The Martian to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival
The blockbuster summer movie season is still going strong, but the Toronto International Film Festival provided a peek on Tuesday at some of the movies and performances that could help set the tone for the upcoming awards season.
One of the fall's most hyped films, Ridley Scott's space epic The Martian, starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain, will have its world premiere at the festival in advance of its Oct 2 release.
Other premieres in the biopic heavy schedule include The Program, Stephen Frears' film on Lance Armstrong starring Ben Foster as the disgraced athlete; Jay Roach's Trumbo, with Bryan Cranston as the blacklisted screenwriter; and Peter Sollett's fact-based, marriage rights drama Freeheld, with last year's best actress winner Julianne Moore and Ellen Page.
