REFRESH FOR UPDATES: “The Laundromat,” which stars Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas in a tale based on the Panama Papers exposé, and “Joker“ with Joaquin Phoenix will have their red-carpet premieres at the 76th Venice Film Festival. They join and “Ad Astra,” starring Brad Pitt as an astronaut who must save the world, and Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama, “Marriage Story,” featuring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as a couple whose marriage has hit the skids, in Venice’s competition lineup.
Also competing for the Golden Lion are Atom Egoyan’s latest film, “Guest of Honor”; Olivier Assayas’ English-language spy thriller, “Wasp Network,” starring Penelope Cruz and Gael Garcia Bernal; “The Perfect Candidate,” from Saudi Arabia’s Haifaa Al-Mansour; and “About Endlessness,” by Sweden’s Roy Andersson.
“Seberg,” starring Kristen Stewart as actress Jean Seberg, will screen out of competition, as will David Michod’s Netflix title “The King,” an adaptation of several Shakespeare plays with an ensemble cast including Timothée Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, and Lily-Rose Depp.
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Paolo Sorrentino’s “The New Pope,” his follow-up series to “The Young Pope,” will also premiere in Venice, joining new Italian drug-running series “ZeroZeroZero.”
The festival’s Horizons section has also now been unveiled.
A robust roster of star-studded award hopefuls from Hollywood studios and the streaming giants is expected to launch from the Lido this year.
In a break with the recent past, a non-Hollywood film, “The Truth,” from Palme d’Or-winner Hirokazu Kore-eda, will open the festival’s 76th edition.
But with such potential titles as Brad Pitt space odyssey “Ad Astra,” Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, and Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat,” starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, there is no shortage of U.S. fare tipped to launch from the Lido.
Italian director Giuseppe Capotondi’s “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” a heist movie starring Mick Jagger as a reclusive art dealer alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Claes Bang and Donald Sutherland, will close the festival, which runs Aug. 28 to Sept. 7.
IN COMPETITION
“The Truth,” Kore-eda Hirokazu (France, Japan) – OPENING FILM
“The Perfect Candidate,” Haifaa Al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia, Germany)
“About Endlessness,” Roy Andersson (Sweden)
“Wasp Network,” Olivier Assayas (France, Belgium)
“Marriage Story,” Noah Baumbach (U.S.)
“Guest of Honor,” Atom Egoyan (Canada)
“Ad Astra,” James Gray (U.S.)
“A Herdade,” Tiago Guedes (Portugal, France)
“Gloria Mundi,” Robert Guediguian (France)
“Waiting For The Barbarians,” Ciro Guerra (Italy)
“Ema,” Pablo Larrain (Chile)
“Saturday Fiction,” Lou Ye (China)
“Martin Eden,” Pietro Marcello (Italy, France, Germany)
“La Mafia non è più quella di Una Volta,” Franco Maresco
“The Painted Bird,” Vaclav Marhoul (Czech Republic)
“The Mayor of Rione Sanità,” Mario Martone (Italy, France)
“Babyteeth,” Shannon Murphy (Australia)
“Joker,” Todd Philips (U.S.)
“An Officer and a Spy,” Roman Polanski (France)
“The Laundromat,” Steven Soderbergh (U.S.)
OUT OF COMPETITION – Fiction
“The Burnt Orange Heresy,” Giuseppe Capotondi (U.K., Italy) – CLOSING FILM
“Seberg,” Benedict Andrews (U.S.)
“Vivere,” Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
“Mosul,” Matthew Michael Carnahan (U.S.)
“Adults in the Room,” Costa-Gavras (France, Greece)
“The King,” David Michod (U.K., Hungary)
“Tutto il mio folle amore,” Gabriele Salvatores (Italy)
OUT OF COMPETITION – Non-Fiction
“Woman,” Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Anastasia Mikova (France)
“Roger Waters: Us + Them,” Roger Waters (U.K.)
“I Diari di Angela – Noi Due Cineasti. Capitolo Secondo. Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy)
“Citizen K,” Alex Gibney (U.K., U.S.)
“Citizen Rosi,” Didi Gnocchi, Carolina Rosi (Italy)
“The Kingmaker,” Lauren Greenfield (U.S.)
“State Funeral,” Sergei Loznitsa (The Netherlands, Lithuania)
“Collective,” Alexander Nanau (Romania, Luxembourg)
“45 Seconds of Laughter,” Tim Robbins (U.S.)
“Il pianeta in mare,” Daniele Segre (Italy)
OUT OF COMPETITION – Special Screenings
“No One Left Behind,” Guillermo Arriaga (Mexico)
“Electric Swan,” Konstantina Kotzamani (France, Greece, Argentina)
“Irreversible – Inversion Integrale,” Gaspar Noe (France)
“ZeroZeroZero,” (Episodes 1 and 2) Stefano Sollima (Italy, France)
“The New Pope” (Episodes 2 and 7) Paolo Sorrentino (Italy, U.S.)
“Never Just a Dream: Stanley Kubrick And Eyes Wide Shut,” Matt Wells (U.K.)
“Eyes Wide Shut,” Stanley Kubrick (U.S., U.K.)
HORIZONS
“Pelican Blood,” Katrin Gebbe (Germany, Bulgaria)
“Zumiriki,” Oskar Alegria (Spain)
“Bik Eneich – Un Fils,” Mehdi M. Barsaoui (Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar)
“Blanco en Blanco,” Theo Court (Spain, Chile, France, Germany)
“Mes Jours de Gloire,” Antoine De Bary (France)
“Nevia,” Nunzia De Stefano (Italy)
“Moffie,” Oliver Hermanus (South Africa)
“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” Sahara Karimi (Afghanistan)
“Rialto,” Peter Mackie Burns (Ireland)
“The Criminal Man,” Dmitry Mamuliya (Georgia, Russia)
“Revenir,” Jessica Palud (France)
“Giants Being Lonely,” Great Patterson (U.S.)
“Balloon,” Pema Tseden (China)
“Verdict,” Raymund Ribas Gutierrez (Philippines)
“Just 6.5,” Saeed Roustaee (Iran)
“Shadow of Water,” Sasidharan Sanal Kumar (India)
“Sole,” Carlo Sironi (Italy)
“Madre,” Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain, France)
“Atlantis,” Valentyn Vasyanovych (Ukraine)