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The Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the first titles for its 2019 edition, with Joaquin Phoenix's 'Joker' for Warner Bros., Tom Hanks' Fred Rogers biopic and DreamWorks' 'Abominable' set to receive high-profile premieres.

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00:00Talk about star power! A lineup of Hollywood heavy hitters is headed to the Toronto Film Festival

00:12this year, including Tom Hanks, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Meryl Streep.

00:18TIFF unveiled the first titles for its 2019 festival on Tuesday, including high-profile

00:22premieres for Tom Hanks and the Mr. Rogers biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,

00:26Abominable from DreamWorks, and the North American debut of Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix

00:30is a darker, more cerebral take on the Batman villain.

00:33I used to think that my life was a tragedy.

00:36The 44th annual fest is set to run September 5th through 15th.

00:40Other noteworthy titles that landed a spot in the lineup include the Canadian premiere of

00:44Ford vs. Ferrari starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, as well as the world premiere of the

00:48star-studded stripper drama Hustlers, whose cast includes Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu,

00:53Cardi B, and Lili Reinhart.

00:56But the list of big-name stars doesn't stop there.

01:06The film Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, the Harriet Tubman biopic

01:10Harriet, and The Goldfinch starring Ansel Elgort and Nicole Kidman will all make their

01:17world premieres at TIFF.

01:18Elsewhere, the Panama Papers thriller The Laundromat starring Gary Oldman and Meryl Streep will

01:30also make its North American debut.

01:32The festival will close September 15th with a world premiere of Radioactive, which stars

01:36Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie.

01:37But that's not all.

01:38For the full list of films heading to TIFF, go to THR.com.

01:41Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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