· Premieres for biopics of Beach Boys and Stephen Hawking
· Meaty roles for Adam Sandler, Michael Douglas, Richard Gere
· Closing night film is Kate Winslet period drama A Little ChaosToronto beware: in early September, your city will be awash with middle-aged men in crisis. The first wave of programming for the 39th annual film festival has been released and it's crammed with Hollywood veterans in various stages of reinvention. Richard Gere plays a homeless man in Manhattan, Michael Douglas a big game hunter who turns to murder, Chris Rock directs himself in the story of a comic turned actor struggling to prove his dramatic chops, and Adam Sander makes his first break from mainstream in 10 years to play a porn-addicted father.
Melting down with them are Ethan Hawke as a soldier questioning his work dispatching drones to Afghanistan (in Good Kill), Jason Bateman juggling bereavement and infidelity (in ensemble comedy This Is Where I Leave You), Robert Downey Jr trying to figure out whether his father is a killer in The Judge, and Kevin Costner concerned about being labelled racist in a custody battle with Octavia Spencer over their grandson in Black and White. Jake Gyllenhaal's passion project, Nightcrawler, an LA-set crime drama, is also set to premiere.Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.
· Meaty roles for Adam Sandler, Michael Douglas, Richard Gere
· Closing night film is Kate Winslet period drama A Little ChaosToronto beware: in early September, your city will be awash with middle-aged men in crisis. The first wave of programming for the 39th annual film festival has been released and it's crammed with Hollywood veterans in various stages of reinvention. Richard Gere plays a homeless man in Manhattan, Michael Douglas a big game hunter who turns to murder, Chris Rock directs himself in the story of a comic turned actor struggling to prove his dramatic chops, and Adam Sander makes his first break from mainstream in 10 years to play a porn-addicted father.
Melting down with them are Ethan Hawke as a soldier questioning his work dispatching drones to Afghanistan (in Good Kill), Jason Bateman juggling bereavement and infidelity (in ensemble comedy This Is Where I Leave You), Robert Downey Jr trying to figure out whether his father is a killer in The Judge, and Kevin Costner concerned about being labelled racist in a custody battle with Octavia Spencer over their grandson in Black and White. Jake Gyllenhaal's passion project, Nightcrawler, an LA-set crime drama, is also set to premiere.Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.