Chris Rock’s Misty Green; Lauren Miller Rogen’s comedy drama Babies, starring Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Issa Rae, Dan Stevens, Zach Cherry and Kate Berlant; and Courteney Cox’s true crime thriller Evil Genius are set for world premieres at the Toronto Film Festival as part of its high-profile Gala sidebar of possible future Oscar contenders.
Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky, where Anthony Ippolito plays Sylvester Stallone in Amazon MGM’s feature about the making of the classic boxing film, will world premiere as part of the Special Presentations sidebar, as will the Annie Murphy and Cooper Raiff-starring romantic comedy All She Wants from directors Scarlette Bermingham and Andrew Rhymer.
Rock is bringing to Roy Thomson Hall Misty Green, based on a script he wrote and directs about a talented actress, played by Rosalind Eleazar,whose career has been stifled by her vices. Also in the sidebar is Wayne Wang’s Diary of a Mad Old Man, starring Gabriel Byrne and Fan Bingbing; and Rebel Wilson’s Girl Group comedy starring Jennifer Coolidge and Nicole Scherzinger.
There’s also first looks as part of the Gala program for John Madden’s Onwards and Sideways, a BBC film where the Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans Star duo confront Parkinson’s diagnoses; Sue Kim’s Always Lalisa, where K-Pop superstar Lisa of Blackpink gets a documentary treatment; and Joss Crowley’s Pretenders.
