Sony Pictures Classics has taken U.S. and key international territory rights to the student drama The Julia Set starring Chase Infiniti.

The movie, directed by Niki Byrne, drew headlines at the Toronto Film Festival as it repped Infiniti’s next feature outing following the multi-Oscar winning One Battle After Another. The Julia Set stands at 70% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with critics.

Among the films generating buzz this year is Bolio, arriving at the festival for its highly anticipated New York premiere on October 16. Directed by Jim Issa, the heartfelt comedy brings a sharp dose of humor and indie charm to the Hudson Valley, following a depressed high school shop teacher (Eugene Cordero) who turns to a charismatic life coach (Gabriel Hogan)—only to discover the man promising to help him get his life together may be just as lost as he is.

She plays a math prodigy who falls into an affair with her dream-preppie TA. An unwise idea, but the movie plays it out with startling conviction.

In 2015, Alyssa Hill’s startling Holocaust-themed script made the Black List of best unproduced screenplays. Now, a decade later, it has finally been made, and somehow the timing is just right for this challenging and pertinent portrait of a woman who lived a lie, hiding in plain sight until an intrepid young New York Times journalist uncovered her shocking secret right in the heart of Queens circa 1964, almost 20 years after the horrific events she has kept hidden, even from her husband, in a completely different life in post-war America.

EXCLUSIVE: UK actor Martin Freeman is to star in US filmmaker Dakota Gorman’s thriller Speak Up, with UK sales agent Altitude introducing the project to buyers in Toronto.

The thriller is produced by Alex Lane and Oleg Shardin for Dublin-based Puma In A Tank and London-based Daniel-Konrad Cooper. J. Todd Harris and Sandy R. Climn will executive produce.

Production has wrapped on “Exit to the Guillotine,” a psychological horror-thriller from Zachary Cotler starring Peyton List (“Cobra Kai,” “School Spirits”) and Gustaf Skarsgård (“Oppenheimer,” “Vikings,” “Westworld”).

Producers include Magdalena Zyzak, Bonnie Timmermann, Marius Vilunas, Jean Pierre Magro and J. Todd Harris. List, Skarsgård, Thomas Pettinelli and Mark Jazwin are executive producers.

EXCLUSIVE: After Siren Head sold to Warner Bros in a massive bidding war, another viral internet sensation from Trevor Henderson has found a home. In a pre-emptive deal, Sony’s TriStar Pictures has swooped in to acquire feature film rights to Henderson’s Cartoon Cat following.

Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Scott Glassgold and J. Todd Harris, along with Thomas Pettinelli and Marc Marcum are producing.

EXCLUSIVE: Production has wrapped on Ages of the Moon, the feature film adaptation of the play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard. 

Accepting Producers United’s inaugural Legacy Award on Sherry Lansing’s back lawn, Gordon had guests rolling with laughter with an unfiltered speech that Jerry Bruckheimer called the greatest he’s ever heard.

The late James Van Der Beek will make his final film appearance in “The Gates,” where he stars as an evil pastor named Jacob, as revealed in the trailer.

Partnering with indie director Josephine Decker, the comedian delivers an insightful new twist on the 'Sweet Home Alabama'-style Southern comedy.

Buena Vista Social Club won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater album, with Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek credited. 

Iliza Shlesinger wrote and stars in “Chasing Summer,” an upcoming romantic dramedy directed by award-winning filmmaker Josephine Decker. The filmmakers say the picture will provide a “contemporary take on the millennial-coming-of-age” tale, but will tell the story through a distinctly female lens.

Debbie Allen has joined the creative team of in-development Maya Angelou play with music Phenomenal Woman, Maya Angelou, written by Angelica Chéri. Allen, soon to be back on Broadway directing a revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, will direct the work, which is aiming for a 2028 world premiere to coincide with Angelou's centennial.

William H. Macy and Stephanie Szostak join TODAY to share their new movie “Soul on Fire’ inspired by the true story of John O’Leary who, at nine years old, suffered severe burns and made a miraculous recovery. Macy and Szostak talk about working with O’Leary on the movie and how it was shot in his childhood home.

Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to first-time feature filmmaker Sophie Tabet’s action-thriller Stone Cold Fox, starring Kiernan Shipka (Twisters), Kiefer Sutherland (24), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Mishel Prada (Brilliant Minds), and Karen Fukuhara (The Boys).

Recently launched Row K Entertainment has made its first North American acquisition Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire, we can reveal.

Gus Van Sant’s thriller/dark comedy Dead Man’s Wire had its world premiere out of competition Tuesday evening at the Venice Film Festival, where it received a 13 1/2-minute ovation that included chants of “Gus, Gus, Gus” at the Sala Grande.

Director Jim Issa (The House Sitter) is wrapping production tomorrow on Bolio: Spirit of the Mustang, an indie comedy exec produced by Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), as well as Brooke Adams (Days of Heaven), and Kevin Heffernan of the comedy group Broken Lizard (Super Troopers).

James Inverne’s engagingly dotty chamber play about a row between Puccini and Leoncavallo is fired by one irresistible performer.