Hollywood stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts will be starring in Money Monster, which is all set for screening at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. This is Roberts’ first trip to the iconic festival with a film at hand.
Another directorial venture of Jodie Foster, this thriller is about a financial talk show host who is held hostage by an irate viewer.
So far, the Cannes lineup this year is being kept under tight wraps, as festival director Thierry Fremaux and his team watch the films and mull their options.
Though Money Monster is not expected to be the opening-night film on May 11, according to festival insiders, it may be screened the next day. It will hit the theaters in North America on May 13.
The Sony/TriStar produced film stars Clooney playing a financial TV personality whose program is taken hostage by a gunman (played by Jack O’Connell) who is furious over a bad stock tip. Roberts, on the other hand, plays the show’s producer.
The film also marks Foster’s return to Cannes after her directorial The Beaver (starring Mel Gibson), was scraped out of the competition back in 2011.
This year’s opening night premiere has not yet been announced, however, previous films to have opened the festival include the critically-acclaimed Midnight in Paris and the derided Grace of Monaco.
