A few of the films that will make their debut at the Venice Film Festival have been announced.
Who will make their bow at Venezia?
Netflix films
BLONDE, the much delayed NC-17 Marilyn Monroe film starring Ana de Armas.
WHITE NOISE by Noah Baumbach starring his partner Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver and Jodie Turner-Smith
BARDO,A FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS from Alejandro Iñárritu described as a comedy, the film stars Daniel Giménez Cacho (Memoria) as a journailst going through an existential crisis.
ATHENA (working title RG03) directed by Romain Gavras. The plot is still under wraps.
Possible titles that are up for viewing at Venice:
BONES AND ALL directed by Luca Guadagnino with Timothee Chalamet and Taylor Russsell
TICKET TO PARADISE with George Clooney and Julia Roberts.
Directed by Ol Parker (THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, MAMMA MIA).
Parker is the husband of Thandiwe Newton or is possibly the former husband of Newton. The rumour is that they split up which is why Newton departed MAGIC MIKE 3 (she was replaced by Salma Hayek).
DON’T WORRY DARLING directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles
TAR, directed by Todd Field starring Cate Blanchett as the fictional Lydia Tár, one of the world’s greatest orchestra conductors and the first female conductor of a major German orchestra.
THE SON, director Florian Zeller’s follow-up from THE FATHER. This starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby.
Jackman and his son, Oscar.
Jackman, along with Mary Louise Parker, Ruth Negga, Jesse Williams and Sam Rockwell participated in The Hollywood Reporter theatre roundtable.
What does he have in his dressing room?
Most unconventional thing in your dressing room?
JACKMAN This is easy for me and I keep it there because it makes me laugh. On opening night, I walked in and Ryan Reynolds had two massive portraits of himself [laughs] — on my makeup mirror was Gene Kelly’s famous kick with Ryan’s face superimposed on top of it and “Good luck with your little show.” I didn’t stop laughing for about a minute, and then I turned around to go to my bathroom, and there was another one of him, literally framed.
