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\n\tAmong the lineup<\/a> for the Cannes<\/a> Film Festival\u2019s 78th edition are some big names from Hollywood and global cinema. We already knew that Tom Cruise<\/a> will light the fuse on Paramount\/Skydance\u2019s Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning on May 14 out of competition, while there was plenty of speculation that Scarlett Johansson<\/a> would have a pair of movies on the Croisette. The latter has now been confirmed with Johansson\u2019s directorial debut Eleanor the Great set for Un Certain Regard, and her acting reteam with Wes Anderson in his latest, The Phoenician Scheme, in Competition. Also confirmed is Ari Aster\u2019s Eddington with Joaquin Phoenix<\/a>, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tMany more stars are potentially in store now that the bulk of the official selection has been revealed. Not everyone is confirmed to attend the Riviera shindig, but here\u2019s a look at some of the possibilities.<\/p>\n \n\tCannes fest chief Thierry Fr\u00e9maux today focused on Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie for Mission 8, but we expect a number of the film\u2019s cast to walk up the famed steps to the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lumi\u00e8re. They could include Vanessa Kirby, Hannah Waddingham, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga and Angela Bassett.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Spike Lee Says \u2018Highest 2 Lowest\u2019 Will Debut Out Of Competition At Cannes\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tAfter French fighter jets buzzed the Palais in 2022 for Top Gun: Maverick, it\u2019ll be exciting to see what the fest has on deck for The Final Reckoning. Note that Paramount\u2019s CinemaCon presentation<\/a> last week kicked off with a group of motorcycle stunt performers on the Colosseum stage.<\/p>\n \n\tFr\u00e9maux also said that U2 frontman Bono will travel to the Croisette for Andrew Dominik\u2019s documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender, from Apple TV+ and Brad Pitt\u2019s Plan B, which is running in the Special Screenings section.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Full List Of Cannes Palme d\u2019Or Winners Through The Years: Photo Gallery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tIndeed, talent is spread out across the various strands. Let\u2019s turn to the Competition before running down the others.<\/p>\n \n\tArguably the most packed cast is that of Anderson\u2019s The Phoenician Scheme from Focus. It\u2019s led by Benicio Del Toro along with Johansson, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright,\u00a0 Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: The Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Box Office<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tAlso from Focus, Oliver Hermanus\u2019\u00a0The History of Sound could chime in with stars Josh O\u2019Connor and Paul Mescal<\/a>. O\u2019Connor is doing double duty in Competition, starring too in Kelly Reichardt\u2019s The Mastermind, alongside Gaby Hoffman and Phoenician\u2019s Davis.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThen there\u2019s Aster\u2019s A24 dark comedy\u00a0Eddington\u00a0with\u00a0Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal,\u00a0Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler and Clifton Collins Jr.<\/p>\n \n\tRichard Linklater\u2019s period-set Nouvelle Vague, about the production of Jean-Luc Godard\u2019s Breathless, stars Zoey Deutch; and Lav Diaz\u2019s Beatrice, the Wife stars Gael Garcia Bernal as explorer Ferdinand Magellan.<\/p>\n