{"id":705913,"date":"2026-07-22T21:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705913\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:22:27","slug":"toronto-jodie-comers-stuffed-to-open-discovery-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705913\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Jodie Comer\u2019s Stuffed to Open Discovery Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tStuffed, a twisted musical starring Emmy winner Jodie Comer<\/a> and Harry Melling, is set to open the Discovery program at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tComer plays a taxidermist who has longed to stuff a human specimen. She gets a chance when she meets a lonely man and volunteer played by Melling, only to see their pact turn into an unexpected romance where love and death collide. The world premiere in Toronto for Stuffed marks the feature debut of writer-director Theo Rhys, who co-wrote the script with Joss Holden-Rea.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Wednesday, Toronto also unveiled, as part of its 2026 Discovery program, world premieres for David Turpin\u2019s Irish feature Ancestors, starring Eanna Hardwicke and Rupert Everett; Drifter, the directorial debut of Fast & Furious star Sung Kang rooted in the race car culture; \u00a0Ghasideh Golmakani\u2019s Head to Head, an absurd Iranian satire on state control; and writer-director Ulrike Tony Vahl\u2019s feature length debut, Krux, set in post-Second World War Germany.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s also Discovery sidebar first looks for Alexandra Pechman\u2019s Magazine, about a young intern, played by Lily McInerny, facing intoxicating power dynamics at a prestigious New York City literary magazine; and Tom Nicoll\u2019s Salvation, about the seductive promise of the online self-improvement culture.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd there\u2019s an international premiere for Stephanie Ahn\u2019s feature directorial debut Bedford Park, which bowed at Sundance<\/a>; and Voices, a Motown-infused 1960s period musical from debut filmmaker and former NFL player Deant\u00e8 Gray.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 51st edition of the Toronto Film Festival will run Sept. 10 to 20, 2026. Additional film lineup announcements will be made in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe full 2026 Discovery program also includes: \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA Common Story, Anna Foglietta, Italy<\/p>\n

\n\tArne Goes to Space, Lars Vega, Sweden<\/p>\n

\n\tI Am Mario, \u00a0Sharon Kleinberg, Mexico<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Waves, Phuong Mai Nguyen, France, Belgium<\/p>\n

\n\tNosotros, \u00a0Joaqu\u00edn Ruano, Guatemala, Mexico<\/p>\n

\n\tPurgatory, Lindsay Lanzillotta, Canada, USA<\/p>\n

\n\tSeventeen, Justin Ducharme, Canada<\/p>\n

\n\tSisters, Ione Hern\u00e1ndez, Spain<\/p>\n

\n\tStrong Son, Ian Bawa, Canada<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Daughters of Abraham, Hanael El Yousfi, France<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Fortunate Isles, Helena Gir\u00f3n, Samuel Delgado, Spain, Greece<\/p>\n

\n\tWe Are Born Good, Leung Chuen Yeung, Hong Kong<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat Lies Between Us, Amalie N\u00e6sby Fick, Denmark<\/p>\n

\n\tZjili: A Story of Sisterhood and The Burdens of Excess, Christine Boateng, Hajara Musah Chambas, Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuffed, a twisted musical starring Emmy winner Jodie Comer and Harry Melling, is set to open the Discovery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,809,145242,44277,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-705913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-jodie-comer","tag-sundance","tag-toronto-film-festival","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}