After wrapping its Saint-Tropez leg at the posh Chateau de la Messardiere, the production of Mike White’s hit anthology series “The White Lotus” Season 4 has moved to Cannes, where it has taken over the Palais des Festivals for what appears to be some of the season’s most pivotal scenes.
The production has been shooting at the iconic venue since Monday, setting up camp a day after the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival wrapped. Filming is running through Thursday — and shooting into the wee hours. As Variety previously reported, the plot of this season revolves around two rival film teams that come to the festival with movies in competition, with one staying at the Hôtel Martinez (rebranded White Lotus Cannes) and the other at a luxurious hilltop hideaway (White Lotus du Cap — which actually filmed in Saint-Tropez).
On Tuesday, Laura Dern and actress Marissa Long were spotted on the famous Palais steps, with Dern turning heads in a long strapless black gown with pink feathers. Dern, who took over from Helena Bonham Carter, is believed to play a washed-out star chasing a comeback, and is part of the “White Lotus du Cap” film team. She was filming a tense sequence in which she storms out of a screening visibly furious.
