Variety reported this afternoon that Russian director Timur Bekmambetov’s Wanted starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie is opening the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival while Guillermo del Toro’s sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army will be closing it. 
Sandwiched in the middle with 230 films, shorts and music videos will be Sacha Gervasi’s documentary Anvil! The True Story [...]

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The Los Angeles Film Festival announces its full lineup on Wednesday morning including the opening and closing night films. Last year the festival opened with the world premiere of Kasi Lemmons’ Talk to Me starring Don Cheadle and closed with the North American premiere of Danny Boyle’s Sunshine.
If the festival organizers stick to last year’s pattern, they’ll follow [...]

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