Robert Pattinson and his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart both have films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, while Ryan Gosling will premiere his directorial debut. Here’s more on the star-filled lineup.
Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson in The Rover
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The Rover, a drama starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson and set in a gritty near future Australia, will have its premiere as a midnight screening at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The movie is the second from David Michôd, director of the acclaimed crime saga Animal Kingdom, and follows a man named Eric (Pearce) who sets off to find the criminals who stole his last possession — his car — with the help of Reynolds (Pattinson), an injured member of the gang who was left behind.
It won't be the only Pattinson performance at Cannes, the lineup for which was announced today. He also appears in Hollywood satire Maps to the Stars, the new film from his Cosmopolis director David Cronenberg, which will screen in the main competition and also stars Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska and John Cusack. Pattinson's Twilight saga co-star Kristen Stewart has a film in the main competition too — Sils Maria, the new feature from director Olivier Assayas, in which she appears as the assistant to an actress played by Juliette Binoche.
Ryan Gosling's headed to Cannes as well, but with work he's done behind the camera. His directorial debut Lost River, formerly titled How to Catch a Monster, will premiere in the Un Certain Regard section. The film, which Gosling wrote, is a fantasy noir starring Christina Hendricks, Matt Smith, Saoirse Ronan and Eva Mendes.
Other movies set to premiere at the festival include Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher, in which Channing Tatum plays Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz alongside Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo; western The Homesman, directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones; How to Train Your Dragon 2 and the previously announced opening night title Grace of Monaco, with Nicole Kidman playing Grace Kelly. Asia Argento, Naomi Kawase and Alice Rohrwacher are among the 15 women filmmakers the festival is touting in its latest lineup after having faced criticism in recent years for a lack of female voices.
The full 2014 Cannes lineup can be found on the official site. Check out a teaser for The Rover, which will open in U.S. theaters on June 13, below.
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