Hollywood in the Trump era doesn’t go to Cannes
There will be no Tom Cruise reveling in low‑level flyovers along the beach at La Croisette by the French Air Force’s aerobatic team, as happened at the 2022 premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. Harrison Ford — or a similar star — will not climb the steps of the Palais des Festivals to the beat of an iconic theme, as he did in 2023 when bidding farewell to the whip‑cracking archaeologist in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. There will be no screenings of major animated films from Pixar, Disney, or Universal. There will be no parade of models and celebrities set to songs by the King of Rock, as in 2022 with Elvis. Quentin Tarantino will not arrive to showcase his vast film knowledge, as he did in 2019 with Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood.
