Cannes Film Festival has said that Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated Killers of the Flower Moon will premiere on the Croisette at the festival.
The event will mark Scorsese’s first time presenting a film at Cannes since winning best director for After Hours in 1986.
The Apple original film brings together a starry cast, led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion and Tantoo Cardinal. All of them are expected to hit the red carpet, along with additional cast and members of the filmmaking team, the festival said. The movie’s premiere is set for May 20, which falls on a Saturday, at the prestigious Grand Théâtre Lumière.
Apple announced that Killers of the Flower Moon will first be released exclusively in theatres worldwide, in partnership with Paramount Pictures, limited on October 6, and wide on October 20, before streaming globally on Apple TV.
