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The Hottest Casts at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

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The 2024 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition is nicely underway and lots of casts are taking the purple carpet by storm.

TIFF kicked off on September 5 and can run till Sunday, September 15. The distinguished pageant opened with David Gordon Inexperienced‘s movie Nutcrackers which stars Ben Stiller. It’ll shut with The Deb which will likely be Insurgent Wilson’s directorial debut.

All through its run, anyplace between 300 and 400 movies are proven however this 12 months 278 had been chosen for the celebrated viewings. A number of motion pictures have already picked up loads of buzz together with We Reside in Time starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, the star-studded Saturday Night time and extra.

Hold scrolling to see a few of the hottest casts throughout their TIFF debut:

The Piano Lesson Hottest Casts at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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‘The Piano Lesson’

The drama’s solid options Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Erykah Badu, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Deadwyler and extra. Along with John David starring within the manufacturing, his brother, Malcolm Washington, is making his directorial debut. Their father, Denzel Washington, serves as an government producer.

The Piano Lesson is an adaptation of the 1987 play by August Wilson. The movie is ready through the aftermath of the Nice Despair. A household should determine what to do with their household’s sentimental heirloom, a piano that has been embellished with designs carved by an enslaved ancestor.

In the course of the movie’s premiere at TIFF, Denzel confirmed his help for his sons by attending and posing together with his household on the purple carpet.

Saturday Night Hottest Casts at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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‘Saturday Night time’

The dramedy relies on the first-ever broadcast of Saturday Night time Reside. The solid consists of notable names like Dylan O’Brien, Kaia Gerber, Lamorne Morris, Rachel Sennott, Nicholas Braun, Willem Dafoe, Jon Batiste, Gabriel Labelle, Andrew Barth Feldman, Cory Michael Smith, Matt Wooden and extra.

The biopic’s A-Record ensemble performs a number of iconic comedians and writers. Among the many celebrities portrayed are Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jim Henson, Billy Crystal, Lorne Michaels and Jane Curtin. Jason Reitman serves because the director.

All through TIFF lots of the film’s stars posed on the purple carpet. The whole solid and crew even took an epic group shot outdoors the theater the place it premiered.

William Tell Hottest Casts at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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‘William Inform’

The medieval drama relies on the legendary story of the Swiss folks hero of the identical title. Claes Bang performs the titular character, who’s tasked with defending his homeland after it’s attacked by Austria.

Along with Bang, Connor Swindells, Ellie Bamber, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Jonathan Pryce and Ben Kingsley even have roles within the mission.

Forward of its TIFF premiere, Samuel Goldwyn Movies acquired North American rights to the historic epic.

The Substance Hottest Casts at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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‘The Substance’

The physique horror movie starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid made headlines earlier this 12 months on the Cannes Movie Competition. It was up for the extremely coveted award, the Palme d’Or, which finally went to Anora. Nevertheless, it did take residence Finest Screenplay.

The Substance tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore) who’s fired from her aerobics present on her fiftieth birthday. After returning residence feeling dejected, Elisabeth is obtainable a mysterious serum that can create a youthful model of herself. The serum was a hit and the brand new model of Elisabeth begins to go by Sue (Qualley). Sue takes over Elisabeth’s job however issues go awry after Sue finds success.

We Live in Time Hottest Casts at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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‘We Reside in Time’

The Pugh and Garfield-led romance premiered through the second day of TIFF. The story follows an up-and-coming chef and a current divorcée after an opportunity encounter brings them collectively.

Followers of each Garfield and Pugh have been obsessive about the pairing for the reason that mission was introduced in March 2023. Followers gushed concerning the duo’s dynamic after first-look photographs dropped of Pugh and Garfield of their roles. The pair stored their chemistry alive at TIFF as they posed on the purple carpet collectively.

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