If Nutcrackers lands a big distribution deal coming off of its TIFF debut, then the festival will have one more bargaining chip to convince the industry it can serve as the premiere North American hub for buying and selling movies
The Ben Stiller-starring dramedy Nutcrackers was announced on Tuesday as the opening-night movie for this year's Toronto International Film Festival.If there is one constant to an opening-night film at the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s that there is no constant., the latter of which the festival will never, ever live down). Trying to successfully guess the prestige and pedigree of what might open any given edition of TIFF is an impossible game to win.
On the one hand, the film’s logline – a straitlaced workaholic named Mike is suddenly thrust into being a caregiver for his orphaned nephews – promises the kind of crowd-pleasing affair that TIFF is known for. And the world premiere, which marks Stiller’s first lead role in six years, marks a homecoming of sorts, too.
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