Sean Penn Returns to Cannes for Mipcom Keynote on Wartime Satire Series ‘C*A*U*G*H*T’
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Sean Penn, whose Volodymyr Zelenskyy documentary “Superpower” recently launched on Paramount+, will be on the iconic stage of Cannes’s Grand Auditorium later this month — but it won’t be for a movie.
The Oscar winner is set to attend Mipcom, the international TV conference, alongside Matthew Fox (“Lost”) and Kick Gurry (“Edge of Tomorrow”) to discuss their wartime satire series “C*A*U*G*H*T” as part of a Media Mastermind Keynote on Oct.
18. Penn, who stars and serves as executive producer on the show, will participate in a panel discussion with Fox and Curry.
The session will see them discuss ways in which the series explores themes of identity, fame and social media absurdities. Landing a Hollywood star like Penn is a massive coup for Mipcom, which has sought to raise its profile within a competitive landscape for industry events.
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