Did Cannes Just Confirm Hollywood Studios’ Growing Fear of Film Festivals?

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Cannes unveiled its 2026 lineup on Thursday, its star power juiced up by beloved international auteurs Pedro Almodovar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Asghar Farhadi.

And while there is some prominent Hollywood talent — such as Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve for Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder for Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, and Cara Delevingne for Jordan Firstman‘s Club Kid — they’re going with the likes of indie outfits Neon, Mubi, and UTA behind them.

Where are the studios? Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day at Universal was never a sure bet, and The Hollywood Reporter definitely wasn’t feeling too hopeful about Tom Cruise’s Digger (Warner Bros.) or Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (also Universal). The same goes for Disney and the hotly anticipated Toy Story 5.

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