Cannes Director Teases A “Planetary Blockbuster” To Play At The Event & Details Changes For 2021 Festival

One of Universal Pictures‘ biggest franchises is “Fast & Furious,” once focused on a ragtag group of street racers dealing in stolen DVD players. However, the films have evolved into a slightly more digestible for parents.

Last week, it was announced that “Petrov’s Flu,” the new Russian language film by Kirill Serebrennikov, will bow in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this summer for the pic’s world premiere. In addition, they’ve released an enticing trailer (see below) with English subtitles that echo the comedic tone and showcases Serebrennikov’s strong visual style.

After taking a year off due to COVID-19, Cannes’ Critics’ Week, the parallel side-bar part of Cannes that focuses on first and second films by emerging filmmakers, is back and has revealed its line-up. The head of the jury for the 60th edition of Semaine de la Critique, as it is known in France, will be led by Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu, and it’s a very French-heavy line-up.

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After a pandemic-induced delay of 14 months, cinema is returning to la Croisette. The 74th Festival de Cannes will finally take place this July, and we now know what films will join the previously announced titles “The French Dispatch,” “Annette,” and “Benedetta.” And if you’re fans of filmmakers such as Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Asghar Farhadi, François Ozon, Mia Hanson-Love, Justin Kurzel, Jacques Audiard, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, you should be very excited.

A social media post from the director of “The Flash” seems to confirm a rumour about Michael Keaton reprising the role of Batman in the upcoming DC Films feature.

We have our first look at Michael Keaton‘s new Batman suit!

live event with the Cannes Film Festival’s President, Pierre Lescure, and the festival’s General Delegate, Thierry Frémaux.The #Cannes2021 #OfficialSelection’s announcement is over, thank you for following us! While waiting for the Opening Ceremony on July 6, find the Festival news and press kit on https://t.co/IosEnqkXv7.

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While it seemed like yesterday’s announcement of the lineup for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival couldn’t have been better, festival boss Thierry Fremaux has since revealed that a wider range of movies could have joined the rostra of major titles premiering on the Croisette – and they’re not, because of Netflix.

Another Cannes Film Festival line-up announcement, another new round of trailers. Now, we’ve got the first look at Neon’s “The Year of the Everlasting Storm,” an anthology feature featuring seven stories told by an internationally acclaimed roster: filmmakers Jafar Panâhi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

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two months later than its usual May perch. But many things will be different at this year’s festival.

The Cannes Film Festival is chugging along, and one of the more perplexing films playing out of competition is “Aline: The Voice Of Love,” a biopic about famed French-Canadian singer Céline Dion that hails from Quebec and her star-studded rise in the music industry. Instead of a proper film about the singer’s life, the French-language film from Gaumont has decided to call Dion by a different name, Aline Dieu.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCannes president Pierre Lescure gave some reassurance to international industry executives, talent and journos who have been holding their breath since earlier this week when the French government announced some tighter measures for visitors from the U.K. Lescure said he expects the government to unveil special instructions for those accredited for the festival within the next 36 hours.

After a pandemic-induced delay of 14 months, cinema is returning to la Croisette. This July the 74th Festival de Cannes will finally take place and we now know what films will join the previously announced titles “The French Dispatch,” “Annette” and “Benedetta.” And if you’re fans of filmmakers such as Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Asghar Farhadi, François Ozon, Mia Hanson-Love, Justin Kurzel, Jacques Audiard, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul you should be very excited.

Refresh for latest…: A year after they unveiled the lineup for what would have been the 73rd Cannes Film Festival, the organization’s President Pierre Lescure and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux are back on stage at Paris’ UGC Normandie cinema this morning to reveal the Official Selection for the 74th edition. (Scroll down for the full list as we update live.)

Jodie Foster will be honored two-fold at the Cannes Film Festival this year, as the actress-director is set to be the guest of honor at the opening ceremony and will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or.In receiving the award, Foster will have a bit of a full-circle moment. When she first attended Cannes as a teenager in 1976, Foster presented Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” which won the Palme d’Or that year.

EA has confirmed it will reveal Battlefield 6 in June ahead of E3 2021.EA confirmed the event on Twitter earlier today (June 1), announcing a June 9 date for the Battlefield 6 reveal.#Battlefield RevealJune 9 pic.twitter.com/DvNEcCDtPg— Battlefield (@Battlefield) June 1, 2021A video attached to the tweet features the time and date of the reveal alongside a Battlefield logo. The reveal will premiere Wednesday, June 9 at 7am PDT and 4pm CEST.

Perhaps one of the worst-kept secrets in Hollywood is official, as Wes Anderson’s long-awaited feature, “The French Dispatch,” has been confirmed as having its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. READ MORE: Cannes Director Teases A “Planetary Blockbuster” To Play At The Event & Details Changes For 2021 Festival Almost from the first moment that production began on “The French Dispatch,” fans speculated that Anderson was priming the feature for a Cannes debut.