Filmmaker Warren Pereira’s feature documentary Tiger 24, takes a deep dive into who is responsible when animals kill humans in the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in India. Toronto’s Elevation Pictures will distribute in North America and The Gotham Group will executive produce the documentary.
Ahead of the film’s world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival, Epic Pictures Group acquired the South Korean action film A Man of Reason. A Man of Reason is the directorial debut of famed Korean actor Jung Woo-sung, who also leads the cast alongside Kim Nam-gil (Lovers Vanished) and Park Sung-woong (For the Emperor).
The 45th Mill Valley Film Festival will open with Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery on Thursday, October 6. In the follow-up to Johnson’s Academy Award-nominated Knives Out (MVFF42), Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects. Attending the Opening Night festivities will be Rian Johnson, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, and producer Ram Bergman.
Peacock revealed the official trailer for Shadowland, filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s immersive six-part documentary series on political conspiracy theories premiering Wednesday September 21st as part of Peacock DocFest.
Vertical debuted the official trailer for The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, the romantic comedy starring Kunal Nayyar, Lucy Hale, Christina Hendricks, Blaire Brown, Lauren Stamile, with David Arquette and Scott Foley.
Momentum debuted the official trailer for To Leslie, the drama starring Andrea Riseborough, Allison Janney, Marc Maron, Andre Royo, Owen Teague, Stephen Root, James Landry Hebert, Matt Lauria, and Catfish Jean.
Netflix released the official trailer for The Good Nurse, a gripping thriller based on true events, starring Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren and Eddie Redmayne as Charles Cullen, as well as Nnamdi Asomugha, Noah Emmerich, and Kim Dickens.
Academy Award®–winning Buffy Sainte-Marie will receive the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media presented by Participant Media at the TIFF Tribute Awards during the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
A24 released the official trailer for Close, the French drama described as “an unforgettable story of friendship and growing up” starring Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne and Léa Drucker.
Sundance Institute announced that Eugene Hernandez will be the next Director of the Sundance Film Festival and head of public programming. He is the fourth official Festival Director in the Sundance Film Festival’s history. He joins the Sundance Institute from Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), where he has spent the past 12 years, most recently as Senior Vice President of FLC, Executive Director of the New York Film Festival, and publisher of Film Comment.
Prime Video released the official trailer for My Policeman, the romance drama starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett.
British actor Sir Ben Kingsley will be honored at the 18th Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Icon Award and present the European premiere of his latest movie Dalíland, in which he portrays the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí. In addition, Sir Ben Kingsley will speak about his career in a ZFF Masters.