Some of you will remember how the possibility of Wim Wenders’ The Palermo Shooting premiering at this year’s Cannes Film Festival was brought up a few weeks back. Well, unfortunately we still don’t know, because the Cannes Film Festival nominees announcement has been pushed back all the way to April 23. From Hollywood Today.net:

Amid rumors that the world’s most glamorous event outside of perhaps the Oscars, the Cannes Film Festival, led by Thierry Fremaux has been having a hard time finding movies they want for the annual competition, the date of their announcement of movies that will be featured in the festival beginning May 14 has been pushed back from April 17 to April 23 - leaving precious little planning time for all concerned.

It is the equivalent of the Academy Awards or Grammys suddenly saying they will not announce nominees until three weeks before airtime.

The timing of the announcement is of major concern to film companies, filmmakers and others involved in movies that might be among the approximately 20 that will compete for the top prize, the Palme d’Or, as well as movies in sidebar competition Un Certain Regard. Only after the official announcement will many of those involved set their travel and hotel plans. The loss of a week of planning time is going to squeeze these plans into an even tighter space.

The Palermo Shooting is a Wim Wenders-directed drama film in which Milla makes a small cameo appearance. The film is the second Milla-Wenders movie collaboration; in 2000, Milla starred in Wenders’ indie drama The Million Dollar Hotel. The Palermo Shooting is currently in post-production, and a likely candidate to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this May.

The Hollywood Reporter has brought up the possibility of Wim Wenders’ The Palermo Shooting premiering this May at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. From The Hollywood Reporter:

Wim Wenders, perhaps the paragon of mixing cultures and countries, also could crash the party with his The Palermo Shooting. The movie, about an intergenerational love affair, is marked by an Italian setting and financing, a German character and such U.S. stars as Dennis Hopper and Milla Jovovich.

If the film does premiere at Cannes, I think it would be reasonable to expect Milla to attend. She has frequented the festival before, and filming for Azazel has been postponed to this Summer. Milla was last seen at the festival in 2005. We’ll keep you posted.