Among the lineup for the Cannes Film Festival’s 78th edition are some big names from Hollywood and global cinema. We already knew that Tom Cruise will light the fuse on Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on May 14 out of competition, while there was plenty of speculation that Scarlett Johansson would have a pair of movies on the Croisette. The latter has now been confirmed with Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great set for Un Certain Regard, and her acting reteam with Wes Anderson in his latest, The Phoenician Scheme, in Competition. Also confirmed is Ari Aster’s Eddington with Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone.
Many more stars are potentially in store now that the bulk of the official selection has been revealed. Not everyone is confirmed to attend the Riviera shindig, but here’s a look at some of the possibilities.
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Cannes fest chief Thierry Frémaux today focused on Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie for Mission 8, but we expect a number of the film’s cast to walk up the famed steps to the Grand Théâtre Lumière. They could include Vanessa Kirby, Hannah Waddingham, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga and Angela Bassett.
After French fighter jets buzzed the Palais in 2022 for Top Gun: Maverick, it’ll be exciting to see what the fest has on deck for The Final Reckoning. Note that Paramount’s CinemaCon presentation last week kicked off with a group of motorcycle stunt performers on the Colosseum stage.
Frémaux also said that U2 frontman Bono will travel to the Croisette for Andrew Dominik’s documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender, from Apple TV+ and Brad Pitt’s Plan B, which is running in the Special Screenings section.
Indeed, talent is spread out across the various strands. Let’s turn to the Competition before running down the others.
Arguably the most packed cast is that of Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme from Focus. It’s led by Benicio Del Toro along with Johansson, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.
Also from Focus, Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound could chime in with stars Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal. O’Connor is doing double duty in Competition, starring too in Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, alongside Gaby Hoffman and Phoenician’s Davis.
Then there’s Aster’s A24 dark comedy Eddington with Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler and Clifton Collins Jr.
Richard Linklater’s period-set Nouvelle Vague, about the production of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, stars Zoey Deutch; and Lav Diaz’s Beatrice, the Wife stars Gael Garcia Bernal as explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
A previous Best Actress winner in Cannes, Renate Reinsve is a likely bet to turn up for her Worst Person in the World director Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value which also stars Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgard.
Titane Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau’s return to the Riviera with Neon’s Alpha features Emma Mackey, Tahar Rahim and Goldshifteh Farahani.
Swedish star Fares Fares and actress/filmmaker Cherien Dabis are both in Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic while Cannes regular Valeria Golina is in Mario Martone’s Fuori.
The star quotient is also high in the Un Certain Regard sidebar where Johansson’s Sony Pictures Classics title Eleanor the Great could bring Chiwetel Ejiofor and June Squibb along for the ride.
Also making his feature helming debut is Babygirl’s Harris Dickinson (who’s due to play John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ Beatles biopics) with Urchin. Harry Lighton is another first-timer, bringing biker movie Pillion to UCR starring Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling.
Charlie Polinger’s psychological drama in UCR, The Plague, has Joel Edgerton atop the cast while French filmmaker Stéphane Demoustier’s drama The Great Arch features Danes Claes Bang and Sidse Babett Knudsen.
In the Out of Competition selection, there’s Rebecca Zlotowski’s Vie Privée with Jodie Foster and Daniel Auteuil; and Thierry Klifa’s The Richest Woman in the World with Isabelle Huppert.
Over in Cannes Premiere, Michael Angelo Covino’s comedy Splitsville features Dakota Johnson, O-T Fagbenle and Nicholas Braun, while Fatih Akin’s Amrum stars Diane Kruger and Matthias Schweighofer.
The jury this year is led by French acting royalty and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche. Another icon and Oscar winner sure to be on hand is Robert De Niro who’s getting this year’s Honorary Palme d’Or.
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