: Peter Sarsgaard
If I were guessing, and it seems I am, I'd say the following at least feel like the best bets for a celeb sighting: Laura Dern, Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Steve Carell, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Wes Studi, Saoirse Ronan, Jamie Bell, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard.
Directors that I'm excited to maybe run into: Alexander Payne, Guillermo Del Toro, Joe Wright, Greta Gerwig, Scott Cooper, Todd Haynes, and somebody named Angelina Jolie.
THE LIST GETS SMALLER
We reported yesterday that The Death of John F. Donovan was moving to 2018 and then yesterday afternoon came the word that The Weinstein Company has moved Garth Davis' Mary Magdalene starring Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix will be moving to March 2018. In part, the reports claim, because it will not be ready for its previously scheduled release date.
TWC's The Current War will apparently be moved up from December to November. Two ramifications here: First, Mary Magdalene moves off my "still possible for Telluride" list and second, that means it's very probable that The Weinsteins won't have any Telluride player for the second year in a row and that is very unusual.
Here's coverage of the TWC announcement From:
Indiewire
Screen International
The Playlist
After removing Mary Magdalene from our still in play list, here's what we have:
Final Portrait
L'amant Double
Marshall
Our Souls at Night
The Snowman
Wonder
You Were never Really Here
TORONTO'S FINAL WORD TODAY
The Toronto International Film Fest announced the final films for its 2017 lineup later today. Over the past few years it has been my experience that this final announcement usually rules a couple of things out and only rarely allows us to add another film to our list.
Nevertheless, it will probably still be instructive to some extent especially since we are getting so close to the SHOW dates.
Come back here later today for an update that reflects whatever we learn.
UPDATE: As best as I can discern this morning's TIFF announcement of their Discovery section contains no films that will also play at Telluride. Consequently nothing was eliminated or added.
INADVERTENT CONFIRMATION
Friend of the blog Tomris Laffly, who freelances for a number of film outlets and will serve as one of the Telluride Pros that will rate films at this year's fest, tweeted yesterday afternoon the curious IMDb entry for The Shape of Water which appears to confirm its inclusion for T-ride:
A NEW CONSIDERATION
Variety reported yesterday that Amazon had picked up the distribution for Cold War (Zimma Wojna) from director Pawel Palikowski. Palikowski was in Telluride back in 2013 with Ida which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film that year.
The timing of that news makes me think that we might see that title pop up in today's TIFF announcement and also for Telluride.
I'll be looking for that later today.
That's a wrap for this Tuesday...until we get news from Toronto...so look for an update later today.
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Here are some of the biggest names from some of these 21 films that might be seen on Colorado Ave. over Labor Day weekend:
Downsizing: Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudekis, Neil Patrick Harris
Wonderstruck: Julianne Moore
The Shape of Water: Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Michael Sthulbarg, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins
Battle of the Sexes: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough
Darkest Hour: Gary Oldman, Kristen Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn
Hostiles: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Timothee Chalamet, Bill Camp
Lady Bird: Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, Laurie Metcalf
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool: Normally you'd think star Annette Bening...but Jury Duty in Venice (maybe a satellite linkup?), Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Waters
Lean on Pete: Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Steve Zahn, Chloe Sevigny, Travis Fimmel
First Reformed: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried
Wormwood: Peter Sarsgaard
If I were guessing, and it seems I am, I'd say the following at least feel like the best bets for a celeb sighting: Laura Dern, Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Steve Carell, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Wes Studi, Saoirse Ronan, Jamie Bell, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard.
Directors that I'm excited to maybe run into: Alexander Payne, Guillermo Del Toro, Joe Wright, Greta Gerwig, Scott Cooper, Todd Haynes, and somebody named Angelina Jolie.
THE LIST GETS SMALLER
We reported yesterday that The Death of John F. Donovan was moving to 2018 and then yesterday afternoon came the word that The Weinstein Company has moved Garth Davis' Mary Magdalene starring Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix will be moving to March 2018. In part, the reports claim, because it will not be ready for its previously scheduled release date.
TWC's The Current War will apparently be moved up from December to November. Two ramifications here: First, Mary Magdalene moves off my "still possible for Telluride" list and second, that means it's very probable that The Weinsteins won't have any Telluride player for the second year in a row and that is very unusual.
Here's coverage of the TWC announcement From:
Indiewire
Screen International
The Playlist
After removing Mary Magdalene from our still in play list, here's what we have:
Final Portrait
L'amant Double
Marshall
Our Souls at Night
The Snowman
Wonder
You Were never Really Here
TORONTO'S FINAL WORD TODAY
The Toronto International Film Fest announced the final films for its 2017 lineup later today. Over the past few years it has been my experience that this final announcement usually rules a couple of things out and only rarely allows us to add another film to our list.
Nevertheless, it will probably still be instructive to some extent especially since we are getting so close to the SHOW dates.
Come back here later today for an update that reflects whatever we learn.
UPDATE: As best as I can discern this morning's TIFF announcement of their Discovery section contains no films that will also play at Telluride. Consequently nothing was eliminated or added.
INADVERTENT CONFIRMATION
Friend of the blog Tomris Laffly, who freelances for a number of film outlets and will serve as one of the Telluride Pros that will rate films at this year's fest, tweeted yesterday afternoon the curious IMDb entry for The Shape of Water which appears to confirm its inclusion for T-ride:
I'll be lining up for this as it might be most anticipated for the fest this year.
A NEW CONSIDERATION
Variety reported yesterday that Amazon had picked up the distribution for Cold War (Zimma Wojna) from director Pawel Palikowski. Palikowski was in Telluride back in 2013 with Ida which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film that year.
The timing of that news makes me think that we might see that title pop up in today's TIFF announcement and also for Telluride.
I'll be looking for that later today.
That's a wrap for this Tuesday...until we get news from Toronto...so look for an update later today.
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