Wes Anderson Teases Next Project With Richard Ayoade & Roman Coppola – Cannes
Wes Anderson largely kept tightlipped other than his next feature project does “have a darkness.” He’s collaborating with Roman Coppola again, who the filmmaker always co-writes with, as well as The Phoenician Scheme star Richard Ayoade on the next title.
Anderson didn’t specify if Ayoade was starring or co-writing. Ayoade starred in two Roald Dahl short adaptations of Anderson’s: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and The Rat Catcher. Ayoade plays Sergio in Phoenician Scheme which is Anderson’s fourth Cannes premiere in competition at Cannes.
Coppola has worked with Anderson on the following pics in addition to Phoenician Scheme: Asteroid City, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The French Dispatch, Isle of Dogs, Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited, and Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Asked today at the Cannes presser which movie he’d be more apt to make a sequel of from his canon, and Anderson responded with Life Aquatic. Bill Murray, who makes a cameo as God in Phoenician Scheme and who Anderson himself referred to as “God” at the premiere last night, was sitting in the press seats today.
“Are you in Bill Murray?” asked the moderator to which the Rushmore star gave a thumbs up.
The Phoenician Scheme opens on May 30 in NYC and LA with a wide break on June 6. The pic reps Anderson’s third with Focus Features after Asteroid City and Moonrise Kingdom.
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