The Toronto International Film Festival is wrapping up with a spate of sales. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions bought Joss Whedon's adaptation of “Much Ado About Nothing,†which played well with “Buffy†fans at the festival. Shot in black-and-white in just 12 days, it has a modern tone (and a cast full of Whedon favorites, from “Angel,†“Dollhouse†and “Fireflyâ€).
Lionsgate and Roadside also took the comedies “Imogene,†starring Kristen Wiig, and “Thanks for Sharing,†the directing debut of Stuart Blumberg (an Oscar-nominated writer for “The Kids Are All Rightâ€). Focus Features took home “The Place Beyond the Pines,†which reteams the director Derek Cianfrance with his “Blue Valentine†star Ryan Gosling, as well as Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes. And IFC hopped on the vampire trail with “Byzantium,†from the director and screenwriter Neil Jordan (“Michael Collins,†“The Crying Gameâ€).
Tribeca Films picked up the sly documentary “How to Make Money Selling Drugs,†as well as the Ed Burns drama “The Fitzgerald Family Christmas,†a sequel of sorts to “The Brothers McMullen.â€
HBO grabbed the TV rights to the documentary “Casting By,†about casting agents; the film will also play at the New York Film Festival. And the boundary-pushing feature “The End of Time,†from the Swiss-Canadian filmmaker Peter Mettler, was acquired by First Run Features in the United States. The film uses an array of footage, from a Swiss particle accelerator to Hawaiian lava flows, in dealing with existential questions like “what came before time?â€
Note to programmers: maybe a double feature with Christian Marclay's “The Clock�
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