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 and Jim Gianopulos, who […]