Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Emma Stone are among the many wealthy roster of stars featured in hotly anticipated new motion pictures anticipated to be launching from Venice Movie Competition.

With one month to go till the Lido lineup is unveiled, Venice’s inventive director Alberto Barbera is racing in opposition to the clock to assemble the pageant’s 82nd version, slots for that are nonetheless in flux. However what’s clear is that there might be no scarcity of the kind of buzzy titles that make Venice a primary awards season driver.

Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” that includes Dwayne Johnson as two-time UFC heavyweight champ Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as his spouse Daybreak; Luca Guadagnino’s #MeToo-themed thriller “After the Hunt” starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri; and “Bugonia,” the most recent collaboration between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone — who have been final on the fest in 2023 with the Oscar-winning “Poor Issues” — are all more likely to be set for a Venice sendoff.

Angelina Jolie, after being on the Lido final 12 months with Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” also needs to be again in Venice with Alice Winocour’s drama “Couture,” set within the Paris vogue world.

Netflix seems more likely to be on the Lido with Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama “Jay Kelly,” starring George Clooney as its enigmatic titular character, and likewise with Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” a brand new tackle the traditional monster film with Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth.

One other Netflix movie that would floor at Venice is “A Home of Dynamite,” the subsequent function by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow (“The Damage Locker,” “Zero Darkish Thirty”) with a solid comprising Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso and Jared Harris. The official logline reads: “When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the USA, a race begins to find out who’s accountable and the best way to reply.”

As beforehand revealed by Mubi boss Efe Cakarel, Jim Jarmusch’s triptych image “Father Mom Sister Brother,” starring Cate Blanchett and Adam Driver, can be believed to be up for a Lido competitors slot. Mubi may additionally be launching Paolo Sorrentino’s new film “La Grazia,” led by “The Nice Magnificence” star Toni Servillo, from Venice if it’s prepared in time.

Italian titles thought of shoo-ins for Lido competitors debuts embody “Duse,” Pietro Marcello’s biopic about legendary Italian stage diva Eleonora Duse, performed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; and “Beneath the Clouds,” the brand new high-profile doc by Gianfranco Rosi whose “Sacro GRA” scooped the 2013 Venice Golden Lion. “A 12 months of College” by rising auteur Laura Samani, who made a splash with “Small Physique” in 2021, is anticipated to floor someplace within the official choice.

Titles within the combine from Asia embody Fan Bingbing-starrer “Mom Bhumi” from Malaysian filmmaker Chong Keat Aun and Park Chan-wook’s new movie “No Different Selection.”

As beforehand annouced, two-time Oscar winner Alexander Payne will preside over the primary jury.

The 82nd version of Venice will run Aug. 27-Sept. 6. The lineup might be introduced on July 22.

Elsa Keslassy, Marc Malkin, Jazz Tangcay, Alex Ritman and Naman Ramachandran contributed to this report.