Ready for another trip to The whimsical, yet emotionally nuanced world of Wes Anderson? AUTEUR has kept unusually busy in recent years and released “The French Shipment” 2021 after delays because of the Covid-19-Pandemic, “Asteroid City” 2023, “The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and three to” 2024, and now “” “The favorable schedule“2025. His latest ensemble adventure is located in the world 1940s espionage and stars returning Anderson players Benicio del ToroTom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Murray and Willem Dafoe, as well as newcomers to his group Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton and Riz Ahmed. Look at the trailer below.
Shot at Babelsburg Studios in Germany where Anderson produced “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Isle of Dogs,” “The Phoenician Scheme” sees Del Toro as ZSA-ZSA KORDA, one of the richest men in Europe and father of Threaplton’s character, sister Liesl. Cera will produce its supervisor, Björn Lund, with all three who are packed in a globe conflict involving the family business.
Talk to French publication The world In 2023, when he planned the project, Anderson said about the movie, “My next feature film will be linear, with Benicio del Toro in every shot. I can’t tell you much more than that except that it will be about espionage, a paper daughter’s relationship and, let’s say, with a rather dark tone.”
Anderson himself wrote the script, but designed the story for “The Phoenician Scheme” with the often collaborator Roman Coppola, which is credited to the script “The Darjeeling Limited” and also contributed to “Isle of Dogs”, “The French Shipment” and “Asteroid City.” The last script he wrote completely with Anderson was 2012’s “Moonrise Kingdom”, which was nominated for the best original script. But not to join Anderson for the first time in the author/director’s career is his loyal cinematographer Robert Yeoman. Instead, “the voting schedule” is managed by the French DP Bruno Delbonnel, whose credits include the latest Apple TV+ Limited series from Alfonso Cuarón, “Responsibility”, as well as “Cross the Universe”, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” and “Darkest Hour. The team.
“The voting schedule” is expected to be announced as part of 2025 Cannes Lineup on April 10, with Anderson who previously premiered three of his functions there before (“Moonrise Kingdom”, “The French Shipment” and “Asteroid City”). Focusing features are set on distributing the film In the United States, while the studio’s parent company, Universal Pictures, will handle the international edition.
“The Phoenician Scheme” will receive a limited edition on May 30, followed by a nationwide rollout on June 6 from focus functions.
