Cannes 2024: What’s In The Mix? (Part One)
deadline.comRoll up, roll up: it’s Cannes prognostication time. With the 77th edition of the great cinema showcase less than three months away, the blurred outline of a lineup is beginning to emerge.
At this stage, the process of elimination is as telling as the process of inclusion: hardly any films have been guaranteed a slot by the festival, but we’re starting to get some clarity on which projects are likely to be ready and which are leaning towards a different launch strategy.
There has been a longstanding expectation that George Miller will be back at the festival with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux himself has said he “hopes” it’ll be there and nothing we’re hearing so far indicates it won’t be at the festival.
The film’s May 22 France release date and Miller’s long history with the festival make this a Cannes no-brainer. Furiosa will be a welcome blockbuster at the event because a prevailing sentiment we’re hearing from studio and distribution sources is that this Cannes may not have quite the same blockbuster power of the last two editions, which featured the likes of Killers Of The Flower Moon, Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, Elemental, Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis.
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