The film will play in the Official Selection, but it is not yet clear if it will play in the Competition; that will become clear at the festival’s press conference in mid-April.
He Cannes Film Festival confirmed this morning that Killers of the Flower Moonof Martin Scorsesewill have its world premiere on the Croisette on Saturday, May 20 at the Grand Théâtre Lumière.
One of this year’s most anticipated films has long been considered a potential Cannes contender. The film will play in the Official Selection, but it is not yet clear if it will play in the Competition; that will become clear at the festival’s press conference in mid-April.
Stepping on the red carpet will be Scorsese, Leonardo Dicaprio, robert deniro, lily gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Jade Myers Face, JaNaeCollins, Jillian Dion, Tantoo Cardinal and more.
Based on the best-selling book by david grann and written for the screen by Eric Roth and Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-rich Osage Nation, a series of brutal crimes that came to be known as the “Reign of Terror.”
Killers will first be released exclusively in theaters, in association with Paramount Pictures, on a limited basis on Friday, October 6, with a general release on Friday, October 20 in the US. It will then be broadcast globally on Apple TV+.
Scorsese was awarded the Palme d’Or in 1976 for Taxi Driver, which was presented in Competition. Subsequently, she returned to the Official Section on a regular basis and won the Best Director Award for after hours, 10 years after the success of Taxi Driver. In 1998, he was president of the jury that awarded the Palme d’Or to the Greek director Theo Angelopoulos by eternity and a day.
Other films screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival include Disney’s Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny and Asteroid City of Wes Anderson.
Source: Ambito
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