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Cosmopolis Makes Indiewire’s Cannes Lineup Wish List

With the confirmation that Aussies may see Cosmopolis on 30 August 2012, it’s looking more and more likely that Cosmopolis might very well make it’s debut at Cannes *bitesnailsalongwithRob*.  In any event, although nothing has been confirmed re Cannes, Indiewire has listed it amongst its wishlist of 30 films it hopes makes the Cannes lineup:

“Cannes is a sort of annual cinematic Olympics, with almost every country vying for spots in the official selection. But with the official 2012 Cannes Film Festival announcement a little over a month away, Indiewire is offering its annual Cannes wish list.

Indiewire’s annual Cannes wish list isn’t so much about officially predicting the lineup, but rather is a roster of films we hope are finished in time, good enough and invited to the Croisette (though we do muse about what’s more likely than others).

Among the candidates are celebrated filmmakers like Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Jacques Audiard, David Cronenberg, Xavier Dolan, Matteo Garrone, Wong Kar-Wai, Ken Loach, Terrence Malick, Cristian Mungiu, Francois Ozon and Walter Salles.

Movies that don’t get a spot in Cannes (and there will definitely be a few) will immediately become hot topics for a fall fest berth in Venice and/or Toronto. Either way, let the guessing games begin: …

“Cosmopolis,” directed by David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg has been working on a far more restrained note in recent years, exploring the realm of interpersonal relationships without the subversive edge of his earlier films. “Cosmopolis” finds him in more ambitious terrain, adapting Don DeLillo’s novel about a hotshot young Wall Street hustler in the near future facing the possibility that he might be the target of an assassination. A dark Cronenberg thriller is reason enough to get excited, but the project takes on a particularly strong amount of curiosity because the leading man role goes to Robert Pattinson (acting opposite Juliette Binoche and Paul Giamatti), who may have finally discovered a director willing to push him in bold new directions. [Eric Kohn]

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Eric – I too can’t wait to see what Cronenberg has unleashed.