While money is tight at the moment and I won’t be able to go to the Cannes Film Festival this year, I will still be keeping a close eye on everything that revolves around what I consider the greatest film festival in the world and tonight we have our first bit of news surrounding this year’s fest.
It was previously rumored Steven Spielberg would serve as jury president for the 2013 Cannes Festival and today it was confirmed by RTL.fr (via The Playlist) and I’m sure the official press release will hit my inbox any minute.
Spielberg was originally planning on filming the sci-fi feature Robopocalypse this summer, but with that on hold he has a hole in his May schedule and will return to where his 1974 theatrical feature film debut, The Sugarland Express, played in competition and won the award for Best Screenplay.
The 66th Cannes Film Festival runs from May 15-26 and we should start to hear rumors of films that will play at the fest soon with the official line-up announced mid-April. Stay tuned for more.
Additionally, Spielberg’s Sugarland Express was one of the RopeofSilicon Movie Club selections recently and if you missed the conversation, click here to catch up.
