Jordan Ruimy at World of Reel reported on Friday that he has confirmed the buzz we'd been hearing the last couple of weeks that Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders will debut at Telluride. The film stars Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, Boyd Holbrook, Michael Shannon and Jodie Comer.
IMDb's synopsis goes like this:
"It follows the rise of a Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members."
Nichols previous films include Loving, Midnight Special, Take Shelter and Mud.
For me, its another really great entry into the TFF #50 lineup...which, if what we think is going to Telluride shows at The SHOW, is rocking.
AND MAYBE...
In recent posts I've been mentioning the possibility of Angelina Jolie bringing her latest film-Without Blood-to TFF #50. I'm still not quite all the way to the point where I'm predicting if for the lineup yet but I am getting closer. There's a good deal of buzz that the Jolie follow-up to her 2017 First They Killed My Father which also played Telluride. That previous appearance is one of the reasons that I think might make Without Blood a real possibility for TFF #50.
THE BUZZING
We're getting to the time of the year where MTFB starts to pop up in other places. This past week MTFB was referenced by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily in her Aug. 4th post about Oscar and the potential effects of the dual writers' and actors' strike.
Speaking of buzz, on the Awards Radar podcast this week Joey Magidson and his guests Mark Johnson and Ryan McQuade talked a good deal about Telluride and probably the most exciting speculation is about Killers of the Flower Moon and a possible tribute to Martin Scorsese. They feel that's more not less likely. I had been hearing a little of that speculation within the last week to ten days. If you listen to the podcast that discussion occurs at 1:13:58.
If you've read this space before, you know that Flowers is my big hope for the year whether it plays T-ride or not and I have been very clear that I have not believed that it would. Many of you know that I did a day of background on the film which makes me even more keen to actually see it as soon as possible.
I hate to get all worked up but...there is a little smoke...
On the other hand, another film that's high on my list to see is David Fincher's The Killer starring Michael Fassbender as a professional assassin who comes to a question what his choices have been.
Like Flower Moon, I have thought The Killer to be an unlikely film for TFF #50 inclusion and now World of Reel suggests that outcome is probable. WOR chief Jordan Ruimy writing this weekend:
"...not much else is known about Fincher’s upcoming 118-minute film. That’ll change when it premieres in September at the Venice Film Festival. So far, no other festivals have announced it, and I’m hearing it’s not going to Telluride or Toronto. Maybe NYFF is an option."
LATE BREAKING FROM LONDON
First image of Emerald Fennell's Saltburn via Screen Daily
Overnight the BFI London Film Festival announced that its opening night film will be Emerald Fennell's Saltburn. The announcement added further evidence that the film will be bowing initially at Telluride. Saltburn is listed by LFF as its International Premiere which adds to the comments from Venice Film Fest head Alberto Barbera from last week that Saltburn will play Telluride. Additionally we can deduce from its International Premiere status that it will skip Toronto.
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