14 Buzzy Films for Sale in Toronto, and What It Means for the Indie Film Market

variety.com:

Variety had with multiple top sales agencies, a common silver lining emerged: in-house production is down across the board at the legacy studios and streamers, mostly thanks to the paralytic effect of the 2023 actor-and-writer strikes.

This means buyers are desperate for finished product they can offer subscribers and moviegoers. Here are over a dozen of the strongest titles going to market: The AssessmentCast: Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen, Himesh PatelDirector: Fleur FortuneSales Agents: UTA, WME Why Buyers are Circling: Fortune’s latest is part of a budding genre of dystopian dramas about how and when human reproduction occurs – and the permission it requires – in a not-too-distant future.

Here, Vikander stars as an official who decides what couples have the right to bear children after a 7-day evaluation. On Swift Horses Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego CalvaDirector: Daniel MinahanSales Agents: UTA, Black Bear Why Buyers are Circling: Director Minahan’s prestige TV credits (“Game of Thrones,” “Six Feet Under,” “Fellow Travelers”) are applied here to the story of a couple whose post-Korean War existence is disrupted by the arrival of a seductive and dangerous relative (Elordi). FriendshipCast: Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan GrazerDirector: Andrew DeYoungSales Agents: Fifth Season, UTA Why Buyers are Circling: Robinson, the king of modern cringe comedy, is dipping his toe into leading man territory with this feature from DeYoung (though we’re promised all of his anxiety-inducing quirks are still intact).

The film follows a painfully average man whose new TV weather man neighbor (Rudd) awakens the competitive beast within. Don’t Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight Cast: Lexi Venter,.