US actor Bill Murray, producer Carter Logan, US film director Jim Jarmusch and his partner US director Sara Driver, British actress and model Tilda Swinton, US actor Luka Sabbat, US actor Adam Driver, US film actress Chloe Sevigny and US singer and actress Selena Gomez pose / AFPCannes kicks off Tuesday with one of the glitziest line-ups in years as Hollywood stars and studios return in numbers to the world’s biggest film festival.
Having had its Tinseltown thunder stolen in recent years by Venice, which some US studios now using the Italian festival as their Oscars launchpad, this time Cannes is putting its much smaller rival in its place. The screening on Thursday is the first big blockbuster event at the festival, where Sylvester Stallone will also unveil a teaser for “Rambo V: Last Blood”.
Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who heads the jury who will pick the Palme d’Or winner, also struck a political note Tuesday by condemning populist leaders like US President Donald Trump, but without naming names. Studios have often been reluctant to risk their big-budget productions, fearful of a savaging from critics.
It’s precious breathing space for the festival, which is stuck in a stand-off with Netflix over the streaming giant’s refusal to release its films in French cinemas.Jerome Paillard, the head of the festival’s vast market, where deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars are done, said it has sent a team of around 25 buyers and executives.“More than ever the whole world comes to Cannes, particularly the Americans.
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