{"id":177027,"date":"2018-08-16T02:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T06:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=177027"},"modified":"2018-08-16T02:15:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T06:15:04","slug":"outlaw-king-open-toronto-film-fest-jeremiah-terminator-leroy-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/16\/outlaw-king-open-toronto-film-fest-jeremiah-terminator-leroy-close\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Outlaw King’ to open Toronto film fest; ‘Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy’ to close"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Chris Pine at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International for Wonder Woman. (Photo By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Chris Pine, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO \u2014 The world premiere of David Mackenzie’s “Outlaw King,” starring Chris Pine, will kick off the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Organizers say the epic David-versus-Goliath tale, which is set to hit Netflix in November, will be the opening-night gala presentation on Sept. 6 at Roy Thomson Hall.<\/p>\n

Pine stars as 14th-century Scottish outlaw hero Robert the Bruce, who reclaimed the throne from the English crown and its army.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson.<\/p>\n

“TIFF’s opening night film, ‘Outlaw King,’ tells a powerful story that is rich in drama, excitement, romance, and adventure,” Piers Handling, director and CEO of TIFF, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Audiences are promised a thrilling journey back in time, as David Mackenzie masterfully unwraps history with taut, dramatic flair.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Justin Kelly’s “Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy,” a true story starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart, will close the festival on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n

Dern plays an author who writes under a fictionalized persona, a young queer man named JT LeRoy.<\/p>\n

Stewart plays her boyfriend’s androgynous sister who agrees to be JT in the public eye.<\/p>\n

Other titles added to the lineup Tuesday include comedy star Jonah Hill’s feature directorial debut “Mid90s,” about a 13-year-old boy’s summer in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Sam Taylor-Johnson directs “A Million Little Pieces,” an adaptation of the James Frey semi-fictional addiction novel starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Juliette Lewis, and Billy Bob Thornton.<\/p>\n

“Boy Erased” by Joel Edgerton is based on the memoir by Garrard Conley. Nicole Kidman, Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, and Xavier Dolan star in the story of a Baptist pastor’s son who is forced into a gay conversion therapy program.<\/p>\n

In Jake Scott’s “American Woman,” a Pennsylvania woman’s teen daughter goes missing and she is left to raise her infant grandson alone. The cast includes Christina Hendricks, Sienna Miller, and Aaron Paul.<\/p>\n

Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, and Linda Cardellini star in Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book,” about an Italian-American bouncer who becomes a pianist’s chauffer in the Deep South.<\/p>\n

The love affair between writers Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf is profiled in Chanya Button’s “Vita & Virginia,” starring Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki.<\/p>\n

“22 July” by Paul Greengrass is based on the aftermath of the 2011 Norway attacks.<\/p>\n

Canadian\u00a0films\u00a0added include “The Lie” by Toronto-born Veena Sud, who created the recent Netflix series “Seven Seconds.”<\/p>\n

The festival also unveiled the lineups for several others programs.<\/p>\n

The auteur-filled Masters program includes Jean-Luc Godard’s “The Image Book,” winner of the inaugural 2018 Special Palme d’Or at Cannes.<\/p>\n

And the Contemporary World Cinema program has 47 titles from international filmmakers, including a strong presence from Latin America and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n

Other highlights unveiled Tuesday include:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Hamm’s John DeLorean biopic “Driven,” starring Judy Greer and Jason Sudeikis<\/p>\n

\u2014 “Hold the Dark” by Jeremy Saulnier, starring Alexander Skarsgard and Riley Keough<\/p>\n

\u2014 “Tell It To The Bees” by Annabel Jankel, starring Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger<\/p>\n

\u2014 “Viper Club” by Maryam Keshavarz, starring Matt Bomer, Susan Sarandon, and Edie Falco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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