TORONTO FILMING UPDATES: AUGUST 2012

Still from Kick-Ass

Great news Toronto!  Additional Productions have been confirmed for the City this Fall! In addition to the likes of Lily Collins (The Mortal Instruments), Hugh Dancy (Hannibal), Daniel Radcliffe (The F-Word) and Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop) gracing our City in the coming months we also can expect most of the Cast of Kick-Ass to return for the Sequel to the 2010 Action/Comedy/Thriller, which went on to earn over $90 million Worldwide.

Set to film at Pinewood Studios, one of its Stars Chloë Moretz - already here all Summer and now also into late September - will be filming a second Movie in the City back-to-back following the Wrap of Sony Screen Gems' Carrie Remake early September.  In addition, the likes of Aaron Johnson (who also is set to make an appearance during TIFF for Anna Karenina), Nicolas Cage, John Leguizamo and Christopher Mintz-Plasse are all set to make their way north for the Film for Director Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down).

Also set to film at Pinewood Studios is Wolves, from Actor/Director/Writer David Hayter.  The Horror set to film mid-September through early November, stars Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class, Battle: Los Angeles) and is about a young Man who wanders alone after his Parents are murdered.  Both Hayter and Till worked together previously on X-Men: First Class.

KICK-ASS STAR LYNDSY FONSECA IN TORONTO FILMING NIKTA

Things are so looking up for Lyndsy Fonseca. The actress who hails from Oakland, California got her start with recurring roles on shows like The Young and The Restless, Desperate Housewives, Big Love and more recently How I Met Your Mother. That would explain why she looks so familiar. Aside from a part in this year's comedy Hot Tub Time Machine, she recently starred in critically and commercially acclaimed Action-Hero flick Kick-Ass. Fans will be delighted to know that she will be reprising her role as Katie Deauxma in the upcoming sequel, which is set to be released in 2012.

I ran into Fonseca by chance recently in casual mode and she was absolutely lovely in-person. She was hanging out with a couple fellow cast members Ashton Moore and Julie Gonzalo of The CW Network's much-hyped Nikita chatting about everything from where to eat good Organic food in Toronto (they agreed on True in Yorkville) to which characater co-star Shane West killed today on the set. She took a moment to greet a few fans and was amazed how prepared some of them were with 8x10s of her in-hand. Fonseca then was seen exchanging hugs with Gonvalo, sending her off in her Taxi. Lyndsy Fonseca - remember this name, Peaches. 

(Photo credit: Mr. Will-W.)

"DRAGON" RESURGES TO THE TOP

Paramount/Disney's How to Train Your Dragon climbs back up to the top after after debuting there five weeks ago - by all means a rare feat. The brilliant animated feature brought in $15 million from 3,600 screens, defeating other some new challengers which had weak openings.

CBS Films' The Back-Up Plan starring Jennifer Lopez debuted in second spot with $12.3 million. The enjoyable romantic-comedy opened on-top preliminarily based on Friday's numbers, but alas got ousted with the onslaught on families venturing out to see How to Train Your Dragon over the weekend. Read my review of it here.

Date Night continues to perform very consistently, slipping only to third spot after hovering near the top for the past three weeks. It earned $10.6 million this weekend.

Warner Bros.' graphic novel adaptation The Losers opened in fourth spot with $9.6 million, and is well on its way to making back its $25 million production budget. Check out my review of it here.

After debuting in number one last weekend, Lionsgate's Kick-Ass slips to fifth spot this weekend with $9.5 million, just surpassing the $35 million mark in earnings. There is lots of positive buzz for the action-hero comedy.

The only other debut in this weekend's Top Ten was Buena Vista's Oceans, which opened in eight spot with $6 million, marking a severe loss for its studio. Disney spent $80 million on its production.

KICK-ASS LIVES UP TO ITS NAME

Action-hero comedy, Kick-Ass lived up to its name in winning top spot at the Box Office this weekend taking in $19.8 million.  Disney's How to Train Your Dragon however, made it a tight match in second spot with $19.6 million.

Date Night despite slipping slightly to third spot, still garnered a healthy $17.3 million bringing its two week tally to $49.2 million.  Its cause was undoubtedly helped by a press blitz, including Tina Fey's return hosting gig on Saturday Night Live last weekend.  The romantic comedy overall continues to garner positive reviews.

Sony Screen Gems' comedy remake Death at a Funeral debuted in fourth spot this weekend with $17 million from 2,500 screens.  I will definitely be catching it in the near future despite its negative reviews.