Hollywood Shunned Cannes in 2026: What Will It Take for Studio Blockbusters and Netflix to Return?
In 2001, Thierry Frémaux arrived in Cannes with a mandate: Build a bridge to Hollywood. The newly installed festival director made a pilgrimage to Los Angeles to sell the major studios on the virtues of having their movies premiere on the Riviera. And he found two important believers in Tom Rothman