Anticipation rises at the Cannes Film Festival’s eventful annual press conference on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, where festival president Thierry Frémaux is expected to reveal the bulk of the official selection for the 76th edition.
The festival has been teasing movie fans with delightful announcements that Martin Scorsese will return to the Croisette with Killers of the Flower Moon, 38 years after he won Best Director for After Hour, as well as Disney’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and Pedro Almodóvar’s short film “The Strange Way of Life”.
But Fremaux, who is leading the pressure with new festival president Iris Knobloch, is expected to have saved some notable surprises, including Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City,” which stars a cast that includes Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, and Scarlett Johansson. . and Tilda Swinton. Todd “May” Haynes with Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore; Karim Ainouz’s Henry VIII drama “Firebrand” with Alicia Vikander and Jude Law; and HBO’s “Idol,” a series helmed by The Weeknd.
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” a nearly $200 million Western starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone and Jesse Plemons, is likely to be out of contention — even if it qualifies to compete for the Palme d’Or — since Apple plans to show Theatrical movie via Paramount.
As previously announced, the festival will open with Maiwenn’s previous drama “Jeanne du Barry” starring Johnny Depp. The festival will be chaired by Ruben Ostlund, the Swedish director who won the Palme d’Or twice for “The Square” and “Triangle of Sadness”. The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival runs from May 16-27.
Stay tuned for live updates from the press conference, which kicks off at 11am CET.