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Toronto International Film Festival

Festival ⌖ Watchlist
last seen in coverage Aug 15
242
Wire items · since Feb 24
20
Deal items
11
Tracked projects
7
Months active
71
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 20 tracked deal items

35% of tracked dealflow (7/20) is book adaptation; 67% of classified deal mediums are film; 76% of staged deals sit early-funnel (in-development or greenlit).machine-derived from the deal record below — not an editorial mandate statement

Deal type
book adaptation 7
remake reboot 6
greenlight 5
series order pilot pickup 1
pitch sale 1
public domain adaptation 1
Reported stage
in development 11
in production 2
completed seeking distribution 2
greenlit 1
acquired 1
Medium
film 14
industry 4
tv limited series 3

Slate · 11 projects from coveragegrouped by latest reported stage — reported, never inferred

In development 4
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Carrie
Mike Flanagan · Stephen King · Jesse McKeown
 book adaptation remake reboot — 5 Aug 12
Crystal Lake
Mike Flanagan · Stephen King · Jesse McKeown
 book adaptation remake reboot — 4 Jul 26
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Mahershala Ali · Margaret Qualley · Naomi Watts
 in development 3 Aug 1
Gentle Monster
Léa Seydoux · Catherine Deneuve · Arthur Harari
 acquired 3 Aug 12
Seeking distribution 1
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Hope
Na Hong-jin · Hwang Jung-min · Zo In-sung
 completed seeking distribution 5 Aug 14
Released & tracking 6
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Obsession
Curry Barker · Michael Johnston · Inde Navarrette
 greenlight remake reboot acquired 28 Aug 14
Backrooms
Kane Parsons · Curry Barker · James Wan
 greenlight book adaptation in production 5 Aug 14
Furious
Kenji Tanigaki · Joe Taslim · Yayan Ruhian
 in development 3 Jul 2
October
Josh Hartnett · Mackenzie Davis · Charlie Heaton
 in development 3 Aug 6
Tony
Jane Schoenbrun · Matt Johnson · Dominic Sessa
 — 3 Aug 10
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun · Matt Johnson · Dominic Sessa
 in development 3 Aug 10

Key people · from coveragenames as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design

Curry BarkerTalent attached30i · 5d
Michael JohnstonTalent attached13i · 0d
Inde NavarretteTalent attached13i · 0d
Jeff ProbstNamed in coverage6i · 0d
Cameron BaileyNamed in coverage6i · 0d
Jason BlumTalent attached5i · 0d
Christopher NolanNamed in coverage5i · 1d
Kane ParsonsNamed in coverage5i · 2d
Christopher WoodrowNamed in coverage4i · 1d
Raj SinghNamed in coverage4i · 1d
Na Hong-jinNamed in coverage4i · 0d
Yeon Sang-hoTalent attached4i · 0d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 2 tracked titlesgrosses as reported — amber badge = released by another studio

Obsession
“$234.5 million”Jun 12 · worldwide→“$234 million globally”Jun 14 · India / worldwide→“$286.5M”Jun 18 · worldwide→“$220.1 million”Jun 25 · domestic→“$371 million worldwide”Jun 30 · worldwide→“approximately $403 million globally”Jul 6 · worldwide→“$404.4 million worldwide”Jul 9 · worldwide→“$249.5M domestic”Jul 10 · domestic
latest: “$249.5M domestic” (domestic) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure
The Furious
“$31M worldwide”Jul 2 · worldwide
latest: “$31M worldwide” (worldwide) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

2
FEB
34
MAR
31
APR
61
MAY
26
JUN
33
JUL
55
AUG
WIRE ITEMSDEAL SHARE

Works with · top 8 of 24click to expand shared record

CounterpartyItemsDeals
TIFFFEST 541
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Cannes Film FestivalFEST 482
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NetflixPLAT 343
▸ shared record
Curry BarkerPERSON 305
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Focus FeaturesCO 304
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Sundance Film FestivalFEST 293
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A24CO 256
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BlumhouseCO 222
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Deal record · 20 entriesamounts shown as reported — ScreamWire tracks deal flow, not comps

Aug 12 'Josephine' Trailer: Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan in Sundance Winner
Deal @ acquired “seven-figure deal”
with Sumerian Pictures, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan +5
 Variety+4 src A
Aug 6 Talia Ryder Joins Michael Shannon in ‘Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of Wonders’ (EXCLUSIVE)
remake-reboot @ completed-seeking-distribution
with Michael Shannon, Talia Ryder, John Erick Dowdle +4
 Variety+3 src A+
Aug 5 ‘Inherit’: exclusive first trailer for Banjong Pisanthanakun’s TIFF horror starring Davika Hoorne
book-adaptation @ completed-seeking-distribution
with Banjong Pisanthanakun, Davika Hoorne, Barunson E&A +5
 Screen Daily+1 src A+
Jul 24 TIFF Just Announced World Premieres for 'Crystal Lake', 'Carrie', and Sea Monster Series 'Below'
book-adaptation / remake-reboot
with Mike Flanagan, Josh Hartnett, Linda Cardellini +5
 Dread Central+2 src A+
Jul 24 Toronto Film Festival Embraces Horror With New ‘Carrie,’ ‘Friday the 13th’ Shows
book-adaptation / remake-reboot
with Mike Flanagan, Summer H. Howell, Josh Hartnett +5
 TheWrap+1 src A
Jul 2 ‘The Furious’ Director Kenji Tanigaki Sets Next Film ‘The Reckoner’ at Lionsgate With Peter Dinklage Starring
Deal @ in-development
with Lionsgate, Kenji Tanigaki, Peter Dinklage +5
 World of Reel+1 src C
Jun 15 Curry Barker Got His Wish: Inside the ‘Obsession’ Director’s Wild Month (Exclusive)
remake-reboot @ in-development “$15 million”
with Focus Features, Curry Barker, Peter Kujawski +5
 THR+7 src A+
Jun 8 ‘Obsession’ Crosses $200M Globally to Become Focus’ Top Movie of All Time
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Focus Features, Universal, Curry Barker +5
 THR+1 src A+
May 19 Curry Barker and Zach Cregger Swap Horror Stories
greenlight @ in-development
with Curry Barker, Zach Cregger, Obsession +5
 Interview Magazine A
May 15 Joe Begos & WTFilms Team On ‘They Call Him Zorro’ Revisiting Iconic Hero With A Violent & Brutal Twist
public-domain-adaptation @ in-development
with Joe Begos, WTFilms, Johnston McCulley +3
 Deadline A+
May 15 Kristen Stewart & Wagner Moura Film First On Slate For XYZ & Vixens
greenlight @ greenlit
with Kristen Stewart, Wagner Moura, XYZ Films +5
 Deadline A+
May 10 Did You Know Osgood Perkins Produced ‘Backrooms’ and Mentored Kane Parsons?
book-adaptation @ in-production
with Osgood Perkins, Kane Parsons, A24 +2
 Dread Central A
May 7 Horror! A24’s Youngest Director Ever Started on YouTube
greenlight / book-adaptation @ in-development
with A24, Kane Parsons, Atomic Monster +5
 The Ankler A+
Apr 22 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot to be helmed by Curry Barker
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Curry Barker, A24, Roy Lee +5
 Google News (Blumhouse Productions)+3 src A+
Apr 8 Neon Reveals Final Poster for ‘Exit 8’ Ahead of This Weekend’s Premiere
book-adaptation @ in-development
with James Wan, Call of Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft +4
 Google News (Neon)+4 src A+
Mar 27 Row K Top Execs Megan Colligan and Ben Carlson to Exit Indie Distributor After 7 Months
greenlight @ in-development
with Row K Entertainment, Megan Colligan, Ben Carlson +5
 The Wrap A+
Mar 27 TIFF: The Market unveils programming: labs, financier meetings, IP exchange
pitch-sale
with TIFF: The Market, Ontario Creates, Charles Tremblay +3
 Screen Daily A+
Mar 24 The Filmmakers Tackling the Dark Side of Hollywood’s Screener Culture
series-order-pilot-pickup @ in-production
with Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe, The Screener +4
 Google News (Sundance Film Festival) A
Mar 19 Hasbro's Game Of Life Gets Film Adaptation From Amazon MGM
book-adaptation @ in-development
with Amazon MGM Studios, Chernin Entertainment, Hasbro Entertainment +5
 Google News (Amazon MGM Studios) A
Mar 18 Disabled Creatives Including ‘Reunion’ & ‘We Might Regret This’ Creators Join Development Programme To “Reclaim The Horror Genre”
greenlight @ in-development
with 104 Films, BFI Creative Challenge Fund, D-Horror +5
 Deadline A+

Recent mentions · 10 of 222

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 242 wire items (Feb 24 → Aug 15) matching Toronto International Film Festival, deduplicated by URL (18 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 0.9% of tracked deal items site-wide carry a reported figure — the trades rarely publish terms — so dollar amounts appear only as the source phrased them (e.g. “rich eight-figure deal”), never as comparable numbers. This is a deal-flow tracker, not a comps database.

Buyer/seller roles are captured on a minority of deal items today; role-based stats are suppressed until capture coverage improves.

Slate clusters coverage by project title; stage is the latest reported stage, never a projection. Amber “via” badges mark titles tracked within this entity's coverage orbit but released by another distributor. Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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