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TIFF Announces Star-Studded Gala and Special Presentations, Led by ‘Rocky’ Biopic ‘I Play Rocky’ and Chris Rock’s ‘Misty Green’

On Monday, the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival announced its hotly anticipated Gala and Special Presentations programs, showcasing feature films from close to 30 countries along with celebrated directors such . . .

Leo Woodall, Clémence Poésy to Star in Peter Hoar’s ‘A Waiter in Paris’

Cornerstone has picked up sales rights to the feature, adapted from Edward Chisholm’s memoir about a Brit struggling to make it as a Parisian waiter. Leo Woodall (The White Lotus, . . .

Tessa Thompson, Owen Cooper and Ebon Moss-Bachrach to Star in Thriller ‘Foxfinder’ From ‘Severance’ Director Aoife McArdle

BAFTA and Emmy award-nominee Tessa Thompson (“Thor: Ragnarok,” “Hedda”), Golden Globe and Emmy award-winner Owen Cooper (“Adolescence,” “Wuthering Heights”) and two-time Emmy award-winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear, The Fantastic Four: . . .

Sophie Thatcher, Erin Kellyman and Joe Alywn to Star in Witch Hunt Action-Thriller ‘Cavendish,’ Cornerstone Launching in Cannes

Sophie Thatcher (“Heretic,” “Companion”), Erin Kellyman (“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” “Eleanor the Great”) and Joe Alwyn (“The Brutalist,” “Hamnet”) are to star in “Cavendish, an “irreverent and original” . . .

Cornerstone Boards Bleecker Street’s Horror Movie ‘When Darkness Loves Us’ Starring Emilia Clarke

Cornerstone has acquired international sales rights to James Ashcroft’s horror feature When Darkness Loves Us and will handle sales and distribution, excluding New Zealand and Australia. The company will introduce . . .

Mike Leigh Wrapping Next Film in London as Secretive Project’s Lead Cast is Unveiled

Mike Leigh has lifted the lid — ever so slightly — on his typically secretive next feature. While the project is still known as “Untitled Mike Leigh 2025” and, as . . .

Sony Pictures Classics Lands Stephanie Ahn’s ‘Bedford Park,’ Sundance Prize Winner for Debut Feature

Sony Pictures Classics has landed rights to Stephanie Ahn‘s feature debut “Bedford Park,” following its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film, starring Moon Choi and Son Sukku, . . .

Sundance Film Festival Awards Winners: ‘Josephine’ Takes U.S. Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award

Beth de Araújo’s drama Josephine starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, about an 8-year-old girl who accidentally witnesses a heinous crime in Golden Gate Park, took both the U.S. Dramatic . . .