00:00Cory Monteith's final two films make a big impression at the Toronto International Film
00:04Festival, with one set to hit theaters next year.
00:08Hey guys, I'm Melaina Scantlin for ENTV.
00:12Deadline.com has all the details.
00:14There's some good news for Glee fans still mourning the loss of its star Cory Monteith,
00:19who passed away from an apparent overdose back in July.
00:22Two of the actor's final films each found some success at this year's Toronto Film Festival.
00:28Two days after premiering at the festival, his indie drama, Mechanic, got picked up by
00:32film distributor Well Go USA.
00:35In it, Monteith plays a young, drug-addicted criminal who gets hunted down by a cop with
00:40a dark cast.
00:41You just cost me 50 bucks.
00:43You ever think about getting a real job?
00:44I got a job, and I make really good money when I ask for cops to f*** it up.
00:48Now that it's found a home at Well Go, Deadline reports that fans can expect to see the film
00:53in theaters sometime next year.
00:55Monteith's All the Wrong Reasons also made its flash at the fest.
00:59The film won the Grosch Filmworks Discovery Award, which landed first-time director Gia
01:04Milani the $10,000 prize.
01:07The actor is one of four main characters in the film.
01:10He plays a good guy store manager, who is dealing with a wife suffering from post-traumatic
01:15stress disorder brought on by a family tragedy.
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