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  • Cannes Film Festival 2023 unveils jury list

    By Express News Service

    The Cannes jury class of 2023 was unveiled. According to Variety, the festival jury is led by Triangle of Sadness director and 2022 Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund. The jury includes actors Paul Dano and Brie Larson, Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Menochet, British-Zambian screenwriter and director Rungano Nyoni, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director and screenwriter Damian Szifron and director Julia Ducournau, who won the Palme d’Or in 2021 for her film Titane.

    The reports also note that one of the 21 films playing in the competition will be presented the Palme d’Or award on May 27 at the festival’s closing ceremony.It may be noted that Ostlund’s selection as jury president was announced by Cannes on February 27. And the full list was unveiled a couple of months later.

    The Cannes jury class of 2023 was unveiled. According to Variety, the festival jury is led by Triangle of Sadness director and 2022 Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund. The jury includes actors Paul Dano and Brie Larson, Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Menochet, British-Zambian screenwriter and director Rungano Nyoni, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director and screenwriter Damian Szifron and director Julia Ducournau, who won the Palme d’Or in 2021 for her film Titane.

    The reports also note that one of the 21 films playing in the competition will be presented the Palme d’Or award on May 27 at the festival’s closing ceremony.It may be noted that Ostlund’s selection as jury president was announced by Cannes on February 27. And the full list was unveiled a couple of months later.

  • Warner Bros unveils new trailer of ‘The Batman’

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A new trailer for Warner Bros’ much-awaited “The Batman” teases an alliance of sorts between Robert Pattinson’s titular superhero and Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman.

    The studio dropped the surprising new trailer for the Matt Reeves directorial late on Monday, teasing the scheme of things being planned by the film’s main antagonist, The Riddler, played by Paul Dano.

    Titled “The Bat and The Cat”, the trailer opens with a woman casually chastising Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne for not doing enough for the welfare of the society as an influential figure.

    But unbeknownst to her, the trailer shows that Wayne moonlights as Batman, taking on the mob and the corrupt. It then shows a masked figure, The Riddler, who wants to reach Batman for an unknown reason.

    While his motivations and their connection to Wayne’s family is still unknown, his ultimate goal has been made clear by the trailer. The Riddler wants to destroy Gotham for once and all.

    The trailer hints at an uneasy alliance between Pattinson’s Wayne aka Batman and Kravitz’s Selina Kyle aka Catwoman. There are a few shots in the trailer of the pair fighting.

    It ends with an action scene of Batman and Catwoman working together.

    In between, there are few scenes featuring Colin Farrell as Oswald “Oz” Cobblepot aka Penguin, Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth and Alex Ferns as Commissioner Pete Savage.

    “The Batman” will also feature John Turturro as Carmine Falcone and Peter Sarsgaard as Gil Colson. The movie will be released by Warner Bros Pictures on March 4, 2022.

  • Paul Dano joins cast of Steven Spielberg’s next

    By Express News Service
    Paul Dano, who is known for his roles in films like There Will Be Blood and 12 Years Of Slave, is the latest addition to the cast of Steven Spielberg’s next feature film.

    The film, according to reports, is based on the childhood experience of the director in Arizona. Though the plot details are scarce at the moment, the film will reportedly focus on the main character as a young child and teen.

    Spielberg co-wrote the script with Tony Kushner, who previously worked with the director on movies like Munich and Lincoln.

    The film explores the protagonist’s relationship with his parents and it is set in different periods. Reportedly, Dano will be seen as the protagonist’s father.

    He joins actors Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, who will be playing versions of Spielberg’s mother and uncle, respectively. 

    Each of the characters will have a unique voice separate from the real people who serve as the inspiration.

    The project will be Spielberg’s follow-up film to his West Side Story remake, which is expected to release this year. The film will start shooting later this year with an expectation that it will be released sometime in 2022.

    Spielberg will produce the project with Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger.Dano will next feature as DC villain The Riddler in Matt Reeves’ much-awaited The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as the titular superhero.