Top Gun: Maverick To Screen At 75th Cannes Film Festival 2022, Tom Cruise To Receive Career Tribute
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise will be in attendance in Cannes on May 18 for the screening of "Top Gun: Maverick", where he will also be honoured with a special career tribute, the festival confirmed.
Hollywood
superstar
Tom
Cruise
will
be
in
attendance
in
Cannes
on
May
18
for
the
screening
of
"Top
Gun:
Maverick",
where
he
will
also
be
honoured
with
a
special
career
tribute,
the
festival
confirmed.
The
film,
which
marks
the
sequel
of
the
actor's
1986
film
"Top
Gun",
is
scheduled
for
release
on
May
25
in
France
and
May
27
in
the
US.
Cruise,
59,
had
attended
Festival
de
Cannes
on
May
18,
1992
for
Ron
Howard's
"Far
And
Away",
which
was
the
closing
film
of
the
45th
edition
of
the
festival.
He
had
awarded
the
Palme
d'Or
to
director
Bille
August
for
his
film
"The
Best
Intentions".
The
action
star
is
returning
to
the
festival
exactly
30
years
later
to
receive
a
tribute
for
his
lifetime
achievements,
according
to
a
release
posted
on
the
festival's
website.
Cruise
will
have
an
on-stage
conversation
with
journalist
Didier
Allouch
in
the
afternoon
and
will
walk
up
the
steps
of
the
Palais
des
Festivals
for
the
evening
screening
of
"Top
Gun:
Maverick",
directed
by
Joseph
Kosinski.
The
Paramount
Pictures
film,
produced
by
Jerry
Bruckheimer,
also
stars
Jennifer
Connelly,
Miles
Teller,
Jon
Hamm,
Glen
Powell,
Lewis
Pullman
and
Ed
Harris.
The
75th
edition
of
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
runs
from
May
17
to
28.