Frank Connor/Dreamworks Studios, via Associated Press Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Bruhl in “The Fifth Estate,†which will open the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.The National Security Agency probably knew this already, but on Tuesday morning the organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival announced that the event will open this year with “The Fifth Estate,†Bill Condon’s biographical film about WikiLeaks, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange.
“The Fifth Estate†will be presented on Sept. 5 at the Toronto festival, which will run through Sept. 15 and close with “Life of Crime,†a thriller directed by Daniel Schechter and adapted from the Elmore Leonard novel “The Switch,†with a cast that includes Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Isla Fisher and Will Forte.
Among the gala presentations that were announced for the festival are the world premieres of “August: Osage County,†John Wells’s film adaptation of Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Ewan McGregor; and “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom,†which stars Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela and Naomie Harris as Winnie Mandela in a biographical film by Justin Chadwick.
Special presentations at the festival will include “12 Years a Slave,†directed by Steve McQueen and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor; “Devil’s Knot,†Atom Egoyan’s film drama about the West Memphis Three murders; “Enough Said,†a new comedy by Nicole Holofcener; “Labor Day,†from Jason Reitman; and “You Are Here,†directed by the “Mad Men†creator Matthew Weiner.
