I’ll be covering my 19th Toronto Film Festival this year (Sept. 6–15) and the first few movies have been announced. I’m psyched that George Clooney will probably be in town to promote his fall film Michael Clayton. Other possible celebs going to the Festival include Jodie Foster, with her suspense film The Brave One, directed by Neil Jordan, which also stars Terrence Howard, Lost’s Naveen Andrews, and Mary Steenburgen. Reigning Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon co-stars with Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard and Alan Arkin in Rendition, a thriller from Gavin Hood, director of the Academy Award-winning foreign language film Tsotsi. Helen Hunt makes her directorial debut and stars in Then She Found Me. Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello and Toni Collette star in the feature directorial debut from Alan Ball, creator of Six Feet Under, Nothing Is Private.
John Sayles is bringing his latest, Honeydripper, starring Danny Glover. The acclaimed new film that played Cannes from the Coen Brothers, No Country For Old Men, is also on the slate. That’s enough info for now.