Cannes Film Festival Predictions Include ‘Lightyear,’ New Films By David Lynch, David Cronenberg (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAs the Cannes Film Festival will announce its Official Selection on Thursday, Variety is starting to get a slightly clearer picture of what 75th edition will look like, though fewer titles than usual have leaked.
Led by Cannes’ artistic director and general delegate Thierry Fremaux, the selection committee has been flooded with late submissions and is now in the thick of deliberations.Most surprisingly, according to two well-informed sources, there will even be a David Lynch feature film which has been completely off the radar and stars Laura Dern — either as a cameo or a supporting role — along with some other Lynch regulars.We already know the sun-dappled celebration will land several high-profile films from U.S.
studios, such as Joseph Kosinski’s Paramount movie “Top Gun: Maverick” with a special homage to Tom Cruise, who will be on hand, as well as Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” from Warner Bros.
The other hotly-anticipated American films rumored to be set for a Croisette unspooling include George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” with Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba; David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” starring Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen; and Kelly Reichardt’s “Showing Up,” starring Michelle Williams.After shining a spotlight on rising Japanese helmer Ryûsuke Hamaguchi with “Drive My Car” (which just won an Oscar) last year, Cannes should have a pair of revered Japanese helmers in the lineup: Koji Fukada with “Love Life” and Palme d’Or winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda with “Broker.” South Korean helmer Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave” (pictured) is also in the starting blocks for the competition.Along with Reichardt, the other women directors.
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