A documentary about Elton John and an Amy Adams-led horror comedy about a stay-at-home mom whose life turns surreal will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Elton John: Never Too Late promises to “pull the back the curtain” on the superstar’s life and is co-directed by R.J Cutler and Toronto’s David Furnish, John’s husband.
Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch joins a lineup including South Korean spy film Harbin, directed by Woo Min-ho, and the animated sci-fi adventure The Wild Robot, directed by Chris Saunders and featuring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o as a shipwrecked robot.
The festival also plans to toast Toronto filmmaker David Cronenberg with the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award, and Adams with a performer’s prize, at the Tribute Awards on Sept. 8. Ottawa’s Sandra Oh has been named the gala’s honorary chair.
Also bound for TIFF is Mike Flanagan’s sci-fi drama The Life of Chuck, starring Tom Hiddleston and based on the 2020 Stephen King short story, and the coming-of-age film Rez Ball, directed by Sydney Freeland and produced by LeBron James, about an Indigenous basketball team.
TIFF’s 49th edition is set for Sept. 5 to 15.
