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Toronto film festival: Jennifer Lopez, Hugh Grant and Mike Leigh head lineup


The 49th edition features a string of world premieres for many films hoping to be included in the year’s Oscar race

Jennifer Lopez will also be heading to Toronto with her sports drama Unstoppable produced by her husband Ben Affleck and his fellow Oscar-winner Matt Damon. The festival will also see the world premiere of Heretic, a new horror film starring Hugh Grant as a man who tests the faith of two missionaries through a series of bizarre games. David McKenzie, the Scottish director of Hell or High Water, will bring his new thriller Relay to the festival, starring Riz Ahmed as a fixer and Lily James as his client.

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