TIFF 2015: Redford's Dan Rather film, Sarandon's transgender saga added to lineup
Closing film Mr. Right stars Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick and Tim Roth
Films featuring Susan Sarandon, Drew Barrymore, Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett have been added to the lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Organizers have announced more big titles for the festival's 40th edition, including the closing night film, Mr. Right.
It's about a woman who falls in love with a hitman, and stars Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick and Tim Roth.
Redford plays Dan Rather and Blanchett is his CBS News producer in Truth, about the reporting controversy that forced the longtime newsman to retire; and Tom Hiddleston stars in the Hank Williams biopic, I Saw the Light.
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Sarandon, Elle Fanning and Naomi Watts star in About Ray, about a teenager who decides to transition from female to male; and Barrymore and Toni Collette star in the cancer comedy-drama Miss You Already.
The Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 10 to 20.
Other newly announced films include:
- Our Brand Is Crisis, directed by David Gordon Green and starring Sandra Bullock, about a Bolivian presidential candidate who enlists a brilliant strategist suddenly facing a personal crisis of her own.
- The crime thriller London Fields, featuring a star-studded cast including Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Cara Delevingne and Billy Bob Thornton.
- 45 Years, directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay as a couple whose marriage is shaken as they prepare for their 45th anniversary.
- A Tale of Love and Darkness, in which actress Natalie Portman directs and co-stars in this look at the early years of the state of Israel.
- Mississippi Grind from Half Nelson directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, with Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds as gamblers who hit the road for a high stakes poker game in New Orleans.
- Being Charlie, from director Rob Reiner, about a teenage addict stuck in the cycle of rehab.
- Man Down, starring Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara, about a U.S. Marine searching a savage post-apocalyptic America for his estranged son and wife.