"Hollywood won't be making it to Cannes this year. The world's most important film festival kicks off on May 12 with a lineup of new movies from some of the most acclaimed filmmakers in global arthouse cinema Pedro Almodovar, Asghar Farhadi, Pawel Pawlikowski, Cristian Mungiu but not a single film from a US major studio."
"There'll be no red carpet spectacle to rival last year's premiere of "Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning" or earlier Cannes launches like "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Mad Max: Fury Road." Is Cannes giving Hollywood the cold shoulder? Not exactly. There are US films in the lineup."
"In the Competition section, Ira Sachs brings the musical fantasy "The Man I Love," starring Rami Malek, alongside James Gray's "Paper Tiger," with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Out of competition, John Travolta makes his directorial debut with "Propeller One-Way Night Coach," a passion project centered on aviation, and Andy Garcia directs and stars in the crime drama "Diamond.""
"Studios grow wary of festival risk It isn't just Cannes. The Berlin Film Festival in February was also notably devoid of studio fare, much to the disappointment of the city's star-watchers and celebrity-driven tabloids. Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle has suggested Hollywood majors are increasingly wary of premiering big films at festivals, concerned that a negative reception or an awkward press cycle could damage box office prospects months ahead of release."
Cannes begins May 12 with new films from acclaimed global arthouse filmmakers, including Pedro Almodovar, Asghar Farhadi, Pawel Pawlikowski, and Cristian Mungiu, but no entries from US major studios. The Competition lineup includes Ira Sachs’s musical fantasy “The Man I Love” starring Rami Malek and James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Out of competition, John Travolta makes his directorial debut with “Propeller One-Way Night Coach,” and Andy Garcia directs and stars in the crime drama “Diamond.” The absence centers on big-budget studio tentpoles that typically balance Cannes’s auteur-focused programming. Berlin’s February lineup also lacked studio fare, and Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle linked the trend to studio concerns about negative festival reception and press cycles affecting future box office.
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