It was revealed today that Bill Condon’s “The Fifth Estate,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Wiki Leaks found Julian Assange, will be the opening night film of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off on Sept. 5. The closing night film will be Daniel Schecter’s “Life of Crime” with John Hawkes, Mos Def and Jennifer Aniston.
'The Fifth Estate,' '12 Years a Slave,' 'August: Osage County' and more set for 2013 Toronto Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:51 am · July 23rd, 2013
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Mike Myers to make directorial debut with Shep Gordon documentary 'Supermensch'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:56 am · July 22nd, 2013
So in 1991 talent manager Shep Gordon supposedly held Mike Myers over a barrel for a few weeks before filming on “Wayne’s World” began regarding an Alice Cooper song that Myers wanted to use in the film. The two struck up a friendship that’s still strong 22 years later, so much so that Myers will be making his directorial debut with a documentary of the music legend.
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