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3:00 AM PDT 9/8/2013 by THR staff

'Bad Words'

Director: Jason Bateman 
Stars: Bateman, Allison Janney 
The Buzz: Buyers think the movie (Bateman's directorial debut) has real commercial potential. Bateman plays a onetime spelling bee loser who tries to vindicate himself by somehow entering a kids' spelling competition.

In THR's third Toronto Festival daily, Focus Features grabs Jason Bateman's "Bad Words" for$7 million-plus, Eli Roth readies a sequel to cannibal pic "The Green Inferno" and Alfonso Cuaron discusses the secrets behind his sci-fi epic "Gravity."

Dealmaking Kicks Off With 'Bad Words,' 'Locke'

Focus pays $7 million-plus for Jason Bateman's raunchy directorial debut as Tom Hardy's Locke sells to A24 and hungry buyers zero in on several hot ?lms.

PHOTOS: Toronto 2013: The Films

Eli Roth Sets Sequel 'Beyond the Green Inferno'

Roth will turn over the directing reins to Aftershock helmer Nicolas Lopez; Worldview Entertainment will once again finance and produce.

Why 'Gravity's' Alfonso Cuaron Thanked James Cameron in the Credits

The filmmaker reveals the relentless pressure on Sandra Bullock and how "there was not technology for what we were trying to achieve. But Cameron was a big champion."

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