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TORONTO – The biggest surprise in Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut, “North Star,” doesn’t occur in front of the camera. In this case, Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, and Emily Beecham deliver exactly what you’d expect as three sisters reuniting for their mother’s latest marriage in the British countryside.

Gregg Goldstein Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Patricia Arquette was cast in her latest, most challenging role by an unlikely group: her colleagues. “For many years, the crews I worked with were always saying, ‘You should direct,’” Arquette says of helming her first feature, the Toronto world premiere “Gonzo Girl.” “Or actors in a scene would say, ‘Was that good? Should I ask for another take? Do you think there’s anything I should try?’ You get to a point where you’ve learned a lot about the nuts and bolts of how filmmaking works, and a lot of directors just aren’t as familiar with the process of acting as an actor is.” The star, who’ll be feted with TIFF’s Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award on Sept.

UPDATED with latest: The Toronto Film Festival began September 7 in Ontario with opening-night movie The Boy and the Heron, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It kicks off a lineup for the fest’s 48th edition that includes world premieres of GameStop pic Dumb Money, Netflix’s Pain Hustlers, Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, Kristin Scott Thomas’ Scarlett Johansson pic North Star, Chris Pine’s Poolman, Michael Keaton-directed Knox Goes Away, Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour, Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils, Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshana, Grant Singer’s Reptile, Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt, Lee Tamahori’s The Convert and Alex Gibney’s doc In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon.

New images from Kristin Scott Thomas’ North Star (formally My Mother’s Wedding), have dropped. The film will have its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and is the directorial debut for British actress Kristen Scott Thomas. Thomas also co-wrote the screenplay with John Micklethwait.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic If you’re looking for an inviolable law of cinema, one that you can more or less can take to the bank, the Venice Film Festival just confirmed an ironically delightful one. It is this: Murder agrees with Woody Allen. We already knew that, of course.

Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe know that there is always a running debate about who is the strongest Avenger, but we’re posing a different question today: Who is the richest member of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes based on their estimated net worth?

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Gwyneth Paltrow redirected one Marvel fan to studio executives after she was asked about no longer appearing as Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Paltrow debuted as the character in 2008’s “Iron Man,” the very first MCU movie. She had sizable roles in “Iron Man 2” and “Iron Man 3,” and she also appeared as Pepper in other MCU films such as “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (which she infamously forgot about) and “Avengers: Endgame.” The latter film marked her final MCU appearance for now.

Adam Driver has criticised Amazon and Netflix for refusing to meet the demands of actors amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes.READ MORE: Hollywood on strike! Every question about the actor and writer protests answeredThe actor shared his criticism while promoting his new film Ferrari at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday (August 31). Prior to the festival, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) agreed to grant interim agreements to certain productions so they could promote their films.“I’m very proud to be here to be a visual representation of a movie that’s not part of the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) and to promote the SAG leadership directive, which is an effective tactic, which is the interim agreement.”Driver continued: “The other objective is obviously to say, why is it that a smaller distribution company like Neon and STX International can meet the dream demands of what SAG is asking for — this is pre-negotiations — the dream version of SAG’s wish list, but a big company like Netflix and Amazon can’t?“And every time people from SAG go and support a movie that has met the terms of the interim agreement, it just makes it more obvious that these people are willing to support the people that they collaborate with, and the others are not.”Driver has previously worked closely with Netflix, starring in 2019’s Marriage Story alongside Scarlett Johansson.

Alison Herman TV Critic As a school of adaptation, the live-action take on anime and manga is only slightly less cursed than the live-action series or film based on a video game. Yet remarkably, 2023 is set to be a banner year for both.

With nearly one week to go until the Toronto International Film Festival 2023 (or TIFF 2023) kicks off, the A-listers who are and aren’t attending have been revealed.

EXCLUSIVE: Last week we brought you news of which A-listers would and wouldn’t be attending Venice. This week, the Toronto talent picture is taking shape ahead of its September 7th kick off.

The Venice Film Festival is an opportunity to showcase new projects to an audience, and that can be an emotional experience.

Ellise Shafer A documentary about musician Pete Doherty will have its world premiere at this year’s Zurich Film Festival in the Sounds section. Described as “an intimate film portrait of his scandalous rockstar life,” “Peter Doherty — Stranger in My Own Skin” is helmed by Doherty’s wife, Katia deVidas.

Hasbro has set its leadership team for its “asset-lite” entertainment division.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer TSG Entertainment, which has invested more than $3 billion in 140 Fox films including “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “The Shape of Water,” accused Disney in a lawsuit on Tuesday of using Hollywood accounting tricks to cheat it out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The slate financier alleged that Disney had engaged in “self-dealing” by diverting Fox films from a lucrative HBO license to its own Disney+ and Hulu platforms. The lawsuit also alleges that Fox engaged in “sweetheart” deals when it licensed its films to the FX cable channel.

Disney has been hit with a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court by film financier TSG, which claims that the media giant used “nearly every trick in the Hollywood accounting book” to hoard hundreds of millions in profit.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Creative Artists Agency will bring down a small round of layoffs in the coming days, Variety has learned. The top talent firm, home to representatives for the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Tom Cruise, will axe around 60 jobs across multiple departments, insiders familiar with the agency said.

Emily Blunt could’ve joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, in Iron Man 2. The Oppenheimer star is now opening up about what she thinks of Scarlett Johansson who ended up playing the role across multiple films.

Back in 2014, Emily Blunt starred alongside Tom Cruise in “Edge of Tomorrow”, a time-tripping sci-fi action flick from director Doug Liman.

Scarlett Johansson became a fan-favorite superspy and deadly assassin when she suited up as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, you might be surprised to learn that the role almost went to Emily Blunt.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Wes Anderson’s dazzling desert Americana “Asteroid City” will be available to stream on Peacock starting Aug. 11.

Wes Anderson’s arthouse oasis, Asteroid City, will stream on Peacock on Friday, Aug. 11, 57-days after opening in theaters.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has expanded to include so many heroes. However, fans will always hold the six original Avengers close to their heart.

Matt Damon is getting personal. In conversation with his “Oppenheimer” costar Emily Blunt, Damon discussed his experience with kissing Scarlett Johansson for the film “We Bought a Zoo,” where he joked it was “hell.” Matt Damon’s emotional moment with wife Luciana Barroso: ‘She really helped me’Matt Damon negotiated with wife Luciana Barroso his ‘Oppenheimer’ roleThe answer was recorded in a video for LADBible for their “Agree To Disagree” segment, where Damon and Blunt were joking around. When speaking about bad breath and their costars, Damon had a funny story to share.

Matt Damon's opening up about a kissing scene with Scarlett Johansson in their 2011 film, and there's a perfectly good reason why he described one particular kissing scene as «hell.»Taking part in 's «Agree to Disagree» with Emily Blunt, Damon and his co-star were discussing whether they agree or disagree it's only right to tell someone they have bad breath. They both agreed that they should — however as subtly as possible — before the topic of bad breath in intimate scenes was brought up by a producer. And that's when Damon spilled the tea.

Matt Damon revealed why kissing Scarlett Johansson was "hell" one time while they were filming their 2011 family comedy "We Bought A Zoo." The 52-year-old actor and his "Opppenheimer" co-star Emily Blunt were discussing proper etiquette for shooting kissing scenes with co-stars in a recent video for LADBible.The two strongly agreed that tooth-brushing, using mouthwash and chewing gum was mandatory though Damon noted that he could "forgive some halitosis." During their conversation, the "Good Will Hunting" star recalled a less than pleasant onscreen smooch that he once shared Johansson, 38. "I had to kiss Scarlett Johansson — can you imagine how horrible that was for me?" Damon joked. "Can you imagine how awful that was?" Blunt quipped.

Christopher Nolan‘s smash historic pic.On an “Agree to Disagree” segment for LADBible with Emily Blunt, who also stars in the thinking man’s blockbuster, Damon was asked whether or not you should tell someone when they have bad breath. Blunt and Damon didn’t hesitate to insist that you should always tell someone if their breath smells — which Blunt argued is particularly important while filming “intimate scenes” with co-stars.“There’s an etiquette,” Blunt said.

Onions make everyone’s breath smell terrible, even Scarlett Johansson’s.

Robert Downey Jr. is opening up about the tattoo he shares with his fellow original Avengers.

Matt Damon described a scene where he had to kiss Scarlett Johansson as “hell,” and he shared the funny story about why it went so poorly.