Sicario, starring Benicio del Toro, Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin, will screen in the competition section of the festival, which runs May 13 to 24.
There had already been speculation that Villeneuve’s thriller about an FBI plan to assassinate a Mexican drug lord would make the Cannes cut. Confirmation came as the full lineup of films, in and out of competition, was announced at 5 a.m. Sicario will premiere in cinemas Sept. 25.
Sicario, Spanish for hit man, is Villeneuve’s third English-language American film after Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and Prisoners, starring Gyllenhaal again alongside Hugh Jackman. Villeneuve’s French-language films include the Oscar-nominated Incendies, Polytechnique, Maelström and Un 32 août sur Terre.
Denis Villeneuve’s next film Sicario, starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, opens Sept. 25, 2015.
Also in competition:
- Gus Van Sant’s The Sea of Trees
- Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs
- Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth
- László Nemes’ Son of Saul
- Nanni Moretti’s Mi Madre
- Maïwenn’s Mon Roi
- Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster
- Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth
- Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Umimachi Diary
- Jia Zhang-Ke’s Mountains May Depart
- Hou Hsiao Hsien’s The Assassin
- Todd Haynes’ Carol
- Matteo Garrone’s The Tale of Tales
- Valérie Donzelli’s Marguerite et Julien
- Stéphane Brizé’s La loi du marché
- Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan
The opening film will be Emmanuelle Bercot’s La Tête Haute, screening out of competition.
