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David Gordon Green’s new comedy starring Ben Stiller NutcrackersThe 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is set to open on September 5, according to The Hollywood ReporterThe TIFF opener is Stiller’s first starring film following Mike White’s Brad’s Status and Noah Baumbach’s Netflix family drama. Meyerowitz’s stories In 2017.
The upcoming film will have its world premiere at Roy Thomson Hall, which is packed with general film lovers (and not just people from the film industry like at Cannes and Venice).
NutcrackersWritten by Leland Douglas, Mike (Stiller) is a simpleton who must move to rural Ohio to care for his four nephews after their parents die in a car accident. After weeks of wandering around farms, Mike realizes he doesn’t have to find a new home for the orphans. The kids find him one.
Gordon Green Nutcrackersstarring Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker and Toby Huss, is set to have a star-studded premiere on the red carpet.
TIFF has confirmed that Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut, DebBased on the Australian blockbuster musical of the same name, the 2024 version will kick off. The film centers on Tayla Simpkins (Natalie Abbott), a charming farm girl and high school outcast who believes the upcoming debutante ball, “The Deb,” is her chance to reinvent herself.
picking Nutcrackers as its opener and Deb As the closing ceremony follows TIFF’s tradition of relying on films that attract mainstream crowds to end its program in September. “This year’s festival is shaping up to be a star-studded event that will include highly anticipated films that reflect the world around us with humor and empathy, such as our opening and closing night selections, Nutcrackers And DebAnita Lee, chief programming officer for the Toronto festival, said in a statement.