"There will be no Tom Cruise reveling in lowlevel flyovers along the beach at La Croisette by the French Air Force's aerobatic team, as happened at the 2022 premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. Harrison Ford or a similar star will not climb the steps of the Palais des Festivals to the beat of an iconic theme, as he did in 2023 when bidding farewell to the whipcracking archaeologist in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. There will be no screenings of major animated films from Pixar, Disney, or Universal."
"In 2018, Solo: A Star Wars Story premiered in Cannes. Mad Max: Fury Road left audiences openmouthed in 2015, and its sequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, also debuted at the festival in 2024. Since 2017 when that year was seen as an exception Hollywood has never missed its appointment on the French Riviera. Until this May. And there is no easy fix."
"It is not for lack of upcoming releases from the majors, as the big Hollywood studios are known. The Mandalorian and Grogu, another installment in the Star Wars universe, is set to reach the big screen on May 21, and a Cannes stop seemed almost obvious; Disclosure Day, by Steven Spielberg, opens on June 12 (and negotiations to include a screening there are known to have taken place); Toy Story 5 is due out on June 17; The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's take on the classic by a director who is no friend of festival premieres arrives in theaters on July 17; and Digger, by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu starring Tom Cruise, will hit Spanish cinemas on October 2."
"The latter has the unmistakable scent of Venice, a festival where stars are more shielded from political questions: there is, quite simply, neither the time nor the place for them to be answered. Tom Cruise, in the center, and actress Jennifer Co"
No major Hollywood-style Cannes moments are expected, including high-profile star appearances, major animated film screenings, celebrity parades, or filmmaker showcases. The festival previously hosted major premieres such as Top Gun: Maverick, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Elvis, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Mad Max: Fury Road, with additional Star Wars and Mad Max debuts in later years. Hollywood has attended Cannes consistently since 2017, but this May marks an exception with no straightforward remedy. Upcoming releases from major studios remain plentiful, including Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, Toy Story 5, Nolan’s The Odyssey, and Inarritu’s Digger starring Tom Cruise. The situation resembles a shift toward other festivals, where political questions are less pressing.
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