The official entries for the 2013
Cannes Film Festival won't be announced until Thursday, April 18, but
two major movies have already been confirmed
for the world's most prestigious film event. It was announced in March
that Baz Luhrmann's new adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" will be the
opening night attraction on May 15, and now organizers have scheduled
Jerome Salle's "Zulu" to close out the fest on May 26.
Starring Orlando Bloom and Forest
Whitaker, "Zulu" is a crime thriller set in South Africa during the
apartheid regime, with the two stars playing Capetown police detectives
on opposite sides of the political and racial divide. The detectives are
brought together while investigating the murder of two women, a crime
that proves to have unexpected political and social ramifications.
Adapted from a novel by Caryl
Ferey, "Zulu" is the latest project from French director Jerome Salle,
who has enjoyed considerable success in Europe with glossy action
thrillers like "The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch" and "The Burma
Conspiracy." Salle's debut feature, 2005's "Antony Zimmer," was given an
English-language remake in 2010 as "The Tourist," starring Johnny Depp
and Angelina Jolie. With two noted stars and dialogue in English, "Zulu"
could give Salle his breakthrough in the United States, and its chances
for recognition at Cannes are buoyed by the fact Whitaker took home
Best Actor honors at the festival in 1988 for his performance in Clint
Eastwood's "Bird."
In addition to announcing the films screening in competition, the 66th
Cannes Film Festival will also be releasing the names of the
Competition Jury in the near future; Steven Spielberg is already on
board as jury president.
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