Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

'Robin Hood' to screen at Cannes film fest

|
|
 
  
Australian actress Cate Blanchett kneels after she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during an unveiling ceremony in Los Angeles on December 5, 2008. Blanchett was the 2,376th celebrity to be honored with a star on the Walk of Fame. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) 
License photo
Published: March. 26, 2010 at 10:09 AM

CANNES, France, March 26 (UPI) -- "Robin Hood," director Ridley Scott's retelling of the classic adventure tale, will screen at the opening of France's 63rd Festival de Cannes, organizers said.

Starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max Von Sydow, Lea Seydoux and William Hurt, the movie is to premiere May 12.

It will be presented out of competition, organizers said in a message on the festival's Web site Friday.

"Robin Hood" will be released in theaters in France the day of its presentation at Cannes. It is to open worldwide May 14.

The Festival de Cannes is scheduled to run from May 12-23.

Topics: Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow, Ridley Scott, Robin Hood, Russell Crowe, William Hurt
© 2010 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Movies Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
How to be #1 SUPER-PATRIOT. USA USA USA USA
If you don't like these amusing examples of passive aggressive behavior, than you can kindly piss...
128 drivers fined for driving below speed limit. Obviously not in Florida
Hey dude, it's a holiday. I'm just going to sit around getting sconed
The paperclip was invented in 1899 and has never been improved upon since. It is, quite possibly,...
All whiskey tastes the same, just get the $5 bottle. There, THAT'S how you troll a whiskey thread....