Hoffman minds the store

Toronto – Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman arrive in Toronto later this month to shoot the fancifully titled Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, a fantasy drama for newly formed Mandate Pictures in the U.S. Hoffman reportedly plays an eccentric toy store owner who leaves his business to a depressed young woman, played by Portman. The picture is booked at Cinespace Film Studios until June, with first-timer Zach Helm at the helm under exec producers Joe Drake (Lords of Dogtown) and Nathan Kahane (The Grudge).