Showbiz Sandbox 594: Fall Film Festivals Set The Stage For Awards Season
September 20, 2022
The annual film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto overlap not only in their timing but often in their official selections and this year was no exception. As usual, titles that begin their festival tour as anticipated awards season contenders sometimes wind up as afterthoughts while unexpected discoveries gain wide recognition. The movie that took home the top prize in Toronto comes from a distinguished filmmaker who might be headed for a close encounter with an Oscar come Academy Awards time.
Speaking of filmmakers, and despite widespread reports to the contrary, Woody Allen says he’s not retiring after his next film, which is being shot in Paris entirely in French. He just said he was thinking of not making movies since most of them go straight to streaming services these days, which for a filmmaker, is kind of like… you know, retiring.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences plans to get its act together, big changes at CNN and The Phantom of the Opera winds up its historic Broadway run.
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‘Ticket To Paradise’ Leads Offshore Chart On Quiet Weekend
https://deadline.com/2022/09/ticket-to-paradise-brahmastra-top-gun-maverick-global-international-box-office-1235121627/
‘The Woman King’ Leads Box Office With $19 Million Debut
https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/the-woman-king-leads-box-office-viola-davis-1235375956/
Expect an Encore for $3 Movie Ticket Day
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/3-dollar-movie-tickets-box-office-encore-1235221818/
Warner Bros. Discovery Has Bigger Problems Than Its DC Search
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-has-bigger-problems-than-its-dc-search-1235221804/
Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2022 Award Winners
https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/toronto-international-film-festival-announces-2022-award-winners/
IndieWire’s 2022 Film Festival Acquisitions Guide: All This Season’s Buys
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/2022-film-festival-acquisition-movies-fall-1234754538/
TIFF: Focus Features Nabs Worldwide Rights to Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ for $30 Million
https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/tiff-focus-features-alexander-payne-the-holdovers-1235369498/
Will the Spiraling Publicity Harm ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ at the Box Office?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/movies/olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling.html
‘Gran Turismo’: Orlando Bloom Joins David Harbour in Sony’s Racing Movie
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gran-turismo-orlando-bloom-joins-david-harbour-in-sonys-racing-movie-1235221795/
‘Phantom of the Opera,’ Broadway’s Longest-Running Show, to Close
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/theater/phantom-of-the-opera-broadway-closing.html
‘The World Has Changed’: Cameron Mackintosh on Closing ‘Phantom’
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/theater/phantom-broadway-cameron-mackintosh.html
Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow And Kaitlan Collins To Anchor New CNN Morning Show
https://deadline.com/2022/09/cnn-morning-show-don-lemon-poppy-harlow-kaitlan-collins-1235119614/
Oscars: Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner Announced as 95th Academy Awards Producers at All-Member Meeting
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-glenn-weiss-ricky-kirshner-95th-oscars-producers-1235222920/
From The Nooks And Crannies Of Saturday’s Academy Meeting, A Swirl of Detail
https://deadline.com/2022/09/nooks-crannies-academy-meeting-swirl-detail-1235121496/
Steve Cooper: Warner Music Is Becoming Less Financially Dependent on Superstar Artists – and Wants to See ‘Regular’ Streaming Price Rises
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/steve-cooper-warner-has-reduced-our-dependency-on-superstars-calls-for-regular/
Woody Allen Says He Isn’t Retiring After All
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/woody-allen-not-retiring-la-despite-vanguardia-report-1234763982/
Henry Silva, Distinctive Actor in ‘Ocean’s Eleven,’ ‘Manchurian Candidate,’ Dies at 95
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/henry-silva-dead-oceans-eleven-1235375327/
Lily Renée Phillips, Pioneering Comic Book Artist, Dies at 101
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/arts/design/lily-renee-phillips-dead.html
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