NEW YORK (AP) — The historic drama, “Jeanne du Barry,” starring Johnny Depp as King Louis XV, will open the 76th Cannes Movie Pageant.
Organizers of the French pageant introduced Wednesday that this 12 months’s version will get underway with the interval movie directed by and starring Maïwenn, the French actress and filmmaker. She performs Louis XV’s favourite courtesan, Jeanne du Barry.
“Jeanne du Barry” has been billed as Depp’s comeback movie following his explosive trial final 12 months with Amber Heard, his ex-wife. After each Depp and Heard accused one another of bodily and verbal abuse, a civil jury awarded Depp $10 million in damages and $2 million to Heard. In December, they reached a settlement.
“Jeanne du Barry” will premiere Could 16 at Cannes and, sticking with custom, it will likely be launched the identical day in French theaters. Netflix is related with the movie however solely loosely.
The streamer licensed the movie for the primary post-theatrical window 15 months after its debut, and solely in France. The cinema-rich nation has stiff laws guarding theatrical home windows, which additionally relate to guidelines governing Cannes’ competitors lineup.
As but, no U.S. launch has been introduced for “Jeanne du Barry.”
Cannes earlier introduced that “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” will make their world premieres on the pageant subsequent month.
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