If you are looking to be among the first people to 'The Secret Life of Bees', which stars Jennifer Hudson, Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, and Sophie Okonedo, you will have to get a ticket at the Toronto Film Festival, where it will make its world premiere.
Also featured in the film are Tristan Wilds, Nate Parker, Paul Bettany, and Hilarie Burton.
The festival will run from September 4 through September 13. Also showing there will be Spike Lee's 'Miracle at St. Anna', and Guy Ritchie's 'RocknRolla' with Idris Elba and Thandie Newton.
Directed by Gina Prince Bythewood, the film is based on a 2002 bestselling novel by American author Sue Monk Kidd.
Set in South Carolina in 1964, story centers on Lily Owens (Fanning), who escapes her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father by running away with her caregiver and only friend (Hudson) to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.Latifah, Okonedo and Keys play the three sisters
1. I can't wait to see this film! It seems to have Oscar written all over it. With two Oscar nominess (Queen Latifah and Sophie Okenedo) and one Oscar Winner (Jennifer Hudson). It should be a shoe in for a ton of oscar nominations for the cast,including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and for of course, the acting by Latifah, Fanning, Okenedo,Paul Bentney,Hudson and even Alicia Keys could snag a nomination as well. I don't know if the performances will be lead or supporting nomination worthy. I'll take a wild guess and say supporting if only because it is an ensamble cast. Good Luck to all the future nominees. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the film will get great reviews, great box office and hopefully a slew of Academy Award Nominations for the film.
Lafronda Stumn at 9:39PM on Jul 11th 2008