Indiana Jones set for grand Cannes opening?
Paramount, the studio behind Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated epic, has not officially confirmed the news.While Cannes has long demonstrated an interest in commercial cinema alongside its rich appreciation of arthouse fare, the festival has only recently begun to exploit its potential as a platform for major Hollywood releases. The Da Vinci Code, Ocean’s Thirteen, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and Dreamgirls have all benefited in recent years.Harrison Ford’s return to the fedora and whip, which he first picked up in Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, sees the story updated to the 1950s with the intrepid archaeologist taking on Soviet agents led by Cate Blanchett in a race for a priceless artefact.A Croisette premiere would also mean a trip to the Cote d’Azur for executive producer George Lucas and cast members Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Karen Allen, who reprises her role as Indy’s love interest Marion Ravenwood.Other high-profile films expected to be ready in time for Cannes are the big-screen version of Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker and Steven Soderbergh’s two Che Guevara films, The Argentine and Guerrilla, starring Benicio del Toro as the South American revolutionary.
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