London BFI have Steve McQueen’s Blitz and San Sebastian Film Festival tied up Audrey Diwan’s Emmanuelle, we now have the NYFF folks pitching their tent naming RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys as Opening Night Film. This is not the film’s world premiere lieu so we figure Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios have either Telluride or Venice or both in their sights. This week should be a lot of fun with the TIFF folks just now dropping some big titles shortly before Venice announces their selections tomorrow. Long understood as a top contender in the Oscar race, the adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.… Read the rest
