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Kidman, Clooney, Craig and Jolie join Venice film festival lineup
Stars will descend on the Lido as Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic contends with the Joker and Beetlejuice sequels for this year’s Golden Lion
The Venice film festival will this year feature one of its starriest lineups to date, with the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga all expected to descend on the Lido. Joaquin Phoenix, who won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Arthur Fleck, AKA Joker, in the original, returns in this musical sequel, with Lady Gaga playing his love interest and partner in crime Harley Quinn. The television series premiering at Venice include five-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ show Disclaimer, which is based on Renée Knight’s bestselling psychological thriller novel and stars Cate Blanchett as an acclaimed journalist whose career has been built on revealing others’ transgressions, but who is horrified to realise she’s a key character in novel exposing her own darkest secret.
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