Wes Anderson's latest film The Phoenician Scheme gets release date

Per what little we know about Anderson’s latest (which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Roman Coppola), the film “tells the story of a family and a family business.” According to Deadline (which speculates a possible Cannes Film Festival premiere), it stars Benicio del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Sister Liesl, his daughter/a nun; and Michael Cera as Bjorn Lund, their tutor. The film also features a classic Andersonian ensemble featuring Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, and Benedict Cumberbatch. 

Cumberbatch, who starred in the Oscar-winning short The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, is a relatively new addition to Anderson’s crew of stock players, but he told Variety earlier this year he’s in it for the long haul. “I feel like, ‘Why hasn’t this been happening for years and years?’” he said. “I just wish I could build a time machine and go back and work on all those other films with him.” He’s obviously far from the only one eager to return to an Anderson set. Speaking at the Annecy Animation Festival last summer (via The Hollywood Reporter), Anderson teased, “This film I just finished making in Germany, there must be a hundred people on the film who have worked with me on other films. It could be more who come back—and lots of castmembers.”