Venice Film Festival unveils A-list lineup with ‘Priscilla,’ ‘Ferrari,’ ‘Maestro’ amid strikes

By Associated Press

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein drama “Maestro,” Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley film, Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” David Fincher’s “The Killer” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” will make their world debuts on the Venice International Film Festival this fall.

Organizers introduced the lineup Tuesday for the eightieth version of the pageant, which — regardless of the flashy names behind the movies — might have rather less Hollywood glamour than typical gracing its picturesque docks and pink carpet come September if the Hollywood actors and writers strikes stretch on. As a part of the strike, actors can not promote initiatives from the studios and streamers with whom the union is negotiating.

The prestigious movie pageant already misplaced one high-profile premiere to the labor disputes within the U.S. in Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama “Challengers, ” starring Zendaya, which had been set to play within the opening evening slot however has now been pushed to 2024. But Alberto Barbera, the director of the Venice Film Festival, mentioned Tuesday that the strikes’ results on the pageant lineup had in any other case been minimal.

“Priscilla,” an A24 movie primarily based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir “Elvis and Me,” stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi and was broadly anticipated to be within the pageant. Coppola additionally launched “Somewhere” in Venice in 2010. “Priscilla” might be competing for the Golden Lion alongside “Ferrari,” the buzzy racing drama starring Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari, and Penélope Cruz as his spouse Laura, primarily based on Brock Yates’ biography.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ extremely anticipated “Poor Things,” with Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo, may even have its bow on the Lido. Lanthimos beforehand launched “The Favorite” at Venice in 2019; it will go on to attain 10 Oscar nominations and win one.

DuVernay’s movie, “Origin,” in the meantime, relies on the guide “Caste” and the lifetime of its writer, Pulitzer winner Isabel Wilkerson. The film stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

Netflix will as soon as once more have an enormous presence on the pageant with “Maestro,” directed by and starring Cooper because the legendary composer, reverse Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre, and Fincher’s “The Killer,” with Michael Fassbender enjoying an murderer. The streamer can be bringing Pablo Larraín’s “El Conde,” a darkish comedy wherein Augusto Pinochet is a vampire, as a part of the competitors titles.

Another buzzy competitors title is Michel Franco’s “Memory,” with Jessica Chastain and Peter Skarsgaard.

Venice has by no means been a pageant to shrink back from controversial administrators and has programmed new movies from each Roman Polanski and Woody Allen.

Polanski is again for the primary time since 2019 with “The Palace,” a few New Year’s Eve in 1999 in a Swiss resort, with John Cleese and Mickey Rourke. Allen is debuting his first French film, “Coup de Chance.” Luc Besson, who was not too long ago cleared of costs in a rape case, may even be on the Lido with “Dogman,” starring Caleb Landry Jones.

The jury presiding over the primary competitors this yr is stuffed with high-profile administrators, together with Damien Chazelle, Jane Campion, Martin McDonagh and final yr’s Golden Lion winner Laura Poitras.

In addition to the Polanski and Allen movies, additionally enjoying out of competitors are Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl-inspired “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” with Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Ralph Fiennes; Harmony Korine’s “Aggro Dr1ft”; Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man”; Frederick Wiseman’s “Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros”; and William Friedkin’s “The Caine Mutiny Court-Marshall.”

Venice is a high launching floor for awards hopefuls and has, in recent times, debuted Oscar-nominated movies like “The Whale,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Tár,” “The Power of the Dog,” “A Star is Born” and “La La Land.” It’s additionally the primary main cease of the busy fall movie pageant season, with Toronto, Telluride and the New York Film Festivals shut behind.

Like the Cannes Film Festival, movie star is a big a part of the Venice iconography: Think of Lady Gaga perched on the aspect of a water taxi in her black Jonathan Simkhai bustier costume, or Timothée Chalamet vamping in that backless pink halter high by Haider Ackermann. Last yr there have been additionally viral moments aplenty because of the solid of “Don’t Worry Darling” and the alleged “spit-gate,” wherein web spectators puzzled if Harry Styles had spit on his co-star Chris Pine on the movie’s premiere.

It stays unclear whether or not any Hollywood expertise will have the ability to make the journey this yr. Barbera mentioned at this level that some actors and actresses will be unable to attend however, with out getting particular, mentioned that expertise from impartial fare will have the ability to grace the pink carpets and press conferences.

The Venice Film Festival runs from Aug. 30 via Sept. 9.
 

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein drama “Maestro,” Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley film, Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” David Fincher’s “The Killer” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” will make their world debuts on the Venice International Film Festival this fall.

Organizers introduced the lineup Tuesday for the eightieth version of the pageant, which — regardless of the flashy names behind the movies — might have rather less Hollywood glamour than typical gracing its picturesque docks and pink carpet come September if the Hollywood actors and writers strikes stretch on. As a part of the strike, actors can not promote initiatives from the studios and streamers with whom the union is negotiating.

The prestigious movie pageant already misplaced one high-profile premiere to the labor disputes within the U.S. in Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama “Challengers, ” starring Zendaya, which had been set to play within the opening evening slot however has now been pushed to 2024. But Alberto Barbera, the director of the Venice Film Festival, mentioned Tuesday that the strikes’ results on the pageant lineup had in any other case been minimal.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

“Priscilla,” an A24 movie primarily based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir “Elvis and Me,” stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi and was broadly anticipated to be within the pageant. Coppola additionally launched “Somewhere” in Venice in 2010. “Priscilla” might be competing for the Golden Lion alongside “Ferrari,” the buzzy racing drama starring Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari, and Penélope Cruz as his spouse Laura, primarily based on Brock Yates’ biography.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ extremely anticipated “Poor Things,” with Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo, may even have its bow on the Lido. Lanthimos beforehand launched “The Favorite” at Venice in 2019; it will go on to attain 10 Oscar nominations and win one.

DuVernay’s movie, “Origin,” in the meantime, relies on the guide “Caste” and the lifetime of its writer, Pulitzer winner Isabel Wilkerson. The film stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

Netflix will as soon as once more have an enormous presence on the pageant with “Maestro,” directed by and starring Cooper because the legendary composer, reverse Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre, and Fincher’s “The Killer,” with Michael Fassbender enjoying an murderer. The streamer can be bringing Pablo Larraín’s “El Conde,” a darkish comedy wherein Augusto Pinochet is a vampire, as a part of the competitors titles.

Another buzzy competitors title is Michel Franco’s “Memory,” with Jessica Chastain and Peter Skarsgaard.

Venice has by no means been a pageant to shrink back from controversial administrators and has programmed new movies from each Roman Polanski and Woody Allen.

Polanski is again for the primary time since 2019 with “The Palace,” a few New Year’s Eve in 1999 in a Swiss resort, with John Cleese and Mickey Rourke. Allen is debuting his first French film, “Coup de Chance.” Luc Besson, who was not too long ago cleared of costs in a rape case, may even be on the Lido with “Dogman,” starring Caleb Landry Jones.

The jury presiding over the primary competitors this yr is stuffed with high-profile administrators, together with Damien Chazelle, Jane Campion, Martin McDonagh and final yr’s Golden Lion winner Laura Poitras.

In addition to the Polanski and Allen movies, additionally enjoying out of competitors are Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl-inspired “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” with Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Ralph Fiennes; Harmony Korine’s “Aggro Dr1ft”; Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man”; Frederick Wiseman’s “Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros”; and William Friedkin’s “The Caine Mutiny Court-Marshall.”

Venice is a high launching floor for awards hopefuls and has, in recent times, debuted Oscar-nominated movies like “The Whale,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Tár,” “The Power of the Dog,” “A Star is Born” and “La La Land.” It’s additionally the primary main cease of the busy fall movie pageant season, with Toronto, Telluride and the New York Film Festivals shut behind.

Like the Cannes Film Festival, movie star is a big a part of the Venice iconography: Think of Lady Gaga perched on the aspect of a water taxi in her black Jonathan Simkhai bustier costume, or Timothée Chalamet vamping in that backless pink halter high by Haider Ackermann. Last yr there have been additionally viral moments aplenty because of the solid of “Don’t Worry Darling” and the alleged “spit-gate,” wherein web spectators puzzled if Harry Styles had spit on his co-star Chris Pine on the movie’s premiere.

It stays unclear whether or not any Hollywood expertise will have the ability to make the journey this yr. Barbera mentioned at this level that some actors and actresses will be unable to attend however, with out getting particular, mentioned that expertise from impartial fare will have the ability to grace the pink carpets and press conferences.

The Venice Film Festival runs from Aug. 30 via Sept. 9.