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TIFF 2011 Buyer’s Club: #15. Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm
There is already a built in demo for this and it starts with what you can read on the label: starring Academy Award winning (The King's Speech) Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling. Enough said.
TIFF 2011 Buyer’s Club: #16. Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights
Might be the version that doesn't sit well with fans - but those truly looking for a different variation (this begins with the chosen actor to play Heathcliff) might just get what they've asked for. Should go for 7 figures, should be critically lauded and should once again prove that art-house can totally redefine the classics.
TIFF 2011 Buyer’s Club: #17. Nick Murphy’s The Awakening
A drop dead gorgeous acting lead (Rebecca Hall) with strong acting creds might do a lot for this horror thriller and TIFF are mentioning this title and Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others and Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Orphanage in the same sentence. Might be a winner.
TIFF 2011 Buyer’s Club: #18. Ian FitzGibbon’s Death of a Superhero
We're not sure what kind of a fanbase there is for the novel, but we think that audiences might be a sucker for not only the premise (teen boy fighting off cancer and a full blown adolescence crisis) but for everything else the film might offer (genuinely smart use of animation). We didn't care for Perrier’s Bounty, but if the tone is just right: Ian FitzGibbon might have a winner.
TIFF 2011 Buyer’s Club: #19. Geoffrey Fletcher’s Violet & Daisy
Last time Saoirse Ronan portrayed a cold blooded killer it gave us Hanna - it revitalized the subgenre of a teenage assassin. I'm not expecting a Thelma & Louise or NBK remake here and I'm generally weary of newbie screenwriters who try their hand at working behind the lenses --- but if this is cold, graphic and violent enough, then we might just have an indie side-dish worth checking out. The two girls and a gun should field plenty of offers.
