Charles Darwin Biopic to Open Toronto '09

Organizers at the Toronto International Film Festival this morning announced almost two dozen new selections for 2009, including the opening-night film Creation.

The film, featuring Paul Bettany as the troubled Charles Darwin and Jennifer Connelly as his God-fearing wife, is the first non-Canadian title in years to open the fest; it joins Steven Soderbergh's The Informant!, Ricky Gervais's The Invention of Lying and Neil Jordan's Ondine among this year's higher-profile selections; more films will be announced as the festival's Sept. 10 opening day approaches. [indieWIRE]