Travolta's Directorial Debut Set for 2026 Cannes Premiere

John Travolta's directorial debut, the family adventure film Propeller OneWay Night Coach, will world premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival before streaming exclusively on Apple TV starting May 29.

The Apple Original Films project, an adaptation of Travolta's 1997 children's book of the same name, has been selected for the noncompetitive Cannes Premiere section. It will screen at the Debussy Theater in the Palais des Festivals, with Travolta expected to attend. Organizers announced the premiere on Thursday, alongside a first-look image showing young lead Clark Shotwell as Jeff gazing out an airplane window with wide-eyed wonder, alongside Kelly EvistonQuinnett as his mother, Helen.

Set in the golden age of aviation, the story follows Jeff, a young airplane enthusiast, and his mother on a one-way cross-country flight to Hollywood. What begins as a routine trip evolves into an extraordinary journey filled with airline meals, engaging flight attendants, unplanned stopovers, colorful passengers and a peek into first class. "The journey unfolds in moments both magical and unexpected, charting the course for the boy's future," according to the official synopsis.