The 2012 Cannes Film Festival full lineup has been announced this morning, and it’s a strong slate of films from such cinematic hotshots as Wes Anderson, David Cronenberg, Michael Haneke, John Hillcoat, Dario Argento and more. The 65th annual lineup is marked both by the powerful filmmakers included, as well as for a few conspicuous absences.
Another Cannes “In Contention” title is Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be The Place. The film follows Sean Penn as an older musician who’s now getting old and is out of sorts. Something of a Lost in Translation vibe. The film also stars Kerry Condon, Judd Hirsch, Frances McDormand, Harry Dean Stanton and Shea Whigham, and features music by David Byrne and Will Oldham. An outtake was found by The Playlist. Check it out.
With Cannes gearing up, we’re starting to see more from some of the films that will be “In Contention” this year. Lynne Ramsey’s We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of the most exciting as it’s been almost a decade since her last feature film, 2002′s Morven Callar. The new film stars Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, and has yet to be picked up for American distribution. Septimovicio got the first stills, take a look…
The Cannes Film Festival has announced the competition lineup for 2011 and it’s a stunner, featuring a hotshot collection of directors that range from Terrence Malick, the Dardenne brothers, Pedro Almodovar, Lars Von Trier, Nanni Moretti, and Woody Allen according to The Hollywood Reporter. Robert De Niro will be heading up the festival’s VIP jury.
The speculation on when the world would see Tree of Life – Terrence Malick’s latest film, which stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn – became a great sport of inside baseball until Fox Searchlight picked it up and announced a May release date. For Tree of Life there were likely to be two periods of release: Cannes or award season. With the May date, it seemed the film premiering at Cannes was inevitable, and now Variety has confirmed that it will be playing the festival – though it is unknown if it will play in or out of contention.
The new year is in full swing and it’s time to start prepping for the various festivals that will take place in a few months. One of the biggest of the bunch is Cannes and today they’ve made an important announcement regarding this year’s event. According to THR, they’ve appointed Oscar winner Robert De Niro as the President of the 2011 Cannes Jury.
Deadline is out at this years Cannes Film Festival and have just come up with a new casting exclusive. One of the latest reports from the festival has to do with long time thespian Kevin Spacey and recent Spock-sensation, Zachary Quinto with a new first time director. Apparently Spacey is almost done with his theater run in London and Quinto’s Spielberg production that was in the works just fell through as the director decided to take on The War Horse instead, so the two will be teaming up for a film about the recession entitled, Margin Call.
A few weeks ago it was announced that Ridley Scott’s adaptation of the English classic Robin Hood would kick off this year’s Cannes Film Festival on opening day. Now the rest of the slate has been revealed and it features a slew of highly anticipated films that will all make their debut at the prestigious event. Along with Scott, several other well known directors will be in attendance including Oliver Stone, who will be on hand to premiere his upcoming sequel Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. Check out the rest of the line up below…
Ridley Scott’s latest feature film, Robin Hood will have the honor of opening this year’s Cannes Film Festival according to the Los Angeles Times. It was announced Friday morning that the newest adaptation of the English hero will premiere on the Croisette to kick-start the festivities.
