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March 17, 2022 / 10:24 AM

Tom Cruise to be honored with career retrospective at Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival will feature a special tribute to Tom Cruise ahead of the premiere of his film "Top Gun: Maverick." File Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI

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March 17 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise will be honored with a career retrospective at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

Deadline reported Thursday that Cruise, 59, will be celebrated at the 75th annual festival in May.

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Cannes will feature a special tribute to Cruise and a conversation with the actor hosted by journalist Didier Allouch on May 18. The events will take place ahead of the premiere of Cruise's film Top Gun: Maverick.

Reports surfaced Monday that Top Gun: Maverick will have a special Official Selection Screening at Cannes.

Cannes festival head Thierry Frémaux confirmed the news Thursday on Twitter.

Thierry Frémaux confirms it : #topgunmaverick, the 1986 cult film sequel, in which Tom Cruise plays aviator Pete Mitchell, will be screened in preview at #Cannes2022 before its theatrical release in France on May 25 and in the US on May 27! @ParamountMovie pic.twitter.com/lxnyIET1NH— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) March 17, 2022

Top Gun: Maverick is a sequel to Cruise's 1986 film Top Gun. Cruise will reprise his role of Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the sequel, which also stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly and Jon Hamm.

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Top Gun: Maverick opens in theaters May 27.

Cruise's other film credits include Risky Business, Rain Man, Jerry Maguire and Minority Report. In addition to Top Gun: Maverick, he will star in an upcoming Mission: Impossible sequel.

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