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Welcome to Toni Collette Online, an unofficial information resource on the Australian
act-ress and singer, best known from "Muriel's Wedding", "The Sixth Sense" and "Little
Miss Sunshine". This site offers all essential info on her life and career with
a comprehensive archive of press articles, news, images and video clips. Enjoy your
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THE BLACK BALLOON" FINDS AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR
Posted: 2008-08-10 |
According to Variety, NeoClassics Films has acquired North American rights to Australian
coming-of-age comedy "The Black Balloon" from Icon Entertainment Intl. for mid-six
figures. "The Black Balloon"s directed by first-time helmer Elissa Down and stars Rhys
Wakefield, Luke Ford, Gemma Ward and Toni Collette. "The Black Balloon" has grossed more
than $2 million at the Australian box office. NeoClassics plans to open the pic in key
U.S. cities in October.
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL REPLACES TONI IN MENDES COMEDY
Posted: 2008-05-04 |
Just as filming is set to begin, Maggie Gyllenhaal has stepped in to replace Toni Collette
in Sam Mendes' untitled comedy, announced Variety. Collette exited the film due to a
scheduling conflict, which gives Gyllenhaal only about a week to prepare for her role, as
the film is currently shooting in Connecticut. The story, also starring John Krasinki and
Maya Rudolph, is about a young couple who travel around the U.S. searching for a place to
put down roots. The original screenplay was written by Dave Eggers and his wife.
Gyllenhaal will play a bohemian college professor who is an old friend of the character
played by Krasinski.
TONI COLLETTE JOINS SAM MENDES PROJECT
Posted: 2008-04-07 |
According to the Hollywood Reporter,
Toni Collette will star alongside John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph in Sam Mendes' upcoming
relationship comedy for Focus Features. Collette will play a college professor and close
family friend of a couple canvasing the country to find the best place to raise their
unborn child. She's convinced that their kid will end up dysfunctional no matter where
it's raised. Dave Eggers wrote the script with his wife, novelist Vendela Vida. Ed Saxon
and Big Beach's Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf are producing. Cheryl Hines also will
appear in the untitled feature, which is set to begin filming this month in Connecticut.
The project reunites Collette with Turtletaub and Saraf, who last joined forces for
another character-driven road comedy, "Little Miss Sunshine." It also gives Focus another
chance at a hit with the trio four years after it came close to producing "Sunshine".
"THE BLACK BALLOON" WINS AT BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
Posted: 2008-02-19 |
Two Australian films have won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival. The Black
Balloon, a coming of age story starring Toni Collette and model Gemma Ward, won an award
for best feature length film. And Nana, a six-minute film by indigenous filmmaker Warwick
Thornton about a girl admiring her grandmother, won an award for best short film. The
Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, was founded in 1958 and is
considered one of the world's leading film festivals.
TONI GIVES BIRTH TO BABY GIRL
Posted: 2008-01-11 |
Toni Collette has given birth to a baby girl. The star and her husband, musician Dave
Galafassi, welcomed Sage Florence Galafassi on Wednesday, January 9 in Sydney, a
spokeswoman for Collette said. It is the couple's first child. "Both mother and baby are
very well and very happy," the spokeswoman said. Collette, 35, announced her pregnancy in
July, saying she was "completely over the moon". The Sydney-born actress said it was a bit
of a case of life imitating art, as she had played pregnant women in her recent films.
"It is strange the last three films I've done I have been pregnant," Collette said.
"I'm just like, what is the universe trying to tell me? "But I think everything happens
when it's meant to." The star of Muriel's Wedding and Little Miss Sunshine will next be
seen in the Australian film The Black Balloon.
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