It's Official: 'Moonrise Kingdom' will open Cannes

AndersonWes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" is placed to spread out the 65th Cannes Film Festival.Cannes delegate general Thierry Fremaux introduced Thursday the film have been selected for that fest's exclusive opening-evening slot, although it remains unclear whether or not this will have in or from competition.Cannes begins May 16, within 24 hours "Moonrise" is slated to spread out in French theaters through Studiocanal. A Croisette berth has appeared likely since Focus Features introduced the pic would open May 25 Stateside.An ensembler occur sixties Colonial and including Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDorman, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman and Bob Balaban, "Moonrise Kingdom" is Anderson's live-action follow-as much as his 2009 stop-motion toon, "Fantastic Mr. Fox."Fest has tended to spread out with U.S. studio/niche-division game titles recently, for example Disney-Pixar's "Up" (2009), Universal's "Robin Hood" (2010) and The new sony Classics' "Night time in Paris" (2011).Fest runs May 16-27. Contact Justin Chang at justin.chang@variety.com