According to “The Canadian Press“, Ruffalo will be in Toronto, with Julianne Moore and Gael García Bernal, to promote Blindness.

The 10-day movie-lovers’ bash runs from Sept. 4 to 13.

The Toronto International Film Festival starts in only three weeks and today we’ve got a list of another 20 films that are premiering at the festival in the “Special Presentation” category. The full line-up for the fest and more info can be found at the official website: tiff08.ca.

The Brothers Bloom it’s included in the list, so we just wait to see if Mark will be attending the presentation

Mark Ruffalo will star and make his directorial debut with Sympathy for Delicious.

According to Variety, Ruffalo will star with James Franco and Chris Thornton.

Thornton, who wrote the script, plays “Delicious” Dean O’Dwyer, a paralyzed DJ struggling to survive in his wheelchair on the streets of L.A. He turns to faith-healing and mysteriously acquires the ability to cure the sick — although not himself. Ruffalo plays a Jesuit priest who tries to help him come to terms with the limits of his gift, and Franco a rock singer in a band that exploits the suddenly famous healer.

Production begins this fall in Los Angeles.

Source: MovieWeb

Blindness, the dark Canadian-Brazilian-Japanese drama based on Jose Saramago’s acclaimed novel, is set to open the 28th edition of the Atlantic Film Festival.

Organizers announced their selection on Friday from Halifax, where the 10-day festival will unspool beginning Sept. 11.

“Opening night will beautifully align our celebration of Canadian cinema with this incredible Brazilian co-production,” said festival director Lia Rinaldo.

Packed with Canadian and international stars, Blindness tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that afflicts an unnamed city, robbing citizens of their sight and quickly causing societal breakdown.

The cast includes U.S. actors Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover, Mexico’s Gael Garcia Bernal, Brazil’s Alice Braga, Japan’s Yusuke Iseya and Canadians Sandra Oh, Maury Chaykin, Susan Coyne, Martha Burns and Don McKellar — who also adapted the screenplay from Saramago’s book.

The movie opened the Cannes International Film Festival in May and will also screen at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. Blindness is set for a limited North American theatrical release in September.
Source: CBC News

Last week, the world got its first official look at The Brothers Bloom when the trailer came online and hit theaters. Following up his critically-acclaimed Brick, writer/director Rian Johnson is set to take the same snappy dialogue and inventive humor to entirely new heights with a comedy about two traveling con men, Stephen and Bloom (Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody, respectively).

Stepping into his edit bay, you get a sense of Rian’s world, emanating out from his where he sits, smiling, behind the Final Cut screen. There are posters on the walls, including a large, framed print of the cover to Ricky Jay’s “Cards as Weapons.” Scattered around the walls are hand-drawn and colored pictures of the film’s brothers, as though they had been sent in by a kindergarten class.

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According MTV Movies Blog, Mark will be directing his first movie, and choose James Franco to be the star. The movie’s name is “Sympathy for Delicious” and James will be playing a singer in a rock band.

This movie is around since 2004, when Ruffalo mentioned it while doing 13 Going on 30 press conference. James also clarified that Delicious is DJ Delicious.

“This DJ character was written for Mark’s friend who’s actually paraplegic in real life, Chris Thornton, and he’s this DJ that has kind of a gift. He joins up with my band and then starts getting more attention than me, the lead singer. So I start getting upset about that.”

My friend Jess sent in screencaptures from 2000 movie Committed to be added to our gallery. Enjoy it!

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• Committed (2000) screencaptures

The trailer for writer/director Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom is now online. Opening October 24th, the film stars Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi and Robbie Coltrane.

The Brothers Bloom tells the tale of the Bloom brothers, two young con men whose lives change forever upon meeting a beautiful young heiress named Penelope (Weisz). While initially, the brothers plan to con her, she becomes an unlikely partner in their latest scheme. The plot thickens when Penelope’s beauty and brains enchants one of the brothers, and threatens to break a lifelong bond of kinship. The Brothers Bloom is a thrilling story full of genuine humor and heart-warming romance.

Edited: Added screencaptures from trailer to the gallery:

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• The Brothers Bloom (2008) Trailer screencaptures

Two days ago, we could see here in Brazil the Inside the Actor Studio with Mark. My great friend Mariana kindly recorded the whole interview, and send me some screencaptures to add here.

There’s more to come, but to start you can see pictures of Mark at childhood and when he was doing classes at “The Stella Adler Studio of Acting” school. Great additions, thanks Mari!

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• Inside the Actor Studio screencaptures: Childhood
• Inside the Actor Studio screencaptures: On Stage

I just came to this Blindness video, and made some screencaptures. Also, added a new photoshoot.

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• Blindness Clip #1 screencaptures
• Session #066