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Mercedes and Jack Kilmer, the children of actor Val Kilmer, took the spotlight during the Val photocall during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday (July 7) in Cannes, France.

The two siblings, 29 and 26, respectively, were joined by co-directors Leo Scott and Ting Poo for the press event.

Mercedes and Jack are both credited as producers on the documentary about their father.

The documentary will focus on Val‘s career and his recovery following throat cancer.

Here’s a synopsis for the movie: For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

Val will premiere on Amazon on August 6th, 2021. Watch the trailer here…

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Val Kilmer has rarely spoken about his throat cancer diagnosis, and the ramifications he faced from the illness, but we are now seeing first hand just a glimpse of what he went through.

In the trailer for his new documentary, Val, had difficulty speaking and underwent a tracheostomy to help him amid his recovery.

“I’m still recovering and it is difficult to talk and to be understood,” Val said, speaking through a device in his throat helping him to speak. “But I want to tell my story more than ever.”

Here’s a synopsis for his documentary: For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

Val will premiere on Amazon on August 6th, 2021.

Val made a rare public appearance in 2019.

Val Kilmer played the iconic role of Batman in the 1995 film Batman Forever, and he’s finally revealing why he left the role behind after only one movie.

It apparently started when he did a set visit with investor Warren Buffett with his grandkids. He stayed in costume, waiting for the grandkids to arrive, and when they did, they showed more interest in the Batman props and Batmobile than meeting him.

“That’s why it’s so easy to have five or six Batmans,” Val told the New York Times. “It’s not about Batman. There is no Batman.”

Val took over the role of Batman from Michael Keaton, who starred in the 1992 movie Batman Returns. George Clooney took over the role from Val.

Val also addressed rumors that he has been difficult to work with on set, including rumors that he burned a crew member’s sideburn with a lit cigarette on the set of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

“Everyone has to work out their own salvation,” he responded. “How to live and by what morality, and I found that the part that I feel bad about is hurting somebody in the process.”

A 1996 EW article elaborated further on the incident, with one source saying, “He burned that cameraman right on his face, and no, he wasn’t fooling around. It was intentional. He did apologize to the crew.”

“Val was sort of teasing him with the end of his cigarette and burned this guy’s sideburn,” executive producer Tim Zinnemann said about the incident. “The guy was upset, naturally.”

Find out which famous celeb Val said was his most difficult breakup.

Val Kilmer is getting candid about his personal life.

The 60-year-old Top Gun actor spoke about his relationship and split with ex Daryl Hannah in his upcoming memoir I’m Your Huckleberry, via an excerpt from People.

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“Lord knows I’ve suffered heartache. But Daryl was by far the most painful of all,” he wrote.

The two started dating back in 2001 after meeting on the set of In God We Trust, until she eventually moved on with Neil Young.

“Neil Young, I always loved you, but I’m afraid I hate you now,” he wrote.

He also opened up about dating Cher in the early ’80s.

“Once Cher works her way inside your head and heart, she never leaves. For her true friends, her steadfast love and loyalty never die.”

He also spoke about dating Angelina Jolie, who was “perhaps the most soulful and serious of them all.

“When people ask what she’s like, I say she’s like other women and other superstars, just MORE,” he said.

There have already been so many surprising celebrity splits in 2020.

For more from Val, head to People.com.

Val Kilmer is speaking out about being diagnosed with throat cancer for the very first time in his new book “I’m Your Huckleberry.”

The 60-year-old actor battled rumors for years and years that he had been fighting cancer, and he finally confirmed his health issues in April of 2017. He has not spoken publicly much about his health, until now.

In his memoir, Val wrote that he was staying in Cher‘s guest house in 2015 when his health was declining.

“One night I suddenly awoke vomiting blood that covered the bed like a scene out of The Godfather. I prayed immediately, then called 911. Then alerted my hostess. Cher stepped in and stepped up,” he wrote (via People.)

“And yet even in my grave condition, I saw her scanning the paramedic, who was Gregory Peck drop-dead handsome. Only in Hollywood, right? Despite the fact that I was covered in blood, I caught her eye and bounced my brows like Groucho Marx. Hubba hubba. Cher was bashful to be busted but then couldn’t help laughing out loud at the audacity. Here we were, joking about beauty and desire, while I looked like a stunt man from Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and, yes, while my life seemed to be in mortal danger. We laughed out loud before they finished with my vitals and shut me up with an oxygen mask,” he continued.

“I have been healed of cancer for over four years now, and there has never been any reoccurrence. I am so grateful,” he continued. “The fact that my impeded speech could spell the end of my career only served to motivate me.”

We’re so glad to hear that Val is healed. Val is not often seen in public, but he did make a rare appearance in October of 2019.

Val Kilmer joins his friend Al Pacino on the red carpet at the Simply Shakespeare Live Read of The Merchant of Venice on Monday night (October 28) at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

The event reunited Pacino with Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater, who starred alongside him in a Broadway run of the play several years ago. Also participating in the live read was Geoffrey Rush.

Kilmer just announced that he will be releasing a memoir next spring titled “I’m Your Huckleberry,” which will address his battle with throat cancer. He publicly revealed he was battling the disease back in 2017 after going through treatment for two years.

Al and Val starred in the 1995 movie Heat.

Val Kilmer is opening up about life after his battle with throat cancer.

The 57-year-old actor was joined by his daughter Mercedes, 26, and son Jack, 22, as he revealed how the two-year battle changed him.

“I was too serious. I’d get upset when things like Oscars and recognition failed to come my way,” Val told THR of his life prior to his diagnosis.

He added, “I would like to have more Oscars than anybody. Meryl Streep must feel pretty good, you know? It must feel nice to know that everyone loves her. It’s about being loved.”

Val also added that his faith has helped him through his cancer battle, which has involved chemotherapy and a procedure on his trachea.

For more from Val, visit HollywoodReporter.com.