On May 16, 2025, Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and received a 5-minute standing ovation. The movie received a muted response at its premiere, though Joaquin Phoenix earned applause.

On May 16, 2025, Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and received a 6½-minute ovation. The film stars Imogen Poots, Jim Belushi, and Thora Birch.

On May 16, 2025, Dessi Gomez reported that Jurassic World 4, officially titled Jurassic World: Rebirth, will build upon the five already existing films and feature air, land and sea dinosaurs. The movie is slated to arrive in theaters on July 2, 2025, and stars Jonathan Bailey, Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali. The cast also includes Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, and others.

On May 16, 2025, it was announced that Ralph Fiennes has been cast as President Snow in Lionsgate’s ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,’ taking over the role from Donald Sutherland.

On May 16, 2025, it was reported that ‘Thunderbolts*’ and ‘Sinners’ are pushing towards $300m at the global box office.

Reported on May 16, 2025, Ana de Armas is poised to join Tom Cruise in the undersea supernatural film Deeper, directed by Doug Liman, with Christopher McQuarrie involved with the script. The film's budget is around $200 million.

On May 17, 2025, it was announced that Marisa Tomei, Sam Rockwell, and Chris Messina will star in the zombie comedy “Hellhound,” directed by Zach Golden. The film is about a zombie outbreak in small-town New York, where a veterinarian teams up with his ex-wife and her new cop boyfriend to stop President William White and General Graves from destroying NYC. Vaneast Pictures is launching the film in Cannes.

On May 16, 2025, it was announced that Tilda Swinton will star in David Lowery's film, "Death in Her Hands," produced by See-Saw Films, adapted from Ottessa Moshfegh's novel.

On May 16, 2025, it was announced that Tom Hollander has joined Jean Reno in the action-thriller "The Butler," directed by Tom Edmunds. K5 Intl. has closed pre-sales in major territories for the film.

On May 16, 2025, it was announced that Shane Gillis has joined the cast of the Amazon MGM Studios film Madden, directed by David O. Russell and starring Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale, John Mulaney, Kathryn Hahn and Sienna Miller. Gillis will also release Season 2 of his scripted series Tires in June 2025.

Tom Cruise's film Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning is expected to gross $70 million or more on its five-day opening weekend, as reported on May 16, 2025.

Ana de Armas' John Wick spinoff Ballerina is tracking at $40 million-plus, according to a report on May 16, 2025.

On May 17, 2025, Austin Butler, Joaquin Phoenix, Ari Aster, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone attended the 'Eddington' photo call in Cannes, France.

On May 16, 2025, a review of the movie "Reedland," directed by Sven Bresser, was published, following its premiere at Cannes Film Festival (Critics' Week) on May 15, 2025.

A review published on May 16, 2025, discusses Ari Aster's Western thriller, 'Eddington,' set in Eddington, New Mexico, during the COVID summer of 2020. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal and is two-and-a-half-hours long.

On May 16, 2025, it was reported that Francis Lawrence is directing ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,’ slated for release on 2026-11-20. The cast includes Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, and Ben Wang. The film is set 24 years before the original series, focusing on the 50th Hunger Games and centers on 16-year-old Haymitch (Joseph Zada).

On May 16, 2025, news surfaced that the feature adaptation of the video game adaptation Split Fiction has Jon M. Chu attached to direct with Sydney Sweeney as one of the female leads, and Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese as the writers. Bids are high, with Sony and Amazon MGM Studios interested.

On May 16, 2025, it was reported that Storyboard Media will co-produce Camilo Becerra’s coming-of-age drama “The Sky That We Paint,” set in late-1990s Santiago. The film, a critique of Chile’s authoritarian, neoliberal past, will be co-produced with La Jauría Comunicaciones and stars Clemente Rodríguez and Octavia Bernasconi.

On May 17, 2025, it was announced that Thunder Road and Untravelled Worlds, owned by Steve Klinsky, have formed a joint venture with a committed fund in the multiple millions of dollars to finance and produce new films.

As of May 17, 2025, several film projects are on sale at Cannes. These include The Surgeon, starring Michelle Yeoh; Perdition, a survival thriller; The Nest, a high stakes actioner; Moscow X, a contemporary espionage film; Ghosting, a supernatural thriller; and The Confidence Men, based on the book by Margalit Fox.

On May 16, 2025, William Earl reported that “Final Destination Bloodlines,” directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, is now in theaters via Warner Bros. Pictures. The directors secured their roles with a creative Zoom call and worked with Tony Todd, who broadened the understanding of his character, Bludworth.

On May 17, 2025, BRS Studios, a Lagos-based production company, announced a slate of new features, following the success of their Netflix hit “Tokunbo.” The announced projects include “Stitches,” directed by Shirley Frimpong-Manso; “Iwa Akwa,” directed by Ernest Obi; and “Dambe,” directed by Ramsey Nouah.

On May 16, 2025, it was reported that Netflix acquired Devil’s Rope, an original spec by Melanie Toast, which will be produced by Toby Jaffe. Melanie Toast's Cliffhanger is a reimagining of the 1993 action classic starring Sylvester Stallone, with Pierce Brosnan starring as Ray Cooper.

Apple and The Walsh Company acquired Early Action, a spec script by Sophie de Bruijn, with Kevin Walsh producing, as reported on May 16, 2025. The Walsh Company also recently renewed its first-look deal with Apple TV+.