We’ll all be getting to see Tim Riggins, er, Taylor Kistch, rather, on the big screen in two summers! Kitsch’s “John Carter of Mars” is scheduled to hit a cinema near you on June 8, 2012. Who’s excited about this one?

The Wall Street Journal: When my wife and I watched the recent episode where Tim Riggins said that he basically had life all figured out, we sighed because we knew something horrible was about to happen to you.

Taylor Kitsch: Yeah, I think you can see that one coming maybe.

Is it hard to let a great character like Tim Riggins go?

It’s very tough, I think playing him for so long, you get to develop so many more layers than a small thing in a movie. I was very connected, y’know? I think he’s just a special character to have played. You get all these letters from older people and therapists who use him as a prime example of a young guy who’s trying to find his purpose. And that’s when it hits home, when you get those kind of things.

You’re talking about Riggins in the past tense. In the coming fifth and final season, will you be a regular on the show?

No, I’m only in four episodes in season five. They let me go do “John Carter of Mars.” It’s done, it’s officially over

Read the rest here: ‘Friday Night Lights’ Finale: Taylor Kitsch on Life Beyond the Show – Speakeasy – WSJ.

TORONTO — Turning up the star wattage, the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled world premieres for new films by Robert Redford, Guillaume Canet, Michael Winterbottom, John Cameron Mitchell and Mike Mills.

Toronto’s 35th edition also booked North American bows for the latest movies from Woody Allen, Sylvain Chomet, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Mike Leigh, Julian Schnabel and Korea’s Im Sang-Soo.

Redford’s “The Conspirator, which stars James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, will receive a gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall, traditionally a fall launchpad for Oscar contenders.

So will Canet’s “Little White Lies,” a beachside drama that stars Marion Cotillard, Benoit Magimel and Gilles Lellouche, and “The Bang Bang Club,” Steven Silver’s Canada/South African co-production starring Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels Van Jaarsveld and Frank Rautenbach.

SOURCE: HollywoodReporter.com