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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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