Johnny Depp's first big film since winning the high-profile US court case against Amber Heard - Jeanne Du Barry - will premiere at Cannes, and his daughter Lily-Rose Depp will be there too for her series The Idol, co-created by The Weeknd.
It's based on a book about a series of murders of members of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma during the 1920s after oil was discovered on tribal land. Reported to have cost £160m, and not out in cinemas until October, the drama is expected to be an awards contender.
It's playing out of competition at Cannes, and while it's due to eventually come out on Apple TV+, Scorsese has described it as a"big-screen movie".A recent online trend has seen videos imitating the unique and highly stylised look of Wes Anderson films.As usual, he's pulled together a big ensemble cast - this one includes Jason Schwartzman,, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie and Jeff Goldblum . Set in 1955, it's about a junior stargazers' convention and is among the films at Cannes hoping to take home the prestigious top prize - the Palme d'Or - before it hits cinemas in June.Director Todd Haynes, known for work including Wonderstruck and Dark Waters, has an intriguingly meta offering in competition at the festival.as an actress who goes to meet a woman played by Julianne Moore that Portman's character is going to play in a film. In real life, both stars have won Oscars in the past and the film is yet to be sold to a US distributor, so makers are no doubt banking on great reviews when it premieres at the festival before coming out on Sky Cinema later this year.The highly anticipated series by Euphoria-creator Sam Levinson and musician The Weeknd, The Idol, will see another Depp getting a Cannes premiere. The film stars Johnny's daughter Lily-Rose as an aspiring popstar who enters a complex relationship with a self-help guru played by The Weeknd. With reports of a costly overhaul midway through production, all eyes will be on the reaction to the Cannes premiere before the show airs on Sky Atlantic in the UK.One of Britain's most lauded directors,, will bring his new documentary Occupied City to this year's Cannes as a special screening. About Amsterdam - where he now lives with his wife, writer Bianca Stigter who co-produced the film - under Nazi occupation during the Second World War, it's billed as having a whopping 262-minute running time. It's the first time McQueen has directed a documentary feature, but his doc mini-series Uprising won a TV Bafta last year.The latest offering from Disney Pixar is set in a city where elements live together and is about the relationship between a fiery girl and a boy made from water - who find that just because they can't touch one another doesn't mean they have nothing in common. The animation will premiere out of competition and will close the festival on 27 May, before releasing in cinemas next month.Inspired by romantic movies including You've Got Mail and Amelie, expect it to bring a heart-warming close to the festival.
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