TIFF 2016 to open with ‘Magnificent Seven’ remake
Movies by Quebec director Denis Villeneuve, fashion designer Tom Ford, three-time Academy Award winner Oliver Stone, and the buzzy ‘Birth of a Nation‘ are headed to this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Organizers announced the first slate of 2016 festival films today, including Villeneuve’s sci-fi thriller ‘Arrival,’ starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.
The film fest’s opening film will be the star-studded remake of the 1960 western ‘The Magnificent Seven,’ with a cast including Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke. The film will make its world premiere in Toronto.
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Also bound for the fest with big buzz is Stone’s ‘Snowden,’ a dramatization of Edward Snowden’s decision to leak classified security documents to the media. Stars include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Melissa Leo.
Audiences will get to see London, Ont., native Ryan Gosling sing in the musical romance ‘La La Land.’ ‘Whiplash’ writer-director Damien Chazelle helms the cast that also features Emma Stone and J. K. Simmons.
The Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 8-18.
The closing film will be the Vancouver-shot coming-of-age comedy ‘The Edge of Seventeen,’ starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson and Kyra Sedgwick.
Other highlights announced Tuesday:
