Focus Features has one more awards contender to add to its slate this season. The studio announced that in a long-rumored move, Todd Haynes’ “Dark Waters” will open on Nov. 22 in limited release before expanding on Nov. 29. And with Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway toplining, it immediately becomes another late non-festival Oscar player along with “Cats,” “Bombshell,” “1917” and “Queen & Slim.”

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“Inspired” by a true story, Focus says the picture finds Ruffalo playing “a tenacious attorney” who “uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world’s largest corporations.

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It seems to be bad news after bad news for “Green Book” in recent weeks. As the film is coming off a triumphant night at the Golden Globes ceremony, the film has hit a decidedly rough patch in recent days with news resurfacing about director Peter Farrelly exposing himself to colleagues and the conspiracy theory tweet from writer Nick Vallelonga. While Farrelly has already come forward with an apology, it would appear that the writer has finally decided to release one of his own.

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Gus Van Sant/Matt Damon's 'Promised Land' Goes To Focus & Participant; 'Rust And Bone' With Marion Cotillard Lands At Sony Pictures Classics

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