Julia Roberts & George Clooney MONEY MONSTER by Jodie Foster

The 69th Cannes Festival glamorous announcement: According to The Hollywood Reporter «Money Monsters» directed by Jodie Foster (photo) with George Clooney and Julia Roberts will surely be projected on the Croisette opening, where the next day.

What a beautiful poster it would be for a climb of the steps!

This will be the first time Julia Roberts will come to walk the steps of the Palais des Festivals to present a film in Cannes.

It is not yet known whether Money Monster will be selected in competition, but it will be screened on May 11 for an release on American screens the next day.

Jodie Foster was still a child in the Golden Palm « Taxi driver » in 1976, and she returned as a director in 2011 with Mel Gibson for « The Castor ».

Based on the very reliable «Hollywood Reporter» This thriller on the television scene in which George Clooney plays a presenter kidnapped by a fan and Julia Roberts the producer of his TV show, «Money Monsters» would pass on the Croisette on Thursday, May 12, the day after the opening of the 69th Festival. The film is produced by the production company of George Clooney as well as by TriStar Pictures, which belongs to Sony; with as a bonus the first passage of star Julia Roberts on the red carpet.

In Money Monster, George Clooney plays a financial analyst whose TV show is hijacked by an armed man (Jack O Julia Roberts will be the producer of the show, as a couple with the presenter. Dominic West and Caitriona Balfe complete the casting.