In one of the most exciting projects unveiled at Cannes, Jenna Ortega is set to play the lead role in the “Lily May B,” the anticipated next film by visionary French auteur Leos Carax.
Slated to start shooting in Spring 2027, “Lily May B” will mark his follow-up to “Annette,” a bold musical romance starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard which opened Cannes in 2021 and won him a best director award.
Carax’s seventh feature, “Lily May B” will pair for the first time Carax with Ortega, one of Hollywood’s fastest-rising young stars following her breakout success with “Wednesday” and Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” Ortega also led successful installments of the “Scream” franchise, and has increasingly moved toward the art house world in recent roles — including this year’s Sundance player “The Gallerist” opposite Natalie Portman.
The project comes from one France’s top producers, Hugo Sélignac of Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, a Mediawan banner which is at Cannes with a total of five films (including Jeanne Herry’s Palme d’Or contender “Garance” and Quentin Dupieux’s “Full Phil”). See exclusive concept art for the project below.
Based on a cryptic synopsis, the film could be described as a dystopian, surreal road movie: “Once upon a time, there was a little girl, a young woman and a young boy. They each held a secret too heavy to bear. They met in an end-of-the-world world, and together rode a big motorcycle through empty cities, deserted freeways, immemorial forests. On their journey, they encountered many dangers, but kept going. In search of who they were; in search of a place to B, maybe?”
