While the official lineup of films at the Cannes Film Festival taking place in May won’t be made public until mid-April, there are already some early rumblings of what projects we should expect to see on that list and there are plenty of reasons to get excited.
That group of potential entries as compiled by Deadline includes directorial debuts with Kristen Stewart‘s “The Chronology Of Water” (still a chance it might not be completed in time), and Scarlett Johansson‘s “Eleanor The Great.”
Notable and high-profile films that are expected to screen at Cannes, pending official confirmation: Jim Jarmusch‘s latest effort “Father, Mother, Sister, Brother,” Spike Lee‘s “Highest 2 Lowest” (a remake of the Akira Kurosawa kidnap drama that stars Lee’s longtime muse Denzel Washington), Wes Anderson‘s father-daughter spy flick “The Phoenician Sceheme,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Richard Linklater‘s “Nouvelle Vague” (a film about the production of Jean-Luc Godard‘s “Breathless“), Alice Winocour’s “Couture” with Angelina Jolie, Fatih Akin’s “Amrum” that has Diane Kruger starring, Raoul Peck’s documentary “Orwell,” Ari Aster‘s “Eddington” which boasts a very impressive cast (Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Austin Butler), The Dardenne Brothers’ “Young Mothers,” Kirill Serebrennikov’s “The Disappearance of Joseph Mengele,” Lazlo Nemes’ “Orphan,” Bi Gan’s “Resurrection,” Nadav Lapid’s “Yes,” Akinola Davies’ “My Father’s Shadow,” Harry Lighton’s “Pillion,” Mascha Schilinski‘s “The Doctor Says I’ll Be Alright, But I’m Feelin’ Blue,” Saeed Roustaee’s “Woman And Child,” Egyptian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky’s “The Stories,” and Karim Aïnouz’s “Rosebush Pruning.”
Some others mentioned in the report that could show up but are not a 100% guarantee (as titles could end up at the Venice Film Festival) include Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, Paul Greengrass’ “The Lost Bus,” Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” Ildiko Enyedi’s “Silent Friend,” Oliver Hermanus’ gay romance flick “The History Of Sound“ (starring Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal), Arnaud Desplechin’s “An Affair,” Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent,” the upcoming Spanish-language film “Calle Malaga” from Maryam Touzani, Haifaa Al-Mansour’s “Unidentified,” and lastly the Sean Baker-edited “Left-Handed Girl.”
Previously, it was revealed that Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise‘s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning“ has a strong chance of being highlighted at Cannes this year. However, some other big summer event films that won’t be heading to the French film festival are Brad Pitt’s racing pic “F1,” James Gunn’s “Superman” reboot, Pixar’s sci-fi adventure original “Elio,” and Danny Boyle’s highly anticipated survival horror thriller “28 Years Later.”
Just a reminder, this isn’t a finalized list, but still sounds like plenty of great movies are heading to Cannes regardless.
