Ari Aster is heading to the Croisette asEddingtonwill premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.Eddingtonwill compete for the coveted Palme d’Or.
To accompany the Cannes announcement,A24released the first photo and poster forEddington. The image features Joaquin Phoenix’s sheriff and Pedro Pascal’s mayor pointing at each other while standing in their small town. Aster’s Western black comedy depicts a standoff between the sheriff and the mayor that “sparks a powder keg,” with neighbors squaring off against each other in Eddington, New Mexico.
Eddingtonstars Phoenix, Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Amélie Hoeferle, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Austin Butler, andEmma Stone.
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Eddingtonis Aster’s fourth feature film, behind 2014’sHereditary, 2019’sMidsommar, and 2023’sBeau Is Afraid. A24 has distributed all of Aster’s films, including the upcomingEddington.Hereditarywas A24’s highest-grossing horror of all time at $87.8 million worldwide until 2023’sTalk to Mesurpassed it.
Eddingtonis not the only A24 heading toCannes. Spike Lee’sHighest 2 Lowestwill premiere out of competition, and Harry Lighton’sPillionhas been selected for Un Certain Regard.
Eddingtonwill face stiff competition at Cannes. Notable films competing for the Palme d’Or includeWes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, an espionage black comedy starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, and Michael Cera; Richard Linklater’sNouvelle Vague, a dramatization of the making ofBreathlessstarring Guillaume Marbeck and Zoey Deutch; Kelly Reichardt’sThe Mastermind, a crime drama starring John Magaro, Josh O’Connor, and Alana Haim; and Joachim Trier’sSentimental Value,a dramedy with Renate Reinsve.
