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Sony Pictures Classics' Wicked Little Letters grossed an estimated $1.5+ million in a big second week expansion for the R-rated British period comedy to 1,000 screens from five. The Thea Sharrock-directed film starring Olivia Colman (also a producer) and Jessie Buckley, no. 8 at the domestic weekend box…

Vera Drew's The People's Joker – which was pulled from TIFF in 2022 over “rights issues” — starts a theatrical debut today at the IFC Center, moving to LA's Landmark’s Nuart next weekend and expanding thereafter with about 85 booking so far — a nice outcome for the mixed-media coming-of-age dark superhero…

THE BEAST Director: Bertrand Bonello Screenwriter: Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, Benjamin Charbit Logline: In 2044, A.I. has taken over the world, and a woman named Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) is undergoing a treatment that will "purify" her by depriving her of strong emotions. In doing…

EXCLUSIVE: Amid some uncertainty over the level of pre-sales business possible at Toronto and the AFM due to the strikes, a handful of packages are beginning to emerge. The first significant project to be revealed for the TIFF market is WME Independent package The Beast, which has The Avengers and Th…