"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny", directed by James Mangold, is to be screened on May 18 in Cannes, the organizers said in a statement.
This fifth part of the adventures of the adventurous archaeologist imagined by Georges Lucas and brought to the screen by Steven Spielberg, is to be released on June 28 in France and June 30 in the United States.
Like Tom Cruise for "Top Gun: Maverick", last year, climbing the steps promises to be one of the events of the festival. On the music of John Williams are expected, alongside Harrison Ford, the other actors of the film, including Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas and Mads Mikkelsen.
On this occasion, the festival will pay special tribute to Harrison Ford, a figure in Hollywood cinema from "Star Wars" (he plays Han Solo three times) to "Blade Runner", passing of course by the adventurer with the hat and the lasso, which he embodies since 1981 and the first episode, "The Raiders of the Lost Ark".
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny", co-produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for Disney and LucasFilms, is directed this time by James Mangold, author of the biopic on Johnny Cash "Walk the Line" with Joaquin Phoenix and "Le Mans 66" (2019).
This is the second film whose selection has been officially confirmed by the Festival, after "Killers of the Flower Moon" by Martin Scorsese, with its favorite actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert de Niro.
The jury of the 76th Cannes Film Festival (May 16 to 27) will be chaired by Swedish director Ruben Östlund and two-time Palmes d'Or winner ("The Square", "Sans Filtre"). The rest of the selection is expected to be announced in April.
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