Elsewhere, Emma Stone reunites with director Yorgos Lanthimos, fresh from an Oscar win with 'Poor Things', for 'Kinds of Kindness'.
It co-stars Andie MacDowell's daughter and rising actress Margaret Qualley, who also stars in Demi Moore's unexpected comeback, slasher-horror 'The Substance'.
Film fans are also excited for new works from body-horror maestro David Cronenberg (The Shrouds), Italy's Paolo Sorrentino (Parthenope) and Oliver Stone ('Lula', a documentary about the Brazilian president).
Playing off the competition, Costner returned to his favorite genre, the Western, with the epic 'Horizon, An American Saga'.
And in one of China's biggest productions to date, megastar Ziyi Zhang tackles the highly sensitive topic of women's rights in She's Got No Name.
Renowned Japanese animator Studio Ghibli – creators of 'Spirited Away', 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Howl's Moving Castle' – will receive an honorary Palm d'Or award, the first honor given to a group.