I think everyone is expecting to hear David Cronenberg‘s Maps to the Stars announced as one of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival entries this Thursday, though whether it’s in or out of competition is up for debate as it will arrive in French theaters four days before the fest ends on May 21.
Entertainment One is handling the as-yet-undated domestic release, but its arrival around Europe offers up the above new picture of Mia Wasikowska (via The Playlist) and the new Italian poster below (via Robert-Pattinson.it).
The film is described as a contemporary tale exploring the demons of our celebrity-obsessed society, story follows the Weiss family, which is led by Stafford (John Cusack), a psychotherapist and life coach who made his fortune with self-help books. His wife (Olivia Williams) is the overbearing mother-manager of their 13-year-old son (Evan Bird), a TV star recently out of drug rehab. Their estranged daughter (Wasikowska) has just been released from a psychiatric hospital and befriended a limo driver (Pattinson) who is also an aspiring actor.
One of Stafford’s celebrity clients is Havana (Julianne Moore), an actress with an unusual new assistant. Havana’s dream of reprising her dead mother’s (Sarah Gadon) starring role from the 1960s slowly crumbles while ghosts, death and all manner of vices collide.
Check out the poster below and stay tuned, we’re likely to have a trailer or at least a clip from the film soon enough.
