TORONTO -- James Franco's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel "Child of God" is bound for the Toronto International Film Festival, along with a documentary on disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and movies starring Woody Allen, Clive Owen and Robin Williams.
Franco directed, wrote and stars in "Child of God," a film about a violent, troubled ex-convict.
Oscar winner Williams, meanwhile, will appear alongside Annette Bening and Ed Harris in Arie Posin's romantic drama "The Face of Love," about a woman who falls in love with a man who resembles her late husband.
Owen co-stars with Juliette Binoche in Aussie director Fred Schepisi's "Words and Pictures," about a romance between two teachers at a New England prep school. Owen also has a second film at the fest, the Guillaume Canet-directed "Blood Ties," which also stars Mila Kunis, James Caan and the director's wife, Oscar winner Marion Cotillard.
It's rare for Allen to appear in a film that he does not direct, but he'll do so in "Fading Gigolo," which is helmed and written by John Turturro and also stars Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara and Liev Schreiber.
Producers of the Armstrong doc have said they originally planned to make a film about the cyclist's comeback, but changed course after he admitted using performance enhancing drugs and was stripped of his Tour de France titles. Alex Gibney has previously trained his lens on politician Eliot Spitzer, journalist Hunter S. Thompson and Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.
Other films announced Tuesday included "Blind Detective," from Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To; "How I Live Now" by acclaimed "Last King of Scotland director" Kevin Macdonald; the Errol Flynn drama "The Last of Robin Hood" (starring Kevin Kline and Susan Sarandon); and "Lucky Them," featuring Toni Collette as a rock journalist looking for her ex-boyfriend.
The Toronto International Film Festival runs from Sept. 5 to 15.
It'll open with "The Fifth Estate," a thriller about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange which stars Benedict Cumberbatch.
