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Coppola, Cronenberg to compete at Cannes Film Festival undimmed by strikes
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Directors Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg and Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize next month, festival head Thierry Fremaux said Thursday (April 11), easing concerns that strikes in Hollywood might dim the star-studded event.
"Of course, a shutdown of several months in the Hollywood industry is felt, and also has an impact on the Cannes Film Festival. However, American cinema will be fully present," Fremaux told journalists.
(SOUNDBITE in French) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX:
"Of course, a shutdown of several months in the Hollywood industry is felt, and also has an impact on the Cannes Film Festival. However - and not only because Kevin Costner will be among us, and George Lucas will be with us, and we have yet to make more announcements - American cinema will be fully present."
Coppola will bring his long-in-the-making passion project "Megalopolis," starring Adam Driver, to the competition, while Lanthimos teams up with Emma Stone after the success of "Poor Things" with "Kinds of Kindness" and Cronenberg will pull in horror fans again with "The Shrouds" starring Vincent Cassel.
(SOUNDBITEs in English) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX, SAYING (ON DIRECTOR FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA):
"His relationship with France is very strong, and with Cannes. And he started really to edit his film (Megalopolis) one year ago, and as we are talking quite frequently, I was just asking, 'What about you? What are you doing?'''
"Weeks ago, he told me, 'Well, I'm finished (with Megalopolis). Do you want to see it?' I said yes. And then he has accepted my invitation."
Last year marked a difficult one in Hollywood as strikes by actors and writers forced filming and post-production work to shut down for months, leaving gaps in 2024's movie schedule.
Other directors unveiling their new films in competition include Italy's Paolo Sorrentino with the Naples-set "Parthenope," Brazilian Karim Ainouz's erotic thriller "Motel Destino" and France's Jacques Audiard with "Emilia Perez," a musical set in the milieu of a Mexican drug cartel starring Selena Gomez.
In "The Apprentice," Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi, known for "Holy Spider," looks at Donald Trump's early years as a real estate tycoon, with Sebastian Stan of superhero movie fame playing the former U.S. president.
(SOUNDBITE in French) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX:
"And we have here an American film called 'The Apprentice'. And 'The Apprentice' is neither more nor less Donald Trump. And it's a film that tells the story of the younger years of the apprentice Donald Trump, who will become Donald Trump. So it's a completely American film."
This year also marks the return of several big-name Chinese directors after a four-year gap due to the COVID pandemic, festival director Thierry Fremaux told journalists.
(SOUNDBITE in French) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX:
"Peter Chan is a Chinese filmmaker, and the film is called 'She Has No Name'. This will also bring Zhang Ziyi back to the Croisette. It is the biggest Chinese production of the year. They blocked the streets of Shanghai for a few months. And we saw a lot of Chinese films return in the process of the selection."
They will include Cannes veteran Jia Zhangke in the main competition with "Caught By The Tides," and Peter Chan's "She Has No Name" screening out of competition.
Several big-name actors are making a Cannes appearance, including Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and Jacob Elordi, who all star in director Paul Schrader's competition film "Oh, Canada," as well as Hollywood icons Nicolas Cage and Demi Moore.
Coming off the resounding success of last summer's "Barbie," U.S. director Greta Gerwig will head this year's jury.
Organisers had built up anticipation ahead of Thursday for this year's line-up by announcing George Miller's new "Mad Max" film and a Western starring Kevin Costner would be premiering.
(SOUNDBITE in French) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX, SAYING (ON HAVING "FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA" IN SELECTION):
"This is not just welcoming a blockbuster filmmaker, but also paying homage to George Lucas and the one and only (director) who invented the Star Wars saga. These are great, great works of imagination, which have come to nourish cinema in a very contemporary way with new characters, new stories. And 'Furiosa' puts us in the mood to return to the Mad Max saga - and for those who don't do it each time, it's a mistake - and to rewatch the first episodes."
The 2024 festival runs from May 14-25.
HOLY SPIDER
SELENA GOMEZ
PREMIERE OF “LOLA”
GRETA GERWIG
HEAD OF JURY
PALME D'OR
CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
KEVIN COSTNER
WESTERN "HORIZON"
VANITY FAIR PARTY
RICHARD GERE
OH CANADA
OREN MOVERMAN
NICOLAS CAGE
THE SURFER
RIKO SHIBATA
"Of course, a shutdown of several months in the Hollywood industry is felt, and also has an impact on the Cannes Film Festival. However, American cinema will be fully present," Fremaux told journalists.
(SOUNDBITE in French) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX:
"Of course, a shutdown of several months in the Hollywood industry is felt, and also has an impact on the Cannes Film Festival. However - and not only because Kevin Costner will be among us, and George Lucas will be with us, and we have yet to make more announcements - American cinema will be fully present."
Coppola will bring his long-in-the-making passion project "Megalopolis," starring Adam Driver, to the competition, while Lanthimos teams up with Emma Stone after the success of "Poor Things" with "Kinds of Kindness" and Cronenberg will pull in horror fans again with "The Shrouds" starring Vincent Cassel.
(SOUNDBITEs in English) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX, SAYING (ON DIRECTOR FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA):
"His relationship with France is very strong, and with Cannes. And he started really to edit his film (Megalopolis) one year ago, and as we are talking quite frequently, I was just asking, 'What about you? What are you doing?'''
"Weeks ago, he told me, 'Well, I'm finished (with Megalopolis). Do you want to see it?' I said yes. And then he has accepted my invitation."
Last year marked a difficult one in Hollywood as strikes by actors and writers forced filming and post-production work to shut down for months, leaving gaps in 2024's movie schedule.
Other directors unveiling their new films in competition include Italy's Paolo Sorrentino with the Naples-set "Parthenope," Brazilian Karim Ainouz's erotic thriller "Motel Destino" and France's Jacques Audiard with "Emilia Perez," a musical set in the milieu of a Mexican drug cartel starring Selena Gomez.
In "The Apprentice," Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi, known for "Holy Spider," looks at Donald Trump's early years as a real estate tycoon, with Sebastian Stan of superhero movie fame playing the former U.S. president.
(SOUNDBITE in French) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX:
"And we have here an American film called 'The Apprentice'. And 'The Apprentice' is neither more nor less Donald Trump. And it's a film that tells the story of the younger years of the apprentice Donald Trump, who will become Donald Trump. So it's a completely American film."
This year also marks the return of several big-name Chinese directors after a four-year gap due to the COVID pandemic, festival director Thierry Fremaux told journalists.
(SOUNDBITE in French) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX:
"Peter Chan is a Chinese filmmaker, and the film is called 'She Has No Name'. This will also bring Zhang Ziyi back to the Croisette. It is the biggest Chinese production of the year. They blocked the streets of Shanghai for a few months. And we saw a lot of Chinese films return in the process of the selection."
They will include Cannes veteran Jia Zhangke in the main competition with "Caught By The Tides," and Peter Chan's "She Has No Name" screening out of competition.
Several big-name actors are making a Cannes appearance, including Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and Jacob Elordi, who all star in director Paul Schrader's competition film "Oh, Canada," as well as Hollywood icons Nicolas Cage and Demi Moore.
Coming off the resounding success of last summer's "Barbie," U.S. director Greta Gerwig will head this year's jury.
Organisers had built up anticipation ahead of Thursday for this year's line-up by announcing George Miller's new "Mad Max" film and a Western starring Kevin Costner would be premiering.
(SOUNDBITE in French) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL GENERAL DELEGATE, THIERRY FREMAUX, SAYING (ON HAVING "FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA" IN SELECTION):
"This is not just welcoming a blockbuster filmmaker, but also paying homage to George Lucas and the one and only (director) who invented the Star Wars saga. These are great, great works of imagination, which have come to nourish cinema in a very contemporary way with new characters, new stories. And 'Furiosa' puts us in the mood to return to the Mad Max saga - and for those who don't do it each time, it's a mistake - and to rewatch the first episodes."
The 2024 festival runs from May 14-25.
HOLY SPIDER
SELENA GOMEZ
PREMIERE OF “LOLA”
GRETA GERWIG
HEAD OF JURY
PALME D'OR
CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
KEVIN COSTNER
WESTERN "HORIZON"
VANITY FAIR PARTY
RICHARD GERE
OH CANADA
OREN MOVERMAN
NICOLAS CAGE
THE SURFER
RIKO SHIBATA
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