Steve McQueen: Last News

TMZ.Barens said that McQueen’s cause of death was organ failure. McQueen reportedly sustained an injury a few years ago, which ultimately caused progressive organ failure.

12 Years A Slave” and “Shame.”“Of course!” you might think — the film is about the 1940s. Yes, but it spiritually whisks us back much further than the Nazis’ month of bomb attacks on the United Kingdom.

Deadline published on Thursday.McQueen said that exactly two years ago, he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor right before he was set to start filming his new war movie “Blitz.”He got tested because his father, Philbert McQueen, died of prostate cancer in 2006.McQueen recalled that doctors “discovered that I had developed this cancer, this tumor, a small tumor, and therefore obviously caught it very, very, early. I delayed the shoot by two weeks and then had the procedure.”The “12 Years a Slave” director spent two days in the hospital, where he worked from his bed, and then went home for 12 days before he began production on “Blitz” in London.However, McQueen didn’t tell anybody in the cast or crew about his health scare because he didn’t want them to be “concerned.”Instead, only McQueen’s mother, sister and close family were aware of his diagnosis.“And that was it.

Next month will see the Cannes Film Festival return and give us early glimpses of high-profile/awards-caliber films ahead of their official releases, and many will be premiered at the event. With that in mind, there are some interesting tidbits in a recent Screen Daily interview with Thierry Fremaux, the festival’s delegate general.

A new trailer for a collection of films made by Steve McQueen gives a glimpse at the performances of Letitia Wright and John Boyega.

Cannes may not be taking place this year, but the festival did announce their lineup of official selections on Wednesday. It includes two films from director Steve McQueen, who says he is dedicating them to the memory of George Floyd.

“12 Years A Slave” director Steve McQueen has dedicated his two movies announced today as part of the Cannes Film Festival lineup to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.