The Toronto Film Festival is coming to an end, but the craze has not weakened in the slightest, but has intensified.
After the premiere of "The King's Speech", it became the biggest hit at this year's film festival. The popularity easily surpassed all previous competitors, and it completely detonated word of mouth among the audience. In just two days, ten shows were lined up. Screenings are still in short supply. Gao Changlong not only broke the highest number of this film festival created by "Buried Alive", but also surpassed "Slumdog Millionaire", becoming the most sought after work at the Toronto Film Festival since the 21st century.
At the same time, the performance of "Buried Alive" after six additional games is also really gratifying. Not only are all the tickets sold out, but there are still peaks at the gate of each game. You can clearly feel that this topical work has gathered in Toronto. Numerous sights have grabbed the focus of all parties all the way, and successfully occupied a place on this international stage.
The topic of popular works such as "Black Swan", "Blue Valentine" and "Scorched Earth City" has also remained high. Although the Toronto Film Festival does not issue official awards, only the People's Choice Award is the only one. Works are given additional recognition, such as best Canadian feature film, best Canadian debut, in order to inspire local Canadian creations.
Therefore, it is inevitable that which work will become the biggest winner in Toronto, and will carry the fruitful results of the North American opener to start this year's awards season journey, which has also become the focus of heated discussions.
Among the many focuses, the rise of "Generation Y" is undoubtedly an important favorite - Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, James Franco, Renly Hall, The five actors are all members of Generation Y, and the performances of the five actors have all been praised. Many people believe that these five actors can make a difference in the competition for acting awards in this year's awards season.
Natalie, who has been famous for a long time, is undoubtedly the most watched one. This year's "Black Swan" has been making great strides since its debut in Venice. Half a month has passed, and the sound of praise has been rising. In this year's awards Before the official opening of the season, it has already occupied a strong position.
The performance that confuses performance and reality in "Black Swan" is vividly reflected in Natalie. She also blurred the boundaries between performance and reality when she appeared in the movie "Black Swan". The difficult ballet performance has been praised by many.
However, the latest issue of "Entertainment Weekly" broke the news that Natalie used a double in the performance of "Black Swan". This immediately sparked a heated discussion.
In an exclusive interview, Natalie said that due to the lack of professional training for many years, her ballet level was indeed unable to meet the requirements of the role, so she used a stand-in in the film. However, most of the dance moves are still done by herself, at least more than 85%. In the interview, Natalie also talked at length about how she grasped the beauty of ballet in the film, and how she worked so hard to complete the dance shooting and so on.
Using a stand-in is not a problem. Anyone who has a basic understanding of ballet knows that this is a professional skill that needs to be accumulated over time. As an actress, Natalie cannot reach professional standards, so naturally it is not a problem; but the point is It's just that the focus of the film's publicity has always been that Natalie's not going crazy can't survive. When this broke the news, the taste changed, and the impression fell down with a "swoosh".
For a time, the reporters became lively again, and no one knew what impact this would have on Natalie's Oscar prospects.
Any negative news can be a stumbling block in the academy's PR process, as in the U.S. presidential election. The most famous case in history is the battle of the Weinstein brothers, which upset "Saving Private Ryan" with "Shakespeare in Love". Facing a powerful competitor at that time, the Weinstein brothers hired sailors. It completely smeared its competitors on the Internet and the media, and at the same time spent two or three times the publicity expenses of other competing companies, and carried out overwhelming public relations activities. Everyone knows the ending, and it is still the most controversial one in Oscar history.
Now, before the awards season kicks off, Natalie is making negative headlines, and the impact is hard to estimate. However, on the one hand, Natalie broke the news on her own initiative, and the confession is lenient; on the other hand, there are nearly five months left, which can be remedied or forgotten. So, everything is unknown.
This revelation really brought a lot of attention to "Entertainment Weekly", even surpassing "US Weekly", which was hot due to the dispute between Renly and James not long ago, and once again ignited a fire for the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.
First, "The King's Speech", then "Black Swan", and then "Buried Alive" made its debut again. Before the closing ceremony, it seemed that the energy accumulated before burst out in one go.
First, the "Hollywood Reporter" broke the news that Focus Pictures and Fox Searchlight are competing for the North American distribution rights of "Buried Alive". The recognition of these two top independent labels is precisely the greatest appreciation for this work; then "The New York Times" It was revealed that Weinstein Pictures and Lionsgate Pictures also joined the competition, especially the joining of Weinstein Pictures, which immediately made the competition interesting—
The Weinstein brothers' goal remains the same every year, which is the Oscars, which reminds people of the hot topic that hasn't completely dissipated, and who will win the Oscar nominations, Renly or James. Now that the Weinstein brothers are targeting "buried alive", does that mean...
The news about "Buried Alive" is one after another, and it is no less than "Black Swan". This low-cost thriller and suspense film has become one of the most sought-after works in Toronto this year.
Of course, a large part of the reason is that the distribution rights of other popular works have already been snapped up, and Toronto is already the last stop in the trading market, which allows "Buried Alive" to grab the attention of major publishers.
However, among the works that held their world premieres at this year's Toronto Film Festival, "Buried Alive" has taken the top spot as the number one favorite, which is already the best affirmation.
Subsequently, "US Weekly" made a final decision, "Focus Pictures successfully won the North American distribution rights of the popular work 'Buried Alive'!"
"U.S. Weekly" is also "U.S. Weekly". At this year's Toronto Film Festival, this magazine, which started with gossip entertainment news, really made a lot of limelight. First, it brought a wave of discussions about "Generation Y" actors. , and then broke the news about the follow-up trend of Toronto's biggest dark horse this year, easily surpassing other powerful competitors and grabbing a half-size advantage in the news reporting battle.
According to reports, in the midst of fierce competition, Focus Pictures pulled its teeth from the hands of Weinstein Pictures and Fox Searchlight at a high price of $4.5 million, and took the dark horse that has risen strongly in Toronto this year. Everyone was in an uproar.
This transaction price easily exceeded the three million production cost of "Buried Alive", allowing the crew to achieve profitability in one step; at the same time, it also occupied a place on the transaction list of this year's Toronto Film Festival, currently second only to "Blue Love" "People's Day" sale price - Weinstein Pictures snapped up the North American distribution rights for the work for $6 million early, making it the top bidder in Toronto this year.
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Four and a half million dollars, which is an incredible number for an independent film. The average transaction price at the Sundance Film Festival every year is below three million, with occasional sales of six million or eight. Millions of sky-high prices, but that's still a minority after all.
Hidden behind this figure, one can see that the competition for distribution rights is fierce. Obviously, Focus Pictures has spent a lot of effort in order to stand out; second, it can be seen that Focus Pictures has sufficient box office prospects for the film. Whether it is a dividend or a buyout, the next "Buried Alive" release box office must obtain at least 8 million or even 10 million figures, and the deal of Focus Pictures is not a loss.
In short, "Buried Alive" once again gained enough attention. Before the closing ceremony, this shiny black horse once again declared its strong sense of existence.
However, as expected, "Buried Alive" was not the focus of attention at the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the Toronto Film Festival, and neither was "Blue Valentine". The bet between Renly and Ryan failed to determine the winner. It's a tie.
"The King's Speech" came to the fore in the competition, defeated the "black swan" with high voices, successfully stood out, and won the People's Choice Award of the 35th Toronto Film Festival, becoming the biggest event of this event. winner. In addition, "Scorched Earth" won the Best Canadian Film Award, and director Dennis Villeneuve managed to attract attention from all over the world.
It is worth mentioning that Weinstein Pictures acquired the North American distribution rights for "The King's Speech" as early as the Venice Film Festival. At present, this work has received a positive and positive voice in Toronto, from film critics. Judging from the early feedback information, it is basically at the same level as "Blue Valentine's Day" and "Scorched Earth City"; however, the audience's pursuit of this work is very active, and the affirmation of the People's Choice Award will undoubtedly contribute to the future of the work's awards season. . The Weinstein brothers are clearly confident.
By the way, the People's Choice Award winners for the past two years have all managed to win an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
The annual Toronto Film Festival has finally come to an end, and it also marks the unveiling of the North American awards season. Many works are on stage, giving people an initial glimpse of the initial pattern of this year's awards season. There are dark horses, popular ones, uncommon ones, and mainstream ones. It is foreseeable that this year's awards season will be extremely lively, and the media reporters are all excited and can't wait to start their journey.
But for Renly, he had only one thought: It was finally over.