Toronto Film Festival unveils a slate of films for its 48th edition amid Hollywood strike

 Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a starry lineup to its 48th edition on Monday, even if remains unclear if stars will be re to walk red carpets due to ongoing actors and writers strikes.

Among films making ir world premieres at TIFF this year are Craig Gillespie's GameStop drama “Dumb Money,” with Paul Da and Pete Davidson; Ellen Kuras' “Lee,” starring Kate Winslet at war photographer Lee Miller and Tony Goldwyn's Ezra," with Robert De Niro and Rose Byrne.

Also heed to Toronto are Michael Keaton's “Kx Goes Away,” starring Al Paci and James Marsden; Kristen Scott Thomas' “rth Star,” featuring Scarlett Johansson and Sienna Miller; David Yates' Netflix drama “Pain Hustlers,” starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans; and Maggie Betts' “ Burial,” with Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones.

Those films, and many more including directorial debuts by Anna Kendrick ("Woman of Hour") and Chris Pine ("Poolman"), will make up some of gala premieres at TIFF, largest film festival in rth America.

festival is a key platform for Hollywood to debut its fall fare and awards hopefuls. But like Venice Film Festival, which begins about a week before TIFF launches on Sept. 7, Toronto organizers are anxiously following  SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

While those strikes continue, actors and writers are prohibited by ir unions from promoting ir films. TIFF will go forward, regardless, but an ongoing strike would sap festival of A-listers and surely lessen usual cacophony of buzz emanating from Toronto.

strike has alrey led to one of Venice's top titles — Luca Guagni's “Challengers,” starring Zendaya — to pull out as festival's opening night selection and postpone its release to April.

Or major titles coming to TIFF include Alexander Payne's “ Holdovers,” starring Paul Giamatti as a boarding school professor; Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” an action comedy starring Glen Powell and ria Arjona; Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s “Ny,” starring Annette Bening as long-distance swimmer Diana Ny; Mahalia Belo's “ We End Start From,” starring Jodie Comer as a mor fleeing a flooded London; and Ethan Hawke's “Wildcat,” featuring his daughter, Maya Hawke, as author Flannery O'Conr.

TIFF previously anunced that Taika Waititi’s soccer comedy “ Next Goal Wins " will open this year's festival, which runs through Sept. 17.