LATEST TAKE FROM TORONTO REVEALS
The Toronto International Film Festival rolled out a significant number of additional films that they were adding to the various slates that make up their festival. Of course that announcement provided us with new information about films that are probably headed to Telluride and, just as importantly, which films are not.
Added to the list of probable films for Telluride are Joel Edgerton's Boy Erased and Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra's Birds of Passage. Additionally, Mike Leigh's Peterloo is now all but confirmed for TFF #45 as well.
Boy Erased is listed by TIFF as an International Premiere suggesting that its first public screening will be at T-ride. Both Birds of Passage and Peterloo are labeled Canadian Premieres.
Films that look to be removed from the Telluride possibilities list because they were categorized as World, North American or International Premieres that have already screened in their country of origin are (some of these were confirmations of deductions we'd already made:
Paul Greengrass' 22 July
Peter Farrelly's Green Book
David Mackenzie's Outlaw King
Sebastian Lelio's Gloria Bell
Thomas Vintenburg's Kursk
Jonah Hill's Mid 90s
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck's Never LookAway
Jafar Panahi's Three Faces
Jia Zhang-ke's Ash Is the Purest White
Paolo Sorrentino's Loro
Jean Luc-Godard's The Image Book
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's The Wild Pear Tree
Christian Petzold's Transit
Sergei Loznitsa's Donbass
Luis Ortega's The Angel
Ali Abassi's Border-which I had thought might be bound for Telluride after that L.A. Fest classified it as a "California Premiere". Looks like I was wrong.
I have to say that I am truly pleased that Boy Erased is going to make it to The SHOW. It will be near the top pf my list of "must-sees" for Labor Day weekend. Actually, that list is going to be too long to get in before the weekend is over.
ANYTHING FROM SUNDANCE?
I'm relatively confident that the normal practice of not programming films that played at Sundance will hold true this year. I have also thought that the film most likely to make the very rare Sundance/Telluride double play that it would probably be Paul Dano's Wildlife.
However, I have overlooked the possibility that it could be Tamara Jenkins Private Life.
Jenkins last film was 2007's Savages which was part of what I still regard as the strongest TFF lineup in the 12 years I've been going.
So...I doubt that it plays, but if there is a Sundance/Telluride crossover, Private Life could be it. Netflix produced the film and, as many of you know, Netflix is going to be a substantial presence at this year's fest. Their recent decision to give the film a theatrical release on Oct. 5th might be an indicator that it could happen.
Private Life stars Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn.
NO JACK FOR TONI
One of the big hits of Cannes and Telluride in 2016 was Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann. I, myself, was a bit lukewarm about it BUT...I remember telling somebody (might have been Award Circuit's Mark Johnson...maybe...maybe not) after the screening I saw that I'd be glad to sign on to write the script for the Americanized version because I was already that sure that such a thing would come to pass.
And it seemed to be so when it was announced that would happen with Lisa Cholodenko directing Kristen Wiig and Oscar winner and legend Jack Nicholson reprising the roles created by Sandra Huller and Peter Simonisheck.
However, that dream partially came apart yesterday as we discovered that Nicholson is out. The 80+ year old actor will not be a part of the project after all.
Cholodenko and Wiig appear to still be on board and the search is reportedly on to cast a replacement for Jack.
That's your MTFB for this Thursday. More to come tomorrow including a new Ten (20) Bets for TFF #45.
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