His long-awaited follow-up, the fantasy-drama “Three Thousand Years of Solitude,” will come to Cannes with stars Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in tow.īut the real appeal of Cannes comes from the films that live or die by its buzz, work from filmmakers who have built their global reputations on returning to the festival year after year, as well as newcomers who seem likely to join the fray. And Cannes regular George Miller will return to Cannes, where “Mad Max: Fury Road” screened in 2015 and he chaired the jury a year later. But the Baz Luhrmann biopic finally reached the finish line in time for its own out-of-competition premiere. Tom Parker, became one of the first high-profile people to contract COVID. Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” was still undergoing production back then, when Tom Hanks, who plays The King’s longtime manager Col. The festival has been holding the red carpet slot for “Top Gun: Maverick” for two years, going back to its canceled 2020 edition, and Tom Cruise will finally make his way to the Croisette this year. Nevertheless, some aspects of the Cannes lineup have been known for a while, and you don’t have to be a diehard festival obsessive to know about them. The result was a very unfinished lineup.Ĭannes Urged to Rename Opening Night Film 'Z' Due to Similarity to Russian Hate SymbolĬannes: New Additions to Competition Slate Finally Break Long-Held Record for Female Filmmakers
That meant that the announcement was a week earlier than usual, and led to invites going out from the programmers mere hours before the selection was unveiled. “We are right on time,” outgoing festival director Pierre Lescure said at the start of the press conference, noting that the announcement had been sandwiched in between France’s presidential election last week and the upcoming run-off next week.
Despite the impression of last-minute decision-making this year, Cannes projected its usual confidence with the lineup announcement for its 75th edition.
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