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Sony Pictures Classics will Ignite U.S. with TIFF’s Incendies

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired domestic distribution rights to Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies at the Toronto Film Festival. The film, which already screened well at Venice and Telluride, follows twins who travel to the Middle East after their mother dies in order to piece together her past. Shocking revelations ensue. It’s not as high profile as the last two Toronto deals, but SPC has proven skillful at releasing foreign dramatic thrillers like A Prophet and The Secret in Their Eyes , so expect to hear more about this one down the line. [ Variety ]

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Michael Sheen on His Latest TIFF Premiere, the Art of Preparation and Breaking Dawn Limbo

Another year of TIFF almost always means another year featuring Michael Sheen, and 2010 is no different. Though the subject most definitely is: The Welsh stage and screen veteran arrives this week with the world premiere of Beautiful Boy , featuring Sheen opposite Maria Bello as a dissolving married couple who must relearn how to live with each other after their son goes on a mass murder-suicide gun rampage at his college. Writer-director Shawn Ku’s debut feature goes a few places you might expect and a lot more you probably wouldn’t; Sheen spoke about the film, his role, his diligence at character “fusion,” and intriguing news about his future (or possible lack thereof) with the Twilight franchise.

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9 First Impressions of Dustin Lance Black’s Wild Directorial Debut What’s Wrong With Virginia

Writing Milk earned him an Oscar, but naturally, what Dustin Lance Black really wanted to do was direct. And thus we have What’s Wrong With Virginia , the behind-the-camera debut of the most celebrated gay ex-Mormon working in cinema today — which might seem irrelevant until you see the wild pastiche of themes and tones he’s whipped up here. As per festival custom , a few first impressions follow the jump.

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IFC is SUPER

As predicted after its raucous, well-received Toronto premiere, James Gunn’s SUPER emerged from a bidding war this weekend with a new distributor. Not quite as predicted, that buyer was IFC Films, which will release the twisted, Rainn Wilson-starring, hero-with-a-wrench splatter-comedy via its new IFC Midnight banner. It’s the first sale of a film this year during the festival proper, with more expected to follow in the days ahead. Stay tuned here for details as events warrant… [ IFC Films ]

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Let Me In and the Hows and Whys of the Remake

When it was announced a few years back that a U.S. remake of the Swedish preteen-vampire film (and indie hit) Let the Right One In was in the works, fans of the original let out a collective groan. Leave it to stupid Americans to refuse to read subtitles! The remake — to be made by Matt Reeves, director of the 2008 Cloverfield, as well as several episodes of Felicity — would certainly trample on the delicacy of this small Swedish gem.

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Hometown Girl Malin Åkerman on the Toronto Premiere of Bang Bang Club

Pick any random film that’s opened in the last year, and odds are about 50/50 that Malin Åkerman starred in some capacity. OK, so I exaggerate, but let me put it this way: A week after interviewing Åkerman for her film The Romantics — which opened last week in limited release — the Swedish-Canadian actress is in Toronto for the world premiere of her latest effort The Bang-Bang Club . Busy!

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Hometown Girl Malin Åkerman on the Toronto Premiere of Bang Bang Club

Everyone Welcome Back Manohla Dargis!

After a nearly two-and-a-half month hiatus, the gifted and beloved NY Times critic Manohla Dargis returns today with a pair of reviews, including a steadfastly tolerant glimpse at Joaquin Phoenix’s otherwise intolerable I’m Still Here : “Much of the movie involves Mr. Phoenix’s having, or more likely pantomiming, a meltdown, for which he puts on a really good show,” she notes, describing the star’s rejection of celebrity and rebirth as a rapper. “But the programmatic nature of his antics strongly suggests that he is self-consciously playing a role in a narrative, one that isn’t simply about him.” This calls for a toast! Coffee mugs up… [ NYT ]

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Sarah’s Key, Casino Jack Get Picked Up at TIFF

Let the deals begin ! At the Toronto International Film Festival, The Weinstein Company has just purchased the U.S. distribution rights for Sarah’s Key , a decades-spanning Holocaust drama based on the best-seller by Tatiana De Rosnay. Meanwhile, ATO Pictures announced that they’ll be distributing Casino Jack , the George Hickenlooper film starring Kevin Spacey as disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Look for that one to hit theaters in December. [ Deadline , MCN ]

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More TIFF: James Franco, Joaquin Phoenix, Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox, Others Made Official

So: In less than month you’ll officially have your first impressions of the films in which James Franco saws off his own arm, Matt Damon has a brush with death, Joaquin Phoenix gets crapped on, Mickey Rourke and (a winged) Megan Fox flee gangster Bill Murray, and Ed Harris loses control under the rookie directorial eye of Dustin Lance Black — all of these scenarios are coming to the Toronto Film Festival, organizers officially announced today. This is what fall looks like! Uplifted yet? Click through for a complete rundown of new announcements from up north.

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Big Lake’s Chris Gethard on Replacing Jon Heder, Keeping the UCB Streak Alive and What Happened to Fesh

Contrary to what you may have seen on Funny or Die , Adam McKay and Will Ferrell didn’t find Chris Gethard living in the woods when they were looking to replace Jon Heder as the lead on their new sitcom. They just remembered the auditions for The Other Guys .

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