Toronto is going to get quite the dose of star power come September.
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its first batch of movies on Tuesday, promising major stars and some highly-anticipated titles.
Also hitting the festival is Steven Soderbergh’sThe Laundromat, a Netflix movie starringMeryl Streep,Antonio BanderasandGary Oldman. The film follows the journalist who uncovered the Panama Papers, linking powerful political figures to off-shore banking accounts in order to avoid taxes.
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Adding even more star power isBruce Springsteen, who co-directed a film based on his latest albumWestern Starswith Thom Zimny. Springsteen explained how movie came to be in a recentinterview with Sirius XM.
“We made a film of theWestern Starsalbum, where I play the record start to finish along with some other things,” he said. “’Cause we weren’t going to tour—we knew we weren’t going to tour—so I was looking for a way to get some of the music lives to the audience, and so we figured that was the best way to do it.”
Another highly-anticipated film making its debut isJennifer Lopezand Constance Wu’s stripper-scam movieHustlers. StarringCardi B, Lizzo, Lili Reinhart, Julia Stiles, Mercedes Ruehl and Keke Palmer, the movie is based on the real-life story of a group of women who would trick and drug men into giving them their credit cards.
Lili Reinhart, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, and Constance Wu star inHustlers.
The rest of the list includes Renee Zellweger’s Judy Garland biopicJudy, Matt Damon and Christian Bale’sFord v Ferrari, Michael B. Jordan’sJust Mercyand Hugh Jackman inBad Education.“Some of the year’s biggest films will land in Toronto this September,” Cameron Bailey, Co-Head and Artistic Director of TIFF, said in a press release. “We’re thrilled to unveil Galas and Special Presentations that bring the brightest lights in film to our Festival audience. Our new programming team has been hard at work for months to deliver the compelling stories, acclaimed filmmakers, and top onscreen talent that mark our two highest-profile sections.”
The 44th Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 5 to 15.
source: people.com
