THE DISTRIBUTORS 2019: 20TH CENTURY FOX
Or...you know...Disney.
I'm taking a look at films that were at 20th Century Fox that are now, due to Disney's acquisition...part of Disney. It has meaning as Disney and Telluride really have no history (at least in the time I've been attending TFF). 20th Century Fox has only a small footprint in as far as Telluride is concerned.
But 20th Century Fox has three solid films that are probably going to be a part of the end of the year awards conversation and they may try to include Telluride in their plans for those films. They are:
James Gray's Ad Astra (more about it below) dated for release on Sept. 20th
Joe Wright's The Woman in the Window dated Oct. 4th
James Mangold's Ford v. Ferrari dated Nov. 15th
Two of the three directors have played Telluride in the past with Joe Wright their most recently with Darkest Hour. Mangold their many years back with Walk the Line and even James Gray was in Telluride in 2012 for the tribute to Marion Cotillard.
So, the factors I look at to make a determination about whether a film is a likely T-ride choice are a mixed bag.
Ultimately, call Ad Astra the most likely prospect (again, see below) at 40%.
The others...
The Woman in the Window 30%
Ford v. Ferrari 30%
LUCY IN THE SKY AND THIS FALL
Natalie Portman in Lucy in the Sky (via IMDb)
I've had my eye on this (back when it was Untitled Noah Hawley Project and then when it became Pale Blue Dot) and just in the last day or so noticed a little more heat on Lucy's Telluride chances. Ben Travers writing for Indiewire reported on Sunday that "Fox Searchlight is targeting the fall festival circuit for the film's debut".
In my Fox Searchlight assessment back on June 13th, I had Lucy in the Sky listed as having a 40% chance of making the Telluride lineup. I might have to bump that to 45% in light of the Indiewire story and Fox Searchlight's history with Telluride.
The Travers piece in Indiewire is linked here.
Here's the trailer for the film that is as yet undated for release.
NUGGETS FROM VENICE SPECULATION
As we edge closer to announcements of films for both Venice and Toronto the speculation about what films will go where is starting to grow. Case in point was World of Reel's Jordan Ruimy spec piece about all the fall film fests that he originally posted on June 21st and has continued to update. That's linked here.
Last week Roger Friedman reported at ShowBiz 411 that Venice was looking strongly looking at programming Roman Polanski's An Officer and a Spy not that I think that suggests a Telluride play for that film.
What was interesting was the mention of a couple of other films in the article. Friedman reports that we can all give up on The Irishman for Venice (and by extension Telluride) as Scrosese does not look like he'll be done with the visual effects in time.The other note is that the notion that James Gray's Ad Astra will play Venice is gaining traction. Should that happen, that may signal an increased likelihood that the space epic starring Brad Pitt might land in the Rockies on Labor Day weekend.
Something to ponder.
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