Three Weeks to Go...

James Franco, Aron Ralston and Danny Boyle of "127 Hours"

Any number of sources reporting this morning that Danny Boyle's "127 Hours" starring James Franco will premiere at Toronto and close the London Film Festival.

This might give one pause about it's chances to be at Telluride, but remember that "Slumdog" took this exact path two years ago...and was a "sneak" addition to the program in 2008. So I wouldn't be surprised if "127" didn't show up as a"sneak" in three weeks.

It does make me kind of nervous that we haven't seen some blog speculation about it or Schnabel's "Miral" anywhere, though.

Otherwise, not a lot of rumor/innuendo/scoop to report...yet.

Stay tuned!

Danny Boyle's Return?

Inside info, speculation or just wishful thinking? That's the question to be answered after The Playlist posted a story on Danny Boyle's "127 Hours" yesterday.

The Playlist suggests (as we have) that the film which stars James Franco as hiker Aron Ralston may follow the same path that "Slumdog Millionaire" did two years ago when it took Telluride then Toronto and then the world and the Oscars by storm.

Here's the link to that story: http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/07/clemence-poesy-playing-aron-ralstons.html

The story centers on Ralston's true life adventure in the Utah wilderness that required him to make some drastic choices to stay alive.

In other news, Ioncinema posted speculative pieces yesterday concerning their guesses for both the Venice and Toronto festivals. The link to those articles is here:

For Toronto: http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/5270/2010-toronto-int-film-festival-predictions

For Venice: http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/4404