Jeff Daniels Leading Comedy 'The Reception' About Chaotic Scottish Wedding; Trudie Styler Directing & Beta Launching TIFF Sales
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β’Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:16:12 +0000
π° What Happened
Jeff Daniels will star in a new comedy called The Reception, about a chaotic Scottish wedding. Trudie Styler is directing.
The story is set at a grand Scottish estate, where the bride and groom fail to show up. Felix has left Victoria at the altar, and the families and guests must survive a reception that turns into chaos.
Filming starts next month in a castle near Loch Ness, just outside Inverness. Beta Cinema is selling the film to international buyers at the Toronto market.
π The Backstory
Jeff Daniels is a two-time Emmy winner known for The Newsroom, Gettysburg and Dumb and Dumber. He has two other films, 2034 and Starman, coming up.
Trudie Styler directs and produces with Celine Rattray for Maven Screen Media. Her earlier work includes Freak Show and a Naples documentary that won Italy's Globo d'Oro in 2024.
The Reception is Styler's fifth directing project. Her latest film, Up Against It, is showing at Toronto this week.
π― Why It Matters
It shows how movies get made and sold at festivals. A film sold abroad can end up in cinemas thousands of kilometres from where it was shot.
Jeff Daniels will star in a new comedy called The Reception, about a chaotic Scottish wedding. Trudie Styler is directing.
The story is set at a grand Scottish estate, where the bride and groom fail to show up. Felix has left Victoria at the altar, and the families and guests must survive a reception that turns into chaos.
Filming starts next month in a castle near Loch Ness, just outside Inverness. Beta Cinema is selling the film to international buyers at the Toronto market.
Jeff Daniels is a two-time Emmy winner known for The Newsroom, Gettysburg and Dumb and Dumber. He has two other films, 2034 and Starman, coming up.
Trudie Styler directs and produces with Celine Rattray for Maven Screen Media. Her earlier work includes Freak Show and a Naples documentary that won Italy's Globo d'Oro in 2024.
The Reception is Styler's fifth directing project. Her latest film, Up Against It, is showing at Toronto this week.
It shows how movies get made and sold at festivals. A film sold abroad can end up in cinemas thousands of kilometres from where it was shot.