Comedian and
actor Patton Oswalt, best known for his work in films such as BIG FAN (2009), YOUNG ADULT (2011), and THE
SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (2013), as well as voicing the star of Pixar's RATATOUILLE (2007), is set to
guest star on a brand new episode of Marvel's AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D later this season.
Other notable films that will screen at TIFF include Tom Ford «s «Nocturnal Animals,» with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams; «Whiplash» director Damien Chazelle «s musical «La La Land,» with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone; Peter Berg «s «Deepwater Horizon,» a true - life drama about the oil spill, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell; Werner Herzog «s «Salt and Fire,» a drama in which Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal face ecological disaster in South America; Ewan McGregor «s Philip Roth adaptation «American Pastoral,» the
actor's directorial debut; Denis Villeneuve «s sci - fi drama «Arrival,» formerly titled «Story of Your Life,» with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner; Juan Antonio Bayona «s «A Monster Calls»; «Denial,» Mick Jackson's drama starring Rachel Weisz as a historian sued by a Holocaust denier; Irish director Jim Sheridan «s «The
Secret Scripture,» with Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara playing two different ages of a woman who keeps a diary of her time in a mental hospital; and «Mascots,» Christopher
Guest «s comedy about the world of sports mascots.