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Atom Egoyan has been invited to Sundance as a filmmaker Next of Kin (Sundance '87), Exotica (Sundance '95), producer, juror and the list goes...

Back when the project was in the works, the Paradise docs were not yet a trilogy, West Memphis 3 were nowhere near freedom. Despite the heavy media coverage, Atom Egoyan can convincingly get into the psyche of the epoque but will need to bring his A game (The Sweet Hereafter skillset) and strike this while still hot. With Melissa Leo overused in such roles, a Reese Witherspoon could get away with playing the role of the mother of one of the murder victims.

Today co-directors Cameron Bailey and Piers Handling of the Toronto International Film Festival announce the first batch of titles that are the make-up of the 36th edition. Today's the pair will read off mostly Gala screening mentions (our Blake Williams will be LIVE tweeting), which in turn give us a strong indication as to what will be shown in Venice and what Telluride, NYFF and BFI London Film Festivals might salvage/lasso as their own.

HBO Documentary Films have picked up the North American TV rights to Scorsese's latest rock 'n' roll project, George Harrison: Living in the Material World. It seems very likely that the film will see it's world premiere at the TIFF come September, but its television debut is scheduled to run in two parts on October 5th and 6th, exclusively on HBO.

The final Cannes sidebar of new feature films to unveil its lineup, the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), announced 25 features this morning - 21 competing, and 4 special screenings. This year's edition is especially heavy on European films, which take up a whopping 17 of the 21 competing slots. Just like the Critic's Week selection, we've got a majority of debut films and films by little known directors, but also a handful of names that most cinephiles will already be familiar with.