Welcome to Toni Collette Online, your premiere web resource on the Australian actress and singer. Best known for her iconic performances in "Muriel's Wedding", "The Sixth Sense", "United States of Tara" and "Hereditary", Toni Collette has emerged as one of her generation's greatest talents. In its 13th year online, his unofficial fansite provides you with all latest news, in-depth information on all of her projects on film, television and the theatre as well as extensive archives with press articles, photos and videos. Enjoy your stay.
Apr
20
2012

Toni Collette, who’s currently shooting Fox Searchlight’s “Hitchcock” and will spend her summer filming Jim Rash and Nat Faxon’s directorial debut “The Way, Way Back,” has lined up roles in two more prestige indies, as she’s in negotiations to join Jennifer Aniston in Paul Andrew Williams’ “Miss You Already” and Pascal Chaumeil’s “The Long Way Down,” based on the book by Nick Hornby. Pierce Brosnan is also in negotiations to star in “Long Way Down,” which will be produced by Amanda Posey and Finola Dwyer, the Oscar-nominated duo who previously worked with Hornby on “An Education.” Jack Thorne adapted Hornby’s novel, which follows four strangers on New Year’s Eve who coincidentally plan to jump to their deaths from the same rooftop. Collette is in talks to play the helpless single mom of a disabled young man, while Brosnan is in talks to play a scandal-plagued talkshow host. Pic will shoot from late summer to early fall in London.

In “Miss You Already,” Collette and Aniston would play lifelong best friends who help each other face the biggest challenges of their respective lives as one battles breast cancer and the other prepares for the birth of her first child while the baby’s father is away on business. Collette is negotiating to play the latter character, who’s the more reserved of the duo. Williams wrote the script with Morwenna Banks, and Chris Simon is producing the dramatic two-hander, which will shoot this fall in London. The Weinstein Co. just picked up Williams’ “Song for Marion” for domestic distribution and is planning an awards push for the film later this year. Collette is currently working with Anthony Hopkins on the Los Angeles set of Sacha Gervasi’s “Hitchcock,” in which she plays the “Psycho” helmer’s fiercely protective longtime assistant. Once she wraps that period pic, the “United States of Tara” alum will segue to “The Way, Way Back,” in which she’ll play the young protag’s mother and wife of Steve Carell’s philandering character.

Apr
19
2012

Fox Searchlight have offered the first look image of Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in The Montecito Picture Company’s Hitchcock, formerly titled Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. The film, an adaptation of Stephen Rebello’s non-fiction book, stars Hopkins as the famous director and producer, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the production of his critically acclaimed Psycho. Hopkins stars opposite a top-notch ensemble, including Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren, Jessica Biel, Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Wincott. Filming is now underway in Los Angeles, California, with Sacha Gervasi (Anvil! The Story of Anvil) directing from an adapted screenplay penned by Rebello himself.

Below is the first picture of Hopkins as Hitchcock. On the right is a picture of Hitchcock’s assistant, Peggy Robertson, who will be played by Toni Collette (I seriously can’t wait to see that transformation), sitting next to Kim Novak.

Apr
19
2012

It worked extremely well when Steve Carell and Toni Collette were paired up as part of the ensemble cast that made Little Miss Sunshine, so it’s not hard to see why Oscar winners Jim Rash and Nat Faxon would want the actors for their directorial debut. According to Variety, Carrell and Collette have both signed on to star in The Way, Way Back. Just like the last time the two worked together, the actors will be surrounded by talent, as Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney and Annasophia Robb are all already signed on. Set over the course of a summer vacation, the movie centers on a young boy who must learn to deal with a “unattentive mother and cheating stepfather.” The two new actors will be playing the parental roles and Carrel’s character description is a real winner, described as a fan of booze, drugs and women. While both Faxon and Rash are best known as actors – particularly Rash, who plays the ridiculous and amazing Dean Pelton on NBC’s Community – they nabbed Oscar gold a few months ago when their adaptation of The Descendants, which they wrote with Alexander Payne, was rewarded with the Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award. The Way, Way Back will not only be their feature directorial debut, but their first director credits in general. This project is already sounding amazing and it hasn’t even gone into production yet. Let’s just hope they find a really solid actor to play the teen at the center of the story.

Apr
04
2012

Here comes a real treasure from the past. In April 1996, Toni Collette attended Late Night with Conan O’Brien to promote the US release of “Muriel’s Wedding”. She talks about making the film, attending the Academy Awards for the first time and meeting Madonna, as well as the American cultural influence on Australian television. It’s a very funny interview and great to see Toni at such an early stage of her career. Credit and many thanks to mjp3210 on Youtube for uploading this gem. Enjoy!

Mar
26
2012

Here are some stellar news, if true, according to Variety. Fox is currently in negotiations with Toni Collete, Danny Huston, Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Wincott to play various characters within the film “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho” (working title), which already features Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as his wife, Scarlett Johanssen as Janet Leigh and James D’Arcy as Anthony Perkins. If they do sign on we can expect to see Collette as Hitchcocks assistant Peggy Robertson (the woman who first brought Robert Blochs book to the masters attention) and Wincott as Ed Gein the infamous serial killer on whom the book was based. A collaberative script by various writers (including Ivan Reitman) is already in place, so let’s hope shooting on this fascinating picture starts soon. I have my fingers crossed.

Mar
21
2012

Jesus Henry Christ, writer-director Dennis Lee’s follow-up to Fireflies in the Garden will be released in the US next month, and with a cast headed up by Michael Sheen and Toni Collette, it sounds promising. The film is centred on a young boy, played Jason Spevack (Sunshine Cleaning), looking for his biological father (Michael Sheen), and Apple have debuted the first trailer. You can watch the trailer in the video archive – HD screencaptures have been added to the gallery.