When not making the news by crashing bachelor parties and making unsolicited speeches, or actually showing up at an ice cream social that was held in his honor, Bill Murray is still busy making excellent movies.

In the latest Bill Murray movies news, we find out that the 63-year old actor recently garnered a standing ovation at the Toronto Film Festival for his latest movie, St. Vincent. The movie premiered at the Princess of Wales theater in the film festival on the day of "Billy Murray Day," which the festival held in honor of the actor. Aside from premiering St. Vincent, the festival's organizers also screened the actor's other movies such as Ghostbusters, Stripes and Groundhog Day.

The movie stars Bill Murray as St. Vincent, a war veteran who has descended into a downward spiral of drinking, and gambling. Murray's character is then enlisted by his new neighbor, Maggie (played by Melissa McCarthy) who is a single mom, to take care of her 12 year old son (named Jaeden Lieberher). But Vincent "watches over" the young boy Oliver is by going to strip clubs, and gambling races.

The movie is directed by Theodore Melfi

During the question and answer session that followed the screening of Billy Murray's latest movie, the actor even joked that he wasn't the first choice for the role as Vincent by director Theodore Melfi. "Because you couldn't get Jack Nicholson," Murray said, looking at his director.

"I thought if we could avoid being schmaltzy, and we almost did," Murray explained in his decision the play Vincent the way he did.

Melissa McCarthy echoed Murray's sentiment. "We didn't want to push too hard and make it sentimental," she said.

The movie also stars Naomi Watts, Chris O'Dowd, and Terrence Howard. Bill Murray's new movie will be released on October 10, 2014 in New York and Los Angeles.