TIFF Platform Lineup Includes Nicolas Cage Comedy ‘Dream Scenario’ As Opening Night; Barry Jenkins, Nadine Labaki & Anthony Shim To Serve On Sidebar Jury

Riley Keough would be into working with Nicolas Cage.

Riley Keough will be the first to admit she’s had some “wild” stepfathers, and that includes Nicolas Cage.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The European Film Academy has fired the starting gun in the race for the European Film Awards. It has recommended 19 films to its members who will then select the nominees from this list.

Sure, this time of year, everyone is thinking about the prestigious fall festival events, such as TIFF, Venice, Telluride, NYFF, etc.. However, what they’re forgetting is the sheer madness and joy that comes with visiting Fantastic Fest in Austin.

Sure, this time of year, everyone is thinking about the prestigious fall festival events, such as TIFF, Venice, Telluride, NYFF, etc.. However, what they’re forgetting is the sheer madness and joy that comes with visiting Fantastic Fest in Austin.

Nicky Whelan has signed with Stewart Talent for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Despite all paranoia on behalf of exhibitors and studios that the theatrical release schedule will switch-up more due to strikes, awards season fare continues to be dated, the latest being A24’s dark comedy Dream Scenario starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage on Nov. 10.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The Venice Film Festival is rolling out a juried impact award that will mark the first time a major film festival has awarded a prize focused solely on impact. Impact campaigns are crafted around documentaries and some narrative films that have strong social or political messages that can inspire action among audiences and the industry at large.

Riley Keough comes from a fascinating family. The 34-year-old actress and musician is the daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough, as well as the granddaughter of the late Elvis Presley. In her new profile for, Riley opens up about the «chaos» in her family following the January death of Lisa Marie, and her life as a mother to her 1-year-old daughter, Tupelo, whom she welcomed via surrogate with husband Ben Smith-Peterson.

EXCLUSIVE: C2 Motion Picture Group has quietly put more than $100M into four Paramount movies in the past 12 months: Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves and Babylon.

The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled its Short Cuts showcase counting 42 live action narrative, documentary, and animated shorts from global filmmakers repping 23 countries.

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has cancelled its swanky Women in Cinema gala event at the upcoming Venice Film Festival in response to the ongoing actors’ strike.

Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage – check it out below.Directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Sick Of Myself), the comedy film was announced to open the platform competition program at this year’s Toronto Film Festival (TIFF).In a statement about the film, Robyn Citizen, director, programming and platform lead at TIFF, said: “This surrealist satire-comedy has sharp, timely observations about social media culture – especially going viral – and its impact on the way that we interact with others in our day-to-day life. Cage delivers some of his finest work.”Alongside Cage, Dream Scenario stars Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Dylan Gelula and Tim Meadows.World Premiere of Kristoffer Borgli’s DREAM SCENARIO starring Nicolas Cage at #TIFF23 pic.twitter.com/XPsAqRgvcs— A24 (@A24) August 2, 2023Other films set to compete at the festival for the prize, which celebrates international films, include Dear Jassi from director Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, Kei Chika-ura’s Great Absence, and Ginevra Elkann’s I Told You So.The 2023 Toronto Film Festival runs from September 7-17.Earlier this year, Cage expressed interest in starring in a musical following roles in comedy films The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent and Renfield.“Right now, I’m excited that the comedy is back on the menu,” Cage told Rolling Stone.

In a new live-event series, Apple TV+ and Deadline are kicking off Visual Effects + Screen this Sunday, Aug. 6, at 2PM at the Pickford Center for Motion Pictures Study in Los Angeles. The event will delve into the VFX process on Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, Silo, Foundation and Five Days at Memorial.

Nicolas Cage‘s son Wes Cage has announced details of a new solo single called ‘The Wolf’.He previously fronted the California black metal band Eyes Of Noctum, and emerged with a solo career in 2014, sharing ‘Tell Me Why (Matriarch Of Misery)’.Discussing the new song, which is set to land on October 27, he said: “The music we’re doing is part of my essence and always needed to be released.“Lyrically, ‘The Wolf’ touches on the dichotomy between the higher and lower selves. One represents strength, intelligence, organisation, responsibility; the other, destitution, failure, depression, sadness.”See the track’s artwork below.A post shared by Weston Cage Coppola (@westoncagecoppola)In 2014, Cage spoke of how he bonded with his father over music, telling Journey Of A Frontman (via Blabbermouth): “The last concert we went to was Mötley Crüe in Vegas where Tommy Lee almost started a fight with me.

Rene Rodriguez The spirit of Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” weighs heavily, both thematically and stylistically, on “Brother,” a drama about two brothers growing up in a low-income Toronto suburb that lacks the grace and eloquence of the 2016 Best Picture Oscar winner. But even if writer-director Clement Virgo, adapting David Chariandy’s 2017 novel, can’t achieve the sustained aura of ineffable melancholy he’s striving for, the film still hits some lovely notes of grace and poignance that rise above the script’s manipulative nature.

The Toronto International Film Festival pulled the curtain off their lineup for their Discovery and Midnight Madness sections with notable titles respectively teeing off both programmes’ opening nights: Patricia Arquette’s Gonzo Girl and Borat director Larry Charles’ Dicks: The Musical from A24.

TIFF has announced the coveted line-up for the 10 World Premiere features that make up the 2023 Platform programme and one of the flicks includes Nicolas Cage!

The Toronto Film Festival is almost a month away and that means there are more films still to be announced as part of the 2023 slate. Today, TIFF revealed the 10 movies selected as part of the competition Platform program.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Nicolas Cage finally sounded off to USA Today on his brief return as Superman in Warner Bros.’ “The Flash.” The Oscar winner made a surprise cameo appearance as the Man of Steel he never got to play back in the late 1990s, although he did not say any lines. “Well, I was glad I didn’t blink,” Cage said about his brief return. “For me, it was the feeling of being actualized.