We just told you about a movie opening May 22, 2009. Now there's news that the big movie opening May 22nd of this year may actually debut in France.

Word is "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" may have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

This makes perfect sense, if you think about it, for both sides. Even though I think "Indy 4" is a sure-fire smash, after a 19-year hiatus I'm sure senors Lucas & Spielberg want to take no chances and intend to pull every promotional maneuver they can to ensure their beloved franchise blows up (in a good way).

Cannes, meanwhile, gets a film premiere GUARANTEED to earn them maximum exposure in industry and mainstream press. Can you imagine on how many media outlets will use the pictures and video of Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg on the red carpet?

Now if we can only get another trailer ...