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The Verge
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Mo' money no problems?
Posted Jul 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM UTC Good Fortune seems familiar on the surface — Keanu Reeves is an angel who tries to show the destitute Aziz Ansari that money isn't everything — but the formulaic plan also appears to backfire when it turns out money does fix a lot of problems. You can check out the new trailer here, while the movie hits theaters on October 17th. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Andrew Webster Senior entertainment editor Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Andrew Webster Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Entertainment Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Film
CBC
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Here's what to expect at this year's Toronto International Film Festival
Films starring Sydney Sweeney, Angelina Jolie and Aziz Ansari will premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Monday. TIFF laid out the selections to its galas and special presentations programs, which make up the bulk of the red carpet premieres to North America's largest film festival. Films making their world premieres include Ansari's Good Fortune, starring Keanu Reeves as an angel trying to teach a struggling man (Ansari) a lesson; David Michôd's Christy, with Sweeney playing the boxer Christy Martin; and Alice Winocour's Couture, starring Jolie as an American filmmaker attending Paris Fashion Week. Those films join previously announced TIFF world premieres including Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. All three of Johnson's Knives Out films have premiered in Toronto. Also debuting in Toronto will be Derek Cianfrance's Roofman, starring Channing Tatum as a struggling father turned thief; Nia DaCosta's Ibsen adaptation Hedda, starring Tessa Thompson; Nicholas Hytner's WWI drama The Choral, with Ralph Fiennes; Steven Soderbergh's third 2025 release, The Christophers; Hikari's Rental Family, starring Brendan Fraser as an American actor in Japan; and Paul Greengrass' The Lost Bus, with Matthew McConaughey as a bus driver navigating California's 2018 Camp Fire. The festival will kick off Sept. 4 with the debut of the documentary John Candy: I Like Me, from director Colin Hanks and producer Ryan Reynolds. The festival runs through Sept. 14. Toronto has long been one of the prized launching pads to the fall movie season, though many of the top films often first go to the Venice or Telluride film festivals. This year, that includes TIFF selections like Chloe Zhao's Hamnet, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine and Edward Berger's Ballad of a Smaller Player. The designation of those premieres suggests Frankenstein and The Smashing Machine will first play Venice, while Zhao's and Berger's films will likely play both Venice and Telluride. IN PHOTOS: On the red carpet for TIFF 2024 premieres: Other notable films premiering in Toronto include James Vanderbilt's Nuremberg trials drama Nuremberg, with Rami Malik and Russell Crowe; Rachel Lee Goldenberg's Swiped, starring Lily James as Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd; and Agnieszka Holland's Franz Kafka drama Franz. Several directorial debuts will be landing in Toronto including those by Brian Cox (Glenrothan) and Maude Apatow (Poetic License). Other selections include Bad Apples, with Saoirse Ronan as a teacher with a poorly behaved student; Easy's Waltz, a Las Vegas-set drama starring Vince Vaughn and Al Pacino; and Alex Winter's Adulthood. A number of standouts from May's Cannes Film Festival will also play in Toronto, such as Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner It Was Just an Accident, Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value, Oliver Laxe's Sirât and Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague. WATCH | TIFF organizers adapt strategy as competition from other festivals grows: TIFF facing stiff competition from Venice Film Festival for world premieres 10 months ago With TIFF now getting fewer world premieres due to stiff competition from the Venice Film Festival which happens a week earlier, TIFF organizers are adapting their strategy by embracing more homegrown films.
Toronto Star
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
TIFF 2025 gala lineup: Guillermo del Toro's ‘Frankenstein,' Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut and a new ‘Knives Out' mystery
The festival will also feature world premieres of Aziz Ansari's 'Good Fortune' — starring Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen and Sandra Oh — Rian Johnson's third 'Knives Out' film, James Vanderbilt's 'Nuremberg' and Annemarie Jacir's 'Palestine 36.'
Los Angeles Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Keanu Reeves, Sydney Sweeney, Channing Tatum in films heading to Toronto's upcoming edition
The program for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival came into sharper view with Monday's announcement of the majority of titles for the event's galas and special presentations section. Along with TIFF's news, some of the larger fall festival and awards season is also beginning to take shape. Toronto, long known as a powerful showcase for launching awards-hungry and commercially ambitious fall titles, has been seen as losing some of its strength in recent years to festivals in Cannes, Venice and Telluride. This year's TIFF program, which marks its 50th edition, will be closely watched for how its titles are received not only at the festival itself, but in the months ahead. Among the notable world premieres in Monday's announcement are Aziz Ansari's feature directorial debut 'Good Fortune,' a comedy of identity-swapping and self-discovery starring Ansari and Seth Rogen with Keanu Reeves as an inept angel, and James Vanderbilt's 'Nuremberg' starring Russell Crowe as imprisoned Nazi Hermann Göring, with Rami Malek as the psychiatrist tasked with interviewing him. Maude Apatow will make her feature directorial debut with 'Poetic License,' starring her mother Leslie Mann alongside Andrew Barth Feldman and Cooper Hoffman. 'True Detective' creator Nic Pizzolatto will also make his feature directing bow with 'Easy's Waltz,' a drama of down-on-their-luck entertainers starring Vince Vaughn and Al Pacino. TIFF will host the world premiere of Bobby Farrelly's comedy 'Driver's Ed,' starring Kumail Nanjiani, Sam Nivola and Molly Shannon. Alex Winter directs and also appears in the comedy 'Adulthood' alongside Josh Gad, Kaya Scodelario and Billie Lourd. David Mackenzie's crime thriller 'Fuze' stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Sam Worthington, Theo James and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Baz Luhrman will unveil 'EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,' which utilizes previously unseen footage the director discovered while researching his 2022 film 'Elvis.' The result is what Luhrman has described as 'not specifically a documentary, nor a concert film.' Other world premieres include Jonathan Etzler's 'Bad Apples,' starring Saoirse Ronan; David Michôd's 'Christy,' starring Sydney Sweeney as boxer Christy Martin; and Alice Winocour's fashion world drama 'Couture,' starring Angelina Jolie. At this stage in the season, interpreting how a Toronto title is announced can give some clues as to where it may be popping up beforehand. 'International Premiere' can mean a title is also first playing a week earlier at Telluride, while 'North American Premiere' can mean something is playing first at Venice. 'Canadian Premiere' means it is likely playing both Telluride and Venice (or already premiered at Cannes) before coming to Toronto. The only title listed as an international premiere is Clint Bentley's 'Train Dreams,' which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. North American premieres likely headed to Venice include Gus Van Sant's 'Dead Man's Wire,' starring Bill Skarsgård and Colman Domingo; Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein,' starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi; Mark Jenkin's 'Rose of Nevada,' starring Calum Turner and George MacKay; Mona Fastvold's 'The Testament of Ann Lee,' starring Amanda Seyfried; and Benny Safdie's 'The Smashing Machine,' starring Dwayne Johnson. Canadian premieres include Edward Berger's 'Ballad of a Small Player' starring Colin Farrell; Jafar Panahi's Cannes-winning 'It Was Just an Accident'; Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague,' about the making of Jean-Luc Godard's 'Breathless'; Kleber Mendonça Filho's 'The Secret Agent,' which won best actor at Cannes for Wagner Moura; Daniel Roher's 'Tuner,' starring Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman; and Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value,' starring Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve. Toronto's previously announced titles include the opening night selection 'John Candy: I Like Me,' a documentary on the beloved Canadian-born actor, directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, as well as the world premiere of Rian Johnson's third Benoit Blanc film starring Daniel Craig, 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.' Other previously announced world premieres include Derek Cianfrance's 'Roofman,' starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst; Nicholas Hytner's 'The Choral,' starring Ralph Fiennes; Paul Greengrass' 'The Lost Bus,' starring Matthew McConaughey; Hikari's 'Rental Family,' starring Brendan Fraser; Nia DaCosta's 'Hedda,' starring Tessa Thompson; Steven Soderbergh's 'The Christophers,' starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel; and Agnieszka Holland's 'Franz,' a biopic of Franz Kafka. Other titles already announced for TIFF that will be premiering elsewhere include the Canadian premiere of Chloé Zhao's highly anticipated 'Hamnet,' starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley; and the North American premiere of Rebecca Zlotowski's 'A Private Life,' starring Jodie Foster, which premiered at Cannes. More of the Toronto program will be announced in the coming days and weeks, including the Platform section for emerging voices and the popular Midnight Madness section. This year's Toronto International Film Festival runs from Sept. 4 to 14.
The Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Toronto International Film Festival sets lineup with Sydney Sweeney, Aziz Ansari and 'Knives Out 3'
Films starring Sydney Sweeney, Angelina Jolie and Aziz Ansari will premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Monday. TIFF laid out the selections to its galas and special presentations programs, which make up the bulk of the red carpet premieres to North America 's largest film festival. Films making their world premieres include Ansari's 'Good Fortune,' starring Keanu Reeves as an angel trying to teach a struggling man (Ansari) a lesson; David Michôd's 'Christy,' with Sweeney playing the boxer Christy Martin; and Alice Winocour's 'Couture,' starring Jolie as an American filmmaker attending Paris Fashion Week. Those films join previously announced TIFF world premieres including Rian Johnson's 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery." All three of Johnson's 'Knives Out' films have premiered in Toronto. Also debuting in Toronto will be Derek Cianfrance's 'Roofman,' starring Channing Tatum as a struggling father turned thief; Nia DaCosta's Ibsen adaptation 'Hedda,' starring Tessa Thompson; Nicholas Hytner's WWI drama 'The Choral,' with Ralph Fiennes; Steven Soderbergh's third 2025 release, 'The Christophers'; Hikari's 'Rental Family,' starring Brendan Fraser as an American actor in Japan; and Paul Greengrass' 'The Lost Bus,' with Matthew McConaughey as a bus driver navigating California's 2018 Camp Fire. The Toronto International Film Festival will kick off Sept. 4 with the debut of the documentary 'John Candy: I Like Me,' from director Colin Hanks and producer Ryan Reynolds. The festival runs through Sept. 14. Toronto has long been one of the prized launching pads to the fall movie season, though many of the top films often first go to the Venice or Telluride film festivals. This year, that includes TIFF selections like Chloe Zhao's 'Hamnet,' Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' and Edward Berger's 'Ballad of a Smaller Player.' The designation of those premieres suggests 'Frankenstein' will first play Venice, while the other two will likely play both Venice and Telluride. Other notable films premiering in Toronto include James Vanderbilt's Nuremberg trials drama 'Nuremberg,' with Rami Malik and Russell Crowe; Rachel Lee Goldenberg's 'Swiped,' starring Lily James as Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd; and Agnieszka Holland's Franz Kafka drama 'Franz." Several directorial debuts will be landing in Toronto including those by Brian Cox ('Glenrothan') and Maude Apatow ("Poetic License"). Other selections include 'Bad Apples,' with Saoirse Ronan as a teacher with a poorly behaved student; 'Easy Waltz," a Las Vegas-set drama starring Vince Vaughn and Al Pacino; and Alex Winter's 'Adulthood.' A number of standouts from May's Cannes Film Festival will also play in Toronto, such as Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner 'It Was Just an Accident,' Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value,' Oliver Laxe's 'Sirât' and Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague.'
