Netflix had no film titles at the Toronto Film Festival this year but set the tone at the virtual sales market by buying the Zendaya starrer Malcolm & Marie for $30 million, paying $20 million for Halle Berry’s directorial debut, Bruised, and an undisclosed sum for Pieces of a Woman, which stars Shia LaBeouf and The Crown star Vanessa Kirby, after its Venice debut.
And Solstice Studios cut its own big check for Mark Wahlberg’s road movie Good Joe Bell from director Reinaldo Marcus Green, while Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment nabbed Roseanne Liang’s Shadow in the Cloud.
But despite the eight-figure deals that lit up Toronto’s virtual market, virtual events couldn’t make up for the in-person experience of years past. "There's.
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