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Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent Heist Movie ‘The Duke’ Lands at

Director Roger Michell’s comedic heist film “The Duke,” starring Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, the distributor introduced Tuesday.

Sony Classics acquired all rights within the U.S., Latin America, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe (besides Poland, the Czech Republic and the previous Yugoslavia), Russia/CIS, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, South Africa, South East Asia (besides Japan and China) and India.

The movie, which had its world premiere on the Venice Film Festival, is predicated on the true story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old British taxi driver who in 1961 managed to steal Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London — the primary and (thus far) solely theft within the museum’s historical past. Kempton despatched ransom notes saying that he would return the portray given that the federal government agreed to supply TV totally free to the aged.

“Notting Hill” director Michell labored from a script by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman,

Nicky Bentham produced the movie, whereas government producers embrace Cameron McCracken and Jenny Borgars for Pathé, Andrea Scarso for Ingenious Media, Hugo Heppell for Screen Yorkshire, Peter Scarf and Christopher Bunton.

Under co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, Sony Classics has launched prestigious movies which have received 35 Academy Awards and have garnered 149 Oscar nominations.

10 Buzziest Movies for Sale in Toronto, From Idris Elba’s ‘Concrete Cowboy’ to Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Good Joe Bell’ (Photos)

What the Cannes digital market proved earlier this yr is that even with out the in-person conferences, the crimson carpet galas and all of the press hype, there’s nonetheless room for a profitable gross sales market surrounding these digital occasions. While that is true of this yr’s Toronto International Film Festival, the hybrid bodily and digital fest is working on a slimmed-down lineup of flicks. And with Oscar eligibility necessities pushed again to 2021, there is not the identical want for all of those motion pictures to make a splash. That mentioned, we’re wanting ahead to fairly a bit at this yr’s TIFF, and so are consumers.
“Bruised”

Halle Berry takes a beating as a washed-up MMA fighter trying to make her redemption battle in “Bruised,” which can be Berry’s directorial debut. The movie is ready in New Jersey and explores her battle to get again into form and win again her little one. It additionally stars Adan Canto and Sheila Atim.

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“Concrete Cowboy”

Idris Elba and “Stranger Things'” Caleb McLaughlin play father and son on this household drama from Ricky Staub that attracts on the historical past of Black cowboys in its adaptation of a novel by Greg Neri. McLaughlin is a troubled teen who is distributed to stay along with his quiet, absentee father and is taught to work at his father’s stables. Jharrel Jerome, Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint and Clifford “Method Man” Smith additionally co-star.

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“Good Joe Bell”

Mark Wahlberg is getting early hype for his efficiency primarily based on a real story of a father who takes a cross-country journey to honor his son and educate individuals concerning the risks of bullying. The film flashes again to indicate Wahlberg’s conflicted and grudging relationship along with his son’s homosexuality and the way he grows, even because it turns into too late. “Monsters and Men” director Reinaldo Marcus Green directs the movie from the writers of “Brokeback Mountain.”

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“I Care a Lot”

Rosamund Pike, Eiza González, Dianne West and Peter Dinklage star on this thriller about two ladies who use loopholes in…