Wes Anderson Set To Direct New Film In March 2021 (EXCLUSIVE)
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We have learned that Wes Anderson is set to write, direct, and produce a new feature film, which is intended to begin filming in March 2021. Casting has already begun to fill out the lead roles. Plot details are currently unknown but one source has confirmed that it will be a live-action project rather than stop motion animation such as Isle of Dogs or Fantastic Mr. Fox. Anderson’s production company, American Empirical Pictures, will produce the film alongside Indian Paintbrush. Film producers Steven M Rales and Jeremy Dawson will produce the new Anderson film through Indian Paintbrush. It is expected that Searchlight Pictures will pick up the film for distribution.
Wes Anderson’s next film will be The French Dispatch, which follows the staff of a European publication who decide to publish a memorial edition highlighting the three best stories from the last decade: an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef. The all-star cast of The French Dispatch includes Benicio del Toro, Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, and Owen Wilson. The film was originally intended to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival to later get a wide release on July 24, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed to October 16, 2020 before being delayed indefinitely.
In the likely situation that The French Dispatch is delayed to 2021, there is the possibility of back-to-back Wes Anderson films in 2021 and 2022. The French Dispatch was originally expected to be a strong Oscars contender for 2021 but with COVID-19 delaying the film’s release, it is unknown whether the film will be aiming to enter this year’s awards season. However, given that Searchlight Pictures is already seeing major awards buzz with Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, it is likely smarter for the studio to fully push that film for this awards season rather than beginning a new campaign for The French Dispatch. This is especially apparent as Nomadland won both the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the People’s Choice at TIFF, the first film to do so in history. Recent Golden Lion winners include Joker and Roma while recent People’s Choice winners include Jojo Rabbit and Green Book.
Some ignorant people online always try to shit on Scorsese for apparently always making the same gangster movies (he has only made four proper gangster movies out of 25 films) when instead he has one of the most versatile filmographies ever in cinema history, but they are really quiet about Wes Anderson, or Tarantino, or Nolan for truly always doing the same things over and over again.
Some ignorant people online always try to shit on Scorsese for apparently always making the same gangster movies (he has only made four proper gangster movies out of 25 films) when instead he has one of the most versatile filmographies ever in cinema history, but they are really quiet about Wes Anderson, or Tarantino, or Nolan for truly always doing the same things over and over again.
One can say this about Yasujiro Ozu, and in fact it’s far more true about him than Anderson, Tarantino, and Nolan.
...which will be the exact same movie he's made since 1995...
And love it all the same. For me, his films get better as I get older and my favorite of his, is definitely the Grand Budapest which I'll rewatch some time later.
The scene where the priests all ask Gustave the same question was kinda hilarious.
Some ignorant people online always try to shit on Scorsese for apparently always making the same gangster movies (he has only made four proper gangster movies out of 25 films) when instead he has one of the most versatile filmographies ever in cinema history, but they are really quiet about Wes Anderson, or Tarantino, or Nolan for truly always doing the same things over and over again.
This site and the internet is full of haters of Nolan that cry and complain about anything he does and act like he's their mortal enemy or someone who did something bad to their lives.
Besides Bay, no one is hated as Nolan by keyboard critics and subjective detractors. Trust me.
Staying on topic, I look forward to this because Wes Anderson is a pretty good director.
Cera’s a bit of a sideways choice, like he seems like he should be an Anderson regular but he’s never cropped up in any of his film and has been relegated to a bit small time player now.
I wonder if this is potentially a bit less controlled and extravagant as Anderson’s more recent films.
El Pais reports that the director will be staying in Europe, but headed to Spain––specifically Chinchón in southeast Madrid––this July, August, and September to shoot his next movie. Sets are already being built for the production that resemble desert landscapes seen in westerns, though it’s reported that the film will not be in that genre.
Wes Anderson’s New Movie Will Shoot in Spain From September, Tilda Swinton Among Cast (EXCLUSIVE)
Manori Ravindran - June 30, 2021
Wes Anderson is shooting his new movie in Spain, with production set to begin in September.
In a recent interview with Variety, Tilda Swinton revealed that she will star in the project, specific details of which are being kept closely under wraps. Though the film is shooting in Spain, “it’s not about Spain,” Swinton hinted. Meanwhile, speaking to Variety from England, Anderson said he’s “not ready to share any details” about the new film.
The project is believed to have originally planned to shoot in Rome, but moved to Spain earlier this year. Sets resembling a desert landscape have been going up in Chinchón, a small town located southeast of Madrid, over the last two months, as reported by Spanish outlet El Pais. However, the film isn’t believed to necessarily be a western.
Anderson hasn’t made a movie Stateside since “Moonrise Kingdom” in 2012. The director lives in Paris and all his recent films have had strong European flavours.
The film marks the fifth collaboration between the “Rushmore” helmer and Swinton, who also worked together in “The French Dispatch,” “The Isle of Dogs,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Moonrise Kingdom.” Both actor and director will be on the ground at the Cannes Film Festival next week, where “The French Dispatch” will play in competition. Swinton appears in four other movies playing the festival, including Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria,” Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II” and “The Souvenir” and Mark Cousins’ documentary “The Storms of Jeremy Thomas.”
Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” was meant to play in Cannes last year, but was put on ice after the festival was canceled due to the pandemic. Its official return to the Croisette was first reported by Variety. The film shot in Augouleme, France, and is set at an outpost of an American newspaper called The French Dispatch in a fictional 20th-century French city which brings to life a collection of stories.
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