As Friday night morphed into Saturday morning at the Toronto International Film Festival, buyers and agents -- along with a raucous throng of regular moviegoers -- crowded into the Ryerson Theater for the 11:59 p.m. screening of James Gunn's "Super."
Although through midday Saturday no deal was in place, "Super," starring Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page, was being buzzed about as one of the fest's hot acquisition titles.
Welcome to the world of Midnight Madness, Tiff's witching-hour sidebar. It may not have quite the glamor of the evening red-carpet galas at Roy Thomson Hall, but with Hollywood hungering for genre movies, Midnight has become a hot ticket, the place to sample everything from from horror pics to Asian actioners to black comedies. And that's keeping buyers up past their bedtimes to make sure they don't miss out on the next genre break-out like "Paranormal Activity" or even "The Last Exorcism.
Although through midday Saturday no deal was in place, "Super," starring Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page, was being buzzed about as one of the fest's hot acquisition titles.
Welcome to the world of Midnight Madness, Tiff's witching-hour sidebar. It may not have quite the glamor of the evening red-carpet galas at Roy Thomson Hall, but with Hollywood hungering for genre movies, Midnight has become a hot ticket, the place to sample everything from from horror pics to Asian actioners to black comedies. And that's keeping buyers up past their bedtimes to make sure they don't miss out on the next genre break-out like "Paranormal Activity" or even "The Last Exorcism.
- 9/11/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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