The biggest, buzziest, and most emotional screening at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival wasn’t a foreign art-house film or a future Oscar-nominated movie. While much of the talk out of the South of France this week has been about Hollywood and the major studios opting to skip the prestigious celebration of cinema, one blockbuster franchise wasn’t afraid to race onto the Croisette: Fast & Furious.
It’s just after 2 a.m. at Cannes, and tears are rolling down Vin Diesel’s face. Known for…

