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Daniel Brühl’s “Rush” to Open in LA and NYC on September 20

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Daniel Brühl’s latest project will be rushing into theaters in Los Angeles and New York a week earlier than planned.

After pushing the release of Ron Howard‘s Formula One racing drama back to September 27, Universal Pictures has now decided to open Rush, starring the 35-year-old half-Spanish actor, a week earlier in Los Angeles and New York exclusively.

Daniel Brühl in Rush

The film centers on the rivalry between 1970s Formula One drivers James Hunt (portrayed by Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Brühl).

Rush will get its limited release against the Warner Bros. action film Prisoners and Sony Pictures’ drama Battle of the Year.

The film will have its North American premiere with a Gala Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Olivo Stars in “No One Lives,” Which Opens This Weekend

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America Olivo has plenty of reason to scream…

The 35-year-old part-Chilean and part-Spanish actress stars in No One Lives, a horror film directed by Ryûhei Kitamura that opens in limited release this weekend.

America Olivo

“It has one of the best scenes with one of the top 10 scenes in a horror film ever,” boasts Bill Lewis, SVP Theatrical Marketing and Distribution at Anchor Bay Films. “We [released] the clip of the scene Wednesday. It’s such a great shot.”

Olivo plays Tamara in the film, which follows a gang of ruthless highway killers who kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross-country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

Along with Olivo, the film also stars Luke Evans and Adelaide Clemens.

Anchor Bay Films picked up No One Lives at the Toronto International Film Festival last year.

No One Lives will open in about 53 locations in 34 cities and will expand from there, although numbers are still to-be-determined based on performance.

Mendes’ “The Place Beyond the Pines” Trailer Released…

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Eva Mendes is heading to the place beyond the pines with Ryan Gosling this spring…

Focus Features has released the trailer for The Place Beyond the Pines,  which stars the 38-year-old Cuban-American actress as Gosling’s baby mama.

Eva Mendes in The Place Beyond the Pines II

Directed by Derek Cianfrance, the indie film tells the story of how the crimes of one generation trickle down to the next. Gosling plays a pro motorcycle rider-turned bank-robber, while Bradley Cooper plays the police offer determined to catch him.

It’s also the film where love apparently blossomed off-screen for Mendes and Gosling, who have been dating since September 2011.

The film had critics floored at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and even generated some comparisons to the generational crime drama, The Godfather.

The Place Beyond the Pines is slated to open in limited release on March 29.

Rapace Shares Steamy Kiss with McAdams in “Passion” Trailer

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Mary Chapin Carpenter may sing about passionate kisses… But Noomi Rapace is sharing them with the world…

The 32-year-old half-Spanish actress shares a lip lock with her co-star Rachel McAdams in the first trailer for her latest film Passion, which was posted by the Toronto International Film Festival where it will be screened for the public next month.

Noomi Rapace in Passion

Based on the French film Love Crime, the Brian De Palma-written-and-directed thriller centers on a young businesswoman who plots murderous revenge after her boss and mentor steals her idea.

Passion will be screening this month at the Venice Film Festival ahead of its opening in Toronto.

del Toro to Teach Master Classes on Hitchcock

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Guillermo del Toro is about to get his Hitchcock on…

The 47-year-old Mexican filmmaker who directed the Hellboy films is partnering with the Toronto International Film Festival to lead four master classes on classic Alfred Hitchcock films this May. The TIFF Bell Lightbox lectures come as del Toro continues shooting the alien invasion film Still Seas, a.k.a. Pacific Rim, in Toronto.

Beginning Monday, May 7, del Toro will offer master classes for Frenzy, Shadow of a Doubt, North by Northwest and Notorious with a one-hour introduction and a one-hour post-screening discussion for each film.

Previously, del Toro—who has signed on to  produce an animated Day of the Dead film—was at Bell Lightbox to lecture genre film fans on the Italian vampire tale L’Arcano Incantatore, which del Toro programmed himself.

del Toro’s Still Seas is slated to open in theaters in May 2013.