Actors and guests expected at TIFF 2016 include: (top row, l-r) Chris Pratt, Mark Wahlberg, Richard Gere; (centre row, l-r) Masai Ujiri, Armie Hammer and Brie Larson (with Cillian Murphy), Rachel Weisz; (bottom row, l-r), Casey Affleck, Nathalie Portman and James Franco. (TIFF)

Other talent expected to attend includes Xavier Dolan, Tom Ford, James Franco, Ewan McGregor, Adam Driver, Aaron Eckhart, Dakota Fanning, Woody Harrelson, Denzel Washington and Scarlett Johansson.

Actors expected at TIFF 2016 include: (top row, l-r) Michelle Williams, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, Tatiana Maslany; (centre row, l-r) Denzel Washington, Michael Fassbender (with Brendan Gleeson), Lupita Nyong'o; (bottom row, l-r), Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton, and Amy Adams. (TIFF)
The festival also announced Mark Wahlberg will sit down for an intimate chat in front of an audience.
The Oscar-nominated actor-director, who will be seen at the festival in Deepwater Horizon, is among the stars in the In Conversation WithΓǪ lineup.

• Palestinian actor-director Hiam Abbass;
• Brazilian actor Sonia Braga;
• French actor Isabelle Huppert;
• Indian director Karan Johar;
• Chinese actor Zhang Ziyi;
• Nigerian film stars Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji.

TIFF announced it Discovery lineup includes the world premiere of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nanette Burstein's doc Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee. It profiles the software mogul who was recently a prospective presidential candidate for the American Libertarian Party.

The festival runs Sept. 8 to 18.

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