Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced – Updating Live
deadline.comRefresh for latest…: Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera is announcing the lineup for the event’s 80th edition this morning.
We’ll be updating the list as the films are revealed, so check back for more below. You can also watch the livestream here. While Venice weathered Covid with aplomb, never once being forced to cancel during the pandemic while adapting to new protocols, it’s facing a challenge of a different sort this year given the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
A key launchpad for awards season and a prime media opportunity for talent, a lower wattage turnout is expected with a smaller U.S.
presence than usual on the Lido, as studios are understandably jittery about launching projects without celebrity support. Already, MGM’s Zendaya-starrer Challengers from fest regular Luca Guadagnino, which had been set to open the proceedings on August 30, ended up bowing out of the slot and moving off of its September 15 domestic release date amid the labor action.
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