Prepare, everybody: movie pageant season is sort of right here! One of many massive weapons, Cannes, has simply launched its lineup – and if the movies included are any type of indication of the cinematic delights now we have to stay up for over the following 12 months or so, then boy, are we in for a deal with.

The pageant will open with Z, a brand new zombie comedy from Oscar-winning The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius. However it’s not simply indie gems among the many lineup – there’ll be blockbuster fare in Tom Cruise’s return to the skies, High Gun: Maverick, and Baz Luhrmann’s rock’n’roll biopic Elvis. Advert Astra director James Grey can also be again with Armageddon Time – sadly not a sequel to Michael Bay’s drillers-in-space film, this one is a coming-of-age story about rising up in Queens within the ‘80s, and can star Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins and Succession’s Jeremy Robust.

Mad Max: Fury Street’s George Miller’s new fantasy romance movie Three Thousand Years Of Longing, starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, additionally makes the listing, together with Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park Chan-wook’s new thriller Determination To Depart, which you’ll be able to see the poster for beneath.

Maybe probably the most anticipated titles from the lineup is the return of horror grasp David Cronenberg with Crimes Of The Future. Set in a time when the human species is adapting to an artificial surroundings by means of new transformations and mutations, Saul (Viggo Mortensen) and his companion Caprice (Léa Seydoux) placed on public performances of his organs’ metamorphosis. Kristen Stewart performs Timlin, an investigator from the Nationwide Organ Registry, who obsessively tracks the couple’s actions. Its inclusion within the lineup coincided with the reveal of a model new teaser – which incorporates all of the depth, surrealism and physique horror you’d anticipate from a Cronenberg joint. Have a watch beneath.

Different notable titles within the lineup embody: Excessive Life director’s Claire Denis’ The Stars At Midday, starring Taron Egerton, Robert Pattinson and Margaret Qualley; a brand new drama from Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-eda, Dealer; Exhibiting Up, from First Cow’s Kelly Reichardt; Zola star Riley Keough’s co-directorial debut Beast; and Jerry Lee Lewis: Bother In Thoughts, a solo outing from Ethan Coen. In brief, it’s a movie fan’s dream – even with out the much-rumored David Lynch entry.

The 2022 Cannes Movie Pageant begins on 17 Might.